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Some old churches in Connecticut

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A Favorite Gazebo? What's Wrong With You? Well, people have favorite things - favorite flower, song, color, tie, shoes, etc. Riders have favorite trails, roads, rest stops, etc. Along with a whole bunch of other favorites, I have a favorite Gazebo.

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It's the location, naturally. I have yet to stop and find anyone around, making it a near perfect place to stop, relax, hydrate, eat and/or just enjoy the solitude and scenery after a raucous ride.
 
Picture Of A Very Small Town: Below is an aerial view of the center of New Braintree, MA. The town is essentially a spread out village of less than 1,000 people populating a 21 square mile area.

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The center has a church, deserted red brick building that was once a store or mercantile place and the old white school building in the foreground above Turning the camera 180° to the east, you can see the town's newer offices and school.

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New Braintree is home to the state police academy, whose buildings can barely be seen to the left of the water tower in the first picture. The police academy sits on grounds that were once a Seventh Day Adventist Academy and later a site intended for a state prison, whose construction was killed by a later governor, based on the towns displeasure with the idea. Originally, this land was inhabited by native Americans.
 
So how is the beautiful little chalk stream,post 629? has the Water Board ruined it yet like the others, filling it with toxic sewerage and chemicals? The good news is the first Swallows arrived yesterday, having flown thousands of miles to get here. Alas, in the past years, their numbers have declined and declined, so no longer will they be skimming those Chalk Streams after Mayflies and other insects, and we will be the poorer for it.
 

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