Breaking The Sound Barrier

Cruised into the OG (Old Greenwich) in a Mercedes SUV. Our Dolphin Cove host, Anthony Domino, made us an offer we couldn’t refuse.

Spent a few minutes with Bob Bartram,a North Stamford man who was fishing for striped bass.
We’re now at Dolphin Cove talking to residents about the history of the development.The heat of the day is building and we’re almost to Greenwich. Martin

We found an idylic view from the Avalon docks. That’s cp shooting video.
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We hit our first obstacle on Stamford Landing, ironically by a sign that says “public access.”
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Nobody’s at the crab shell this early in the morning. Good thing I had meatballs for breakfast.
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We had a good view from the pulaski st. Bridge of the native plants the city recently planted as part of it’s mill river restoration project. Hard to tell from here, but that’s marsh grass and blueberry shrubs, among others. You can probably tell, but that’s the new RBS building on the right.
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Apparently, you can’t buy beer at the corner liquor store at 7 a.m. And since I couldn’t buy any yesterday since, you know, I live in Connecticut, my plan to have a cold, refreshing beverage waiting for me at the end of our journey has been foiled…

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I’m at O&G Industries waiting to begin
Day 17 of Breaking the Sound Barrier which will follow the coast from Waterside through Dolphin’s Cove, down Shore Road to Greenwich Point and the Old Greenwich Yacht Club. -Martin Cassidy

I’m not going to kid you, I’m turning 30 next month but I have the endurance and flexibility of an out-of-shape 73-year-old. Needless to say, after taking something of a beating yesterday, I ache.

I’ll be the first to quote the late ODB here on the Breaking the Sound Barrier blog: “…get the money, dolla, dolla bill, y’all.”

I got a job to do, I need that paycheck. And, well, it’s actually sort of fun, but I’m just glad that this – my fourth day walking the coast – will be my last.

–CP

Actually I’ve been up for about an hour. At 5:30, my husband looked at his watch, said to me, “Aren’t you supposed to get up really early?” and the alarm went off a milisecond later, no joke.

Today we’re starting at Pulaski Street Bridge in Stamford and walking to Greenwich Point. Our tour will start with O&G asphalt plant (we called ahead and they’re giving us a walk-through with hard hats), then hit the Crab Shell, Avalon, Dophins’ Cove, and into Greenwich. Wish us luck!

Things I’m prepared with:

Shorts

bugspray

tank top

tennis shoes

sunscreen

water

Still to come: breakfast.

The “technical glitch” Monica refers to in her previous post is a reference to my not turning my mic on at key moments and my incorrect assumption that a reporter with no experience with this particular $4,000 video camera and its many, many buttons would be able to set the exposure correctly. That, and I was so beat up and tired by the end of the walk, shooting video was the last thing on my mind.

I have to meet up with Maggie Perez and Marty Cassidy tomorrow for our next installment so all I can do at this point is to relax, nurse a cold cocktail and get some sleep.

–CP