With all of New England tied up with the question of whether Manny will be traded (and perhaps why Jose Cruz Jr.), we head from Portland on to Old Saybrook CT with the sole goal of a dinner at Bills at the Singing Bridge for soft-shelled crab on a bun. Little kids will cry saying goodbye to Portland and portland and portland's but starting west we must. After Connecticut, we go to the only hotel we know with a bowling alley attached and then to the joys of Ithaca for a few days before back to Kingston for the weekend.