Some Highlights from our 2020-2022 Trips and Hikes:
LCV CULTURAL TRIP – JUNE 2022
LCV Members attend the June 2nd live author event in Hartford.
Author Amor Towles discusses his book, The Lincoln Highway.
Author Amor Towles met with and signed books for LCV
Members who attended the June 2nd live book discussion.
LCV members hiking the Heritage Trail in Hartman Park, Lyme, this May.
April’s LCV hike starting at the Westbrook entrance of The Preserve.
LCV Members, led by LCV member and Florence Griswold Museum docent,
Sue Aberbach, in April.
LCV Members outside the Florence Griswold Museum.
AAUW LCV members on a recent hike, Spring 2022
Members hiking at Gillette Castle in East Haddam, November 2021.
Members hiking at Devil’s Hopyard State Park in East Haddam, November 2021.
NEWPORT, RI – October 2021. Members on the Newport Historical Society’s walking tour.
Rocky Neck State Park, CT – October 2021. Members’ hike.
Hogpen Hill Farms, Woodbury, CT – September 2021. Members’ view Edward Tufte’s abstract sculptures.
Hogpen Hill Farms, Woodbury, CT – September 2021. Members’ view Edward Tufte’s abstract sculptures
CT Historical Society, Hartford, CT – September 2021. Members on the tour.
CHATFIELD HOLLOW STATE PARK – Thursday, April 20, 2021. In April, our hiking group had a beautiful day for our Chatfield Hollow hike in Killingsworth. Pictured are all eleven of us at the covered bridge. (We also saw the water wheel).
COCKAPONSETT STATE PARK – Thursday, March 23, 2021. Members at our hike at Cockaponsett State Park in Chester. We did a 3-mile hike, of moderate difficulty!
WADSWORTH FALLS STATE PARK – Thursday, November 5, 2020. With over 250 acres of fields, woods, and trails, in Middletown, it is famous for its Wadsworth Falls, located in the Park’s southwest corner. Join us for a hike through this beautiful park as we walk along the Red Trail to the Falls, and back again.
SCULPTURE GROUNDS TOUR – Thursday, October 8, 2020. Next door to the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Studio 80 and its Sculpture Grounds encompass 4.5 acres along the Lieutenant River. Designed by sculptor Gilbert Boro, the grounds feature 66 contemporary art sculptural works by Mr. Boro, our Guide, and other visiting artists. We both saw and could touch the exhibits. (A donation of $5 per person went to the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts.)
CYPRESS CEMETARY TOUR – Monday, September 14, 2020. Located in Old Saybrook, this is one of the oldest, continuously operating cemeteries in North America and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Our one-hour tour was conducted by Torrance Downes. (A donation of $5 per person went to the Saybrook Historical Society.)