I’m sure you’re asking yourselves “What on earth is he talking about now?” Well, read on and you’ll get your answer. I headed to Erickson Park in Ledyard, CT again for my walk this morning, and did end up bagging NR-2 rolling southbound on this rather warm Friday morning before the long Memorial Day weekend. As I pulled into the parking area of the park, I was greeted with a rather calm Mill Cove in front of me, yeilding some very nice reflections of the surrounding scenery. Sweet, I’d get a shot of NR-2 running along the calm waters! Or so I thought…
After my walk around the park, I headed into my position to the south ahead of the arrival of NR-2. While looking for possible angles, I noticed a pair of swans on the causeway – one was in a nest, and the other was nearby watching over her.
[cpg_imagefixthumb:3183]The weather was still holding – only a breath of air was moving, and the water was still like glass. A moment later, I heard horns to the north, then a crackle over the scanner – NR-2 was south of MP5, and less than a mile away from me. So I got into position, and as I turned around, looking at the cove from my vista, the wind kicked up and rippled the entire cove! Yep, in the 10 seconds it took me to climb a small wall, and walk a bit up the hillside, the water changed from glass to fabric! Oh, well, nothing I could do about it, and NR-2 was now sounding for the Red Top crossing. So I snapped a few shots of them, still giving a bit of a subtle reflection in the water, but not what I had originally envisioned. First, the train pulling through the curve at the north end of Mill Cove
[cpg_imagefixthumb:3182]Then a shot of the power passing the new swan family
[cpg_imagefixthumb:3181]And a couple generic type ones of them passing by
[cpg_imagefixthumb:3180] [cpg_imagefixthumb:3179] [cpg_imagefixthumb:3178]Then a string of red Tilcon hoppers rolled past
[cpg_imagefixthumb:3177]Moments later, the trailing power rolled onto the causeway, and past the swan family
[cpg_imagefixthumb:3176]And one more of the generic variety
[cpg_imagefixthumb:3175]Then they were out of sight. Hopped back in the car and headed south. They were to work a bit in Fairview before heading to Midway, so I didn’t have time to stick around and catch them heading to Tilcon. I did stop off at the USS Nautilus overlook park south of the Sub Base to get a shot of the first nuclear sub all decked out for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
[cpg_imagefixthumb:3174]You can’t see it here, but it’s getting quite overgrown, and there’s not many angles left to shoot through at the so-called overlook park. Pretty soon, you’ll get a really nice view of growing trees, shrubs and weeds, with something that resembles a submarine buried in the background. I wish the Town of Groton would do something about it, but in these tight financial times, I’m not counting on it…
Thanks for looking!
Tom
