Recommend Blog: BANG BUS traversed "the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude..."
On the western bank of the mouth of the Connecticut lies Old Saybrook, long time home of academy award winning actress Kathryn Hepburn. Across the river is Olde Lyme.
Whatever international reputation that tidy little community enjoys is owed to a flu-like disease spread by deer ticks first identified there and bears the appellation "Lyme disease."
Locally, however, Olde Lyme is more enviably known for its artists' communities.
