Tower and Town, November 2020 (view the full edition)Colour Supplement: In ConnecticutWhen lockdown started here in Greenwich, Connecticut, I felt annoyed because I couldn't meet up with any of my friends. So we got out to try and have some fun. We did a lot of biking and hiking in State Parks such as the Babcock Preserve and part of the Appalachian Trail. I enjoyed driving my RC car along the rocky paths. Once we were allowed by the State to bring our boat back to the marina, we went out boating and had a whale of a time. We went to the Sand Hole on Long Island and tied up to a mooring so we could swim to a restaurant on the beach. It was cold water but lots of fun to do.
The next day, we drove 12 hours to the Outer Banks in North Carolina and spent a week in a house that you could only get to by driving 11 miles along a beach in a 4x4. It was really bumpy and fun to drive! We did lots of activities on holiday and we also took our inflatable kayaks with us. When we kayaked on the inner side of the Outer Banks, we watched wild horses leap into the water. We felt very lucky to be so close to them and I even got them on video.  One of the other fun things we did at home was go strawberry picking. They were delicious! We made jam out of the bright red strawberries and are still enjoying the jam now, in September. Rory Webster |
We still had school online every day from mid-March though. Whilst my family and I were all stuck in the house together, I felt a lot of tension between us because we were together all the time.
On my last day of Elementary School, all my teachers drove in a convoy to my house, beeping their horns to celebrate me graduating to Middle School. That was very special.