Today after work, I decided to head to the town of Gardner for dinner at
Sawa Asian Cuisine and Lounge, a primarily Chinese restaurant in town.
Before the sun set though, I decided to visit a few places first, passing by
Stuart Pond in Sterling,
and a few places in Leominster including the Grand View Country Club which had great views from the top of the hill,
 |
Bartlett Pond,
Wachusett Street near Elm Street |
 |
Grand View Country Club,
454 Wachusett Street |
 |
| View from Grand View Country Club |
 |
Fall Brook Reservoir,
~100 Wachusett Street |
before going to the
Living Stone Foundation in Leominster first to check out the stone monuments engraved with Christian sayings strewn all over the place in a somewhat disorganized manner. Pictures follow.
 |
| The Main Building |
The next destination town on the list was Fitchburg
 |
Fitchburg Church of the Nazarene,
800 South Street |
before I headed into Ashby to find the
Trap Falls located within the
Willard Brook State Forest on Townsend Road near Bernhardt Road, which were pretty beautiful as you can see from my picture below.
From here, I spent the rest of the day sightseeing in Ashburnham,
 |
Ashburnham Community Church,
84 Main Street |
 |
St. Anne's Church,
162 Center Street |
Winchendon
and finally Gardner before heading to dinner.
 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
634 Pearl Street |
 |
Old First Lutheran Church,
209 Lawrence Street |
 |
| Logos Church, 9 Wasa Street |
 |
| Old Church, 122 West Street |
 |
| Big Red, 95 West Street |
The restaurant is located within a strip mall, and okay decor wise.
After looking at the menu, I decided
to get the Beef Negimaki (Grilled and sliced pieces of beef with scallions, and cheese, served in teriyaki sauce) for appetizers, and the Thai Mango Beef for my main dish.
 |
| Beef Negimaki |
 |
| Thai Mango Beef |
Both were presented pretty well, but flavor wise, they were just okay, especially because there were scallions in the Negimaki.
With that, my short but productive sightseeing trip in northern central Massachusetts after work came to an end.
