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Growing up in Connecticut and going back now and again is always interesting. First of all, the things I never saw growing up are the very thing I cannot stop looking at when I go back now. Stone walls. They are everywhere, around every home, around every pasture, and even going through uninhabited woods. It is interesting to see places I knew growing up falling into disrepair, and other places I never knew about being made into something beautiful. Machimoodus State Park is such a place. Formerly Echo Farm, the farmland was donated to the state and made into a beautiful park. From the point you can see where the Salmon River flows into the Connecticut River. You could even see the East Haddam Bridge! It was quite a walk, and a nice way to spend a cool day in Connecticut with family and our good friend Ursula!! |
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The kids are looking at Johnsonville, one of the places of my youth that has since fallen apart. |
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The kids managed to find some water. Audrey found a little stream running off the mountain, and Spence found a half frozen pond. We were all entertained a long time tossing rocks onto the frozen ice. I feel sorry for the future ice skaters! |
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The area called Machimoodus is known as the origin of the Moodus Noises. This is a legend that goes back to Indian folklore. The say that where the Salmon river meets the Moodus river near Cave Hill and Mount Tom, there was an Indian God named Hobomoko. The word Machimoodus literally means “Place of bad noises.” Through the years, there have been other ‘issues’ with the area...and I can still remember being in high school when the ground began to shake. |