Good Morning, Hartford

In Hartford, the sunrises over the Connecticut River can be awesome. Just saying.

Music is from Cradle Rock's "Sleepy Side of the Moon," an incredible, lullaby version of Pink Floyd's Darkside of the Moon.

The Caribbean Festival

Saturday we visited the Caribbean Festival on the Riverfront. Actually we visited it twice, making an early afternoon trip and returning a few hours later in the evening. The festivals on the Riverfront are usually hit or miss. Sometimes there is a huge crowd, sometimes the crowd is a little underwhelming. The Caribbean Festival was definitely in the hit category.

During our afternoon visit the Riverfront was already packed with people. We came down for lunch and found it at the Scott's Bakery stand with a chicken patty and cocoa bread. You can really never go wrong with cocoa bread. We've been tempted a few times just to order three cocoa breads but we don't think that's exactly a balanced meal. Along with the food vendors, there were merchandise vendors selling literally everything under the sun with the Jamaican flag scheme and Bob Marley on it. Have to hand it to Bob Marley's estate, he's certainly reached the Star Wars level of cottage industry merchandising.

Are You Sure This Is Safe?

This picture was taken down at the banks of the Connecticut River when the water was very high.  Now we are sure that modern day electricians have figured out that lampposts near a river might become partially submerged and have dealt with that in a safe manner.  Still that old electricity and water thing couldn't help but creep up in the back of our minds when we saw this.   Keep the lights off please!

Hakaan Loob Discusses Urban Kayaking With Craig The Porn Star

Hakaan called into WCCC to discuss urban kayaking with Craig The Porn Star. They talked about not making it very far in the river, trash and pollution, mansions and housing projects and Craig even expressed an interest in snorkeling!