When I left you last I was sitting filling my face with some awesome BBQ. Fully sated with meat, coleslaw and cornbread I staggered out of the restaurant and waddled over to the Ancient Burial Ground in downtown Hartford which is the oldest historic site in the city. Off the "official" route I was following but what the hell...I wanted to see it. A young boy greeted me at the entrance asking if I wanted a "free " tour. "Ha" I thought..."I wasn't born yesterday" and said no. As it turned out it was legit but oh well....I wandered around taking photographs and admiring the markers, some of which have been there since the 1600's. Once I got over the initial creepiness of walking over dead bodies a few years back I now enjoy visiting graveyards. This cemetery was HUGE but now concrete and buildings cover a great deal of these former settlers and residents of Hartford. Apparently you had to have a bit of money to have one of the
Tales of travel from a sixty plus girl at heart from the prairies of Canada.