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Comment by gaileann@midrivers.com 5 hours ago

Hi All, It's been 10 years since we went to Groton to see our son, but we loved it there. The Nautilus Museum is there and worth a visit, we also rode a jet boat or hydofoil over to Long Island and went to Fox Woods, one of the largest casions in the world. Had a really nice time there , we went in May and the trees and gardens there are spectuacluar. Hope you all have a wonderful time there. Gaile

Comment by Cindy 1 day ago

Hello everyone!
Thanks for posting all of the great information about Groton - I'm hoping that our family makes it back next spring to visit our sailor - he just started BESS last Monday. What I'm wondering is if you have any ideas or tips to share. My son will not make it home for the holidays and I'm wondering what I can send him to make the holidays more enjoyable. Can the guys have any decorations in their rooms? Any tips for things I should encourage him to do, or anything I could send? Thanks!

Comment by LLovemytwosailors on November 17, 2009 at 11:25pm

It will be so good to see my youngest again. They left Groton last March, so it will be 9 months since they left. He is so ready to come home. The Navy cut off their e-mails because of some negative messages. I think their were some wives & girlfriends who were upset because they were suppose to be home in Oct and ended up missing Halloween and will miss Thanksgiving. I never heard of the Navy cutting off mail or e-mail before. I'm so glad all our e-mails were just about construction and family news.

Comment by Mark on November 17, 2009 at 10:33pm

I'm sorry Janice - I didn't read your post correctly the first time, and thought you were talking about Christmas leave. I see now you are talking about a change of station, so he does have orders (duh, sorry...), and sounds like he is good to go. Good luck to your son in Groton - he'll dominate in sub school.

Comment by MyFairLady718 on November 17, 2009 at 6:43pm

That's great news about the phone call! I'm sure it was wonderful to hear your sailor's voice! Janice, Mystic is a town about 10 minutes from Groton that has a very neat little outside shopping place called Old Mystic Shops (I think that is the name of it). You can google it and find they have a web page. There is a nice little scenic pull off on the way to Mystic from Groton where you see a beautiful horizon of the water. Unfortunately we didn't get to see much of Mystic due to time constraints but they have a lot of restaurants and a fantastic aquarium there.

Comment by LLovemytwosailors on November 17, 2009 at 6:22pm

I finally heard from my son. He called from Europe and the connection was terrible, but it was the best phone I've gotten in a very long while. Looks like he might actually get home for Christmas!!!!

Comment by Janice on November 17, 2009 at 6:12pm

Mark, actually he did not get orders to go home he got orders to go to Groton and report for sub school which starts I believe December 9th. He will leave Goose Creek on the 2nd and has until the 5th to get there as he has his car. So I think those are considered orders, I hope. Rhonda thanks for the picture and description, looks real nice.

Comment by LLovemytwosailors on November 17, 2009 at 3:18pm

They do get leave papers that they have to carry with them when they leave base. So that is the paperwork that US Air refers to as "orders."

Comment by Mark on November 17, 2009 at 2:41pm

Janice,
Hopefully, it won't make any difference to US Air, but sailors only get orders to report to new duty stations. They will not receive orders (written or otherwise) to go home for holiday leave.

Comment by Rhonda8881 on November 17, 2009 at 2:39pm

Janice - There are a bunch of antique shops (that I did not get to see!) and there is the historic Mystic Seaport. There are a lot of Tall Ships at the port and it is just a beautiful place. Mystic is also famous for the Movie "Mystic Pizza" which was Julia Roberts first movie. Google it for more specific info. Here is a pic of the Memorial Plaque at the Seaport.

My husband did not feel like shopping so I did not get to enjoy my most favorite thing....antique shopping.

We also drove to the beach where my son spent time in the summer in Rhode Island. Unfortunately it was a cold rainy October day when we went; but I wanted to see the ocean.

We drove down to New Haven and visited the Yale campus. I don't know what the trees will look like now, but I was so excited to see the colors in October. Unfortunately, there had been a lot of rain that year and almost all of the trees were still green!
I live in Oklahoma now where trees are not so plentiful, so the landscape there was something I had always wanted to see.

I hope you have a really wonderful trip and that I haven't "talked" your ears off. Be sure to let me know how it goes.

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