About 12:15 we stopped at the rest area/welcome center in Connecticut. Marty asked the lady at the desk for a recommendation for a good seafood restaurant. Since Mystic was out of our way, she said that any restaurant in Old Lyme would be good. We found Old Lyme on the map (Marty picked up a state map in the welcome center, too) and got off at the right exit but it was not apparent where to go. We traveled a little bit down one way, saw some great churches and awesome houses, made a U-turn, went back under the freeway and tried Old Lyme in the other direction. Hmmmm. Nothing apparent here, either. Looks like lunch is going to be late yet again.
So Marty pulled over, put the flashers on, and got out to ask a woman in her yard what she recommended. This woman had a daughter who lived in New Braunfels, TX so they got chummy over that and then she sent us in a different direction to a new place. She shook her head that anyone would recommend a seafood restaurant in Old Lyme. So we headed off to Flanders Fish Market and Restaurant. On the map, we could see that it wasn't going to be too far out of the way for getting back onto 395. The nice lady's directions worked perfectly and soon we were enjoying two lunch specials (cod with lobster bisque sauce and "savory" haddock with bacon, tomatoes, and onion). We actually ate before 3pm for once! And we were back on the road by 1:30.
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