Old Saybrook Travel Guide

Nice relaxing place to walk around. The park is where an old fort originally was and there are plaques along the walk describing history from that era. There's also part of the railroad tracks that are still there that are pretty interesting.

Burger King is the international home of the Whopper (yuck). When I was in Historic Essex I went out on the Schooner and shopped so by the time I was finished I missed the food at the Coffee and Tea Company, they closed. The Tap Room was loud and finished serving dinner so I had to find something.

My GPS pointed me to Burger King, though it's actually in the Old Saybrook city limits. It's about 5-10 minutes from where I was in Essex. It was close enough to take back to the room at the Griswold Inn, though and I ate in my room. It was sufficient for a meal to feed my tummy for the night.

Favorite Dish: I eat the cheeseburgers and love the onion ring sauce (kind of like the orange sauce you get with the awesome blossoms of Outback and Chili's). The new BK Joe coffee drink is my new choice.

We took The Ferry from Orient Pont NY to New London Connecticut. The ride took about and hour and a half and cost 39.00 for the driver and car. Each additional passenger in the car is about $10.00 a person. Once in connecticut Old Saybrook is about a 20 minute drive away.

Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: We went in October and the weather was already starting to change. The days were reasonably warm so bring some t-shirts but at night and in the early morning it got pretty cold.

Photo Equipment: Bring a camera and lots of film. As early as October the leaves were starting to change colors and there are some great roads to drive through were you can get nice pictures of the changing trees.