Good places for Overnight btw Milford and New London CT?

sptddog wrote:
I've strongly considered going 84 and coming down Route 9 to New London (I think 7 runs Danbury to Norwalk, so not sure that helps me), but it's over 20 miles out of the way.

sptddog wrote:
We'll be heading to Cape Code this weekend. I'm good with my route (78 to 287, Tappan Zee Bridge, 95) I think. I drive in the evening and then stop at night. I usually use Cracker Barrel for overnights, but in CT, there are only 2 on my route, and one is too early to stop, and the other might be too late.....Milford CT might be too soon, and Coventry, RI might be stretching it (almost 6 hours into the trip). I'd like to have a backup option between them just in case I'm beat and can't make it more than 4-4.5 hours (or we get a late start, which often happens). I've searched through tons of rest area threads, and there is a Pilot, but it's also pretty far into the trip. There appear to be a lot of rest area threads that say it's okay to overnight there (we'd be there between midnight to 6-7am)but they aren't recent. Anyone stop in there recently? Nearby walmarts?

Thanks!

sptddog wrote:
We'll be heading to Cape Code this weekend. I'm good with my route (78 to 287, Tappan Zee Bridge, 95) I think. I drive in the evening and then stop at night. I usually use Cracker Barrel for overnights, but in CT, there are only 2 on my route, and one is too early to stop, and the other might be too late.....Milford CT might be too soon, and Coventry, RI might be stretching it (almost 6 hours into the trip). I'd like to have a backup option between them just in case I'm beat and can't make it more than 4-4.5 hours (or we get a late start, which often happens). I've searched through tons of rest area threads, and there is a Pilot, but it's also pretty far into the trip. There appear to be a lot of rest area threads that say it's okay to overnight there (we'd be there between midnight to 6-7am)but they aren't recent. Anyone stop in there recently? Nearby walmarts?

Thanks!

jplante4 wrote:
We're doing Aces High in East Lyme CT next month. Looks like a nice place.

Where are you staying on the Cape?

I'd love to be able to talk you out of your proposed route. I-95 is a miserable road. They're still rebuilding the I-95/I-91 interchange (going on 20 years now), and I-95 from there is 2 lanes. When a truck gets into the passing lane, the whole road backs up.

Last time we came home from PA, we took I-84 to Rt 7 in CT south to New London. Much better ride.