810. Hartford, Capitol Region COG (CT6)

I spied with my little eye something beginning with e: even more unremarkable office buildings!  With Hartford, I didn’t even try to get a photo that might simulate a semblance of dignity.  I got it out the car window on the way out of town.  I won’t blame the council.  It’s just an administrative designation and no longer meant to be a symbol.  I understand the philosophy; it just makes me sad.  Besides, it had no hope of being the political center of gravity.  Not when it was sharing a street with …

… the Connecticut State Capitol.  I was impressed.  It wasn’t as massive as Trenton, but the carvings and detail made up for that.  I did not attempt to get around to the front of the structure.  We realized that a lot of time had been burned over the day, and thanks to the overcast skies, we were at the leading edge of losing daylight much sooner than expected.  I didn’t want to spend more time trying to get the perfect photo, especially since we were so close to the cache we came for.  Unfortunately, the path from the capitol to the cache was closed off for some unfathomable reason, so we mounted back up, drove around back, and deployed at …

… the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch. As fate would have it, there was an EarthCache there devoted to the various stones of Connecticut used to construct the arch.  That worked out in our favor since we didn’t have an EarthCache for Connecticut yet.  But as soon as we had our answers, we were off again.  We had a lot remaining on our itinerary and were quickly running out of time to accomplish our goals.  Once we sped past the council office, we raced off to…