Day 48 Rhode Island
Sunday, June 14, 2009Heh, heh…it poured all night and came down even harder this morning. Of course, with the rain came cooler temperatures, down in the mid 50’s again. We were supposed to go for a boat ride with friends. Too bad the weather didn’t cooperate.
Move on to Plan B. Go walk around Newport.
The rain stopped and it the weather called for mostly sunny so we headed over Newport Bridge.I remember when we had to take a ferry to get to Newport from Jamestown and the building of the bridge was a VERY big deal. In fact, when my daughter was born in August 1968 I shared a room with a girl whose husband was an iron worker who had been injured during the bridge construction. That is how I always remember the age of the bridge.
We enjoyed a couple of hours of walking around this colonial town. Many of the homes are of the same colonial period as Charleston, but smaller, with definitely smaller windows. After all, they wanted to maintain the heat and Charleston wanted to try to stay cool in those days of now central heat and air.
The sun came out and people began to fill the touristy city. Luckily, we were almost ready to leave by the time it got crowded.
We drove over to Westerly, RI, the coastal city sitting on the Connecticut line. At one time, this seemed like another state all together, Westerly was sooooooo far away, almost an hour drive! Now, with the newer highways, it’s a shorter ride, but people still consider it a journey.
These cousins raise shih tzus, as I once did. They had a litter of week old puppies, I miss my puppies now that we don’t breed anymore. How cute they were! We left for a wonderful dock lunch and then they showed us around parts of Westerly and adjacent Stonington Ct, which we’d never done more than pass by before. Imagine, we lived over half our lives and there are places so close we’d never seen. They showed us some amazing oceanfront homes.
We said goodbye and returned to the RV, but not before a stop at the Stop and Shop supermarket to stock up a bit. Somehow, we always find more than we went in for.
Tomorrow, Jim golfs and if I can locate some phone numbers I may visit an old friend…if not, laundry calls!
Move on to Plan B. Go walk around Newport.
The rain stopped and it the weather called for mostly sunny so we headed over Newport Bridge.I remember when we had to take a ferry to get to Newport from Jamestown and the building of the bridge was a VERY big deal. In fact, when my daughter was born in August 1968 I shared a room with a girl whose husband was an iron worker who had been injured during the bridge construction. That is how I always remember the age of the bridge.
We enjoyed a couple of hours of walking around this colonial town. Many of the homes are of the same colonial period as Charleston, but smaller, with definitely smaller windows. After all, they wanted to maintain the heat and Charleston wanted to try to stay cool in those days of now central heat and air.
The sun came out and people began to fill the touristy city. Luckily, we were almost ready to leave by the time it got crowded.
We drove over to Westerly, RI, the coastal city sitting on the Connecticut line. At one time, this seemed like another state all together, Westerly was sooooooo far away, almost an hour drive! Now, with the newer highways, it’s a shorter ride, but people still consider it a journey.
These cousins raise shih tzus, as I once did. They had a litter of week old puppies, I miss my puppies now that we don’t breed anymore. How cute they were! We left for a wonderful dock lunch and then they showed us around parts of Westerly and adjacent Stonington Ct, which we’d never done more than pass by before. Imagine, we lived over half our lives and there are places so close we’d never seen. They showed us some amazing oceanfront homes.
We said goodbye and returned to the RV, but not before a stop at the Stop and Shop supermarket to stock up a bit. Somehow, we always find more than we went in for.
Tomorrow, Jim golfs and if I can locate some phone numbers I may visit an old friend…if not, laundry calls!
Hello Mom and Grandma...Brenna and I are checking out the site. We are catching up on things...Hot wieners anyone!!!You and Jeff both getting them in the same week,Not fair! I miss you and Dad. Bren says hey and she hopes your having a great time. We'll see you soon..Love You, Lori and Bren
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