We are in covered bridge country and the nearest is in Cornwall, just 30 minutes from here.  It is a curvy drive along the Housatonic River past quaint towns and lots of fishing access points.  The bridge is beautiful and wonderfully maintained.  We hang to appreciate it a bit then head to the Cornwall Country Store for some ice cream.  A roadside history signs explains why there are so many “Cornwalls (Cornwall Bridge, West Cornwall, Cornwall, Cornwall Village…).  This area was occupied during post-religious-freedom settlement days.  They didn’t settle A town centered on a church.  They settled their land as separate farmsteads.  Ultimately little burgs each declaring its own name formed around many of those individual farmsteads so….lots of Cornwalls.  Cool historical tidbit.