Whale Trail - Free Welly LbNA #16477
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Add Location| Owner: | DrewFamily    |
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| Plant date: | Jul 10, 2005 |
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| City: | East Lyme |
| County: | New London |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | SherlockMiles |
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| Last found: | Mar 30, 2024 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Jul 10, 2005 |
Free Welly
East Lyme, CT
(Late autumn, 2005: The Whale Trail is no more, auctioned off to benefit charity. Yet the letterbox lives on, in honor of the best little fish house on the shore and the wonderful family who runs it, who we admire so much for their dedication to public service in our community).
The Connecticut Whale Trail was a temporary art instillation of over 40 wonderfully painted beluga and sperm whales sprinkled liberally along the shore from Old Lyme to Westerly. (There were also a few well traveled whales in Newport, Providence, and Boston). "Welly" was the whale sponsored (and painted) by the Flanders Fish Market, and his name was a play on the Health and Whaleness that a good diet with plenty of healthy seafood can bring.
To stamp in to Free Welly, you must find the Flanders Fish Market & Restaurant, the best seafood place on the Connecticut shore. From I-95 take Exit 74 ("Flanders") and turn left on Rte. 161 North. Cross over Rte. 1 at the next stop light, and then find Flanders Fish Market on your left. Be sure to eat! We are fond of plain old fish & chips and fried clam strips, but some of the daily specials are amazing. The Formica family which owns and runs the restaurant are good friends to the local community and very generous with charitable works.
Welly once sat out on the front deck and looked northwards. Follow that bearing across the parking lot, hop over a little stone wall, and find the big sign across the driveway. Just past the sign in the tree line you'll find a small trail heading northwards. Follow it a short way to the first large stone on your right. Cut eastwards here into the woods to the stone wall you can see from the trail. You'll find Free Welly by reaching over the top to the backside of the wall and to the right.
Now, about those fish & chips!
East Lyme, CT
(Late autumn, 2005: The Whale Trail is no more, auctioned off to benefit charity. Yet the letterbox lives on, in honor of the best little fish house on the shore and the wonderful family who runs it, who we admire so much for their dedication to public service in our community).
The Connecticut Whale Trail was a temporary art instillation of over 40 wonderfully painted beluga and sperm whales sprinkled liberally along the shore from Old Lyme to Westerly. (There were also a few well traveled whales in Newport, Providence, and Boston). "Welly" was the whale sponsored (and painted) by the Flanders Fish Market, and his name was a play on the Health and Whaleness that a good diet with plenty of healthy seafood can bring.
To stamp in to Free Welly, you must find the Flanders Fish Market & Restaurant, the best seafood place on the Connecticut shore. From I-95 take Exit 74 ("Flanders") and turn left on Rte. 161 North. Cross over Rte. 1 at the next stop light, and then find Flanders Fish Market on your left. Be sure to eat! We are fond of plain old fish & chips and fried clam strips, but some of the daily specials are amazing. The Formica family which owns and runs the restaurant are good friends to the local community and very generous with charitable works.
Welly once sat out on the front deck and looked northwards. Follow that bearing across the parking lot, hop over a little stone wall, and find the big sign across the driveway. Just past the sign in the tree line you'll find a small trail heading northwards. Follow it a short way to the first large stone on your right. Cut eastwards here into the woods to the stone wall you can see from the trail. You'll find Free Welly by reaching over the top to the backside of the wall and to the right.
Now, about those fish & chips!