I got my pics from Rhode Island uploaded today....here's the link.
http://picasaweb.google.com/stuartcrapo/TripToRhodeIsland2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Rhode Island - Friday & Saturday
Today is Saturday and it's about 11:18pm. We are just sitting here in the living room, chillin, and watching some of the Olympics. I thought I would blog a bit about the last two days. Friday we spent the day in Newport, RI. It's an ocean town that has a lot of large ship tours, and lots of shopping. We all split up, and wandered around town. I took a ton of pics of the harbour and buildings and all such stuff. We had a good time. We found out later, that the case of "The Deadliest Catch" was in a tent nearby, and we could have gotten their autographs or something. Oh well.
Today we hung around the house until about 1pm, and then we went to Wickford, RI. Wickford is located near Naraganssett, if I remember correctly. Another town near the water. The main reason we went there was to look at the history. Wickford is a very old city. A lot of the buildings have dates on them, showing their original construction dates in the late 1700's and early 1800's. We walked around the town, and spent some time city at the harbour. After our trip to Wickford, we went over to Liz's parents house. Rick and Cindy had a BBQ of all sorts of great food. We had hotdogs, hamburgers, kilbasa, ribs, salad, etc. Very yummy. Then we all sat around and shot the bull and chatted for awhile.
Tomorrow morning we are leaving at 7am to head back home. I can't believe this vacation went by so fast. We had a good time though. I enjoyed the whole time here. It was fun. Thankfully we have Monday off to recover from our vacation, but it's gonna be a busy day. I have to make a trip to the dump, and get Amy's car fixed up also.
Well, it looks like we are going to bed now, so that was my vacation! When I get my Picasa Gallery updated with all the pics, I'll post a link in the blog.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Visit to Rhode Island - Wednesday & Thursday
Well it's Thursday and our 2nd full day here in Rhode Island. I thought I would write a bit about how our trip is going on.
We arrived in Providence on Tuesday evening at about 5pm. Amy's brother Ted came and picked us up, and took us over to the car rental place. After getting the van, we headed over to Ted and Liz's house. If I remember correctly, the area they live in is called Phenix, or that might be the road name. I don't really remember. Anyways. We went out to dinner at a place call Chelo's that sat right next to a harbor. I had fish and chips, Amy had some sort of seafood soup. After dinner, we went over to Dick's Sporting Goods and picked up a cooler for our fishing trip to come on Wednesday.
Wednesday morning we woke up at 5am to get ready for our fishing trip. It took us about 40 minutes to get to the harbor, which was located near Point Judith, and Snug Harbor. My brother in law Ted had arranged a day of deep sea fishing. Our guide for the day was Bob. He had a 36 foot fishing boat called "Caught On". We took a ride on his boat out about 17 miles off the coast, near Block Island, RI. Due to crappy weather conditions, we were not able to reach some of his favorite fishing spots, but we still had some good success. The ride was smooth and as soon as it got really rocky, I lost my cookies. I had been sitting up in the cabin with Bob, and then ended up with my head over the side of the boat puking my guts out. It was a good thing I hadn't eaten breakfast. The day was wet and rainy and very windy. We hit some pretty big swells that rocked us all over the boat, but it was really quite an awesome day, and we all had an awesome time. All in all, we probably caught about 20 - 25 fish between the 3 of us. We came home around 2pm, and all took showers and naps, as we were tired, soaked, and ready for some rest. Amy woke me up later that evening for dinner. They had cooked up the sea bass that Doug had caught. It was pretty good. After that, I spent the evening playing games on my laptop, and everyone else sat around chatting, and watching tv.
Today, Thursday, we took a trip to Mystic, Connecticut. We went to the Marine Life Aquarium. There was a lot of people, but it was fun to walk around and see all the sea life. After the aquarium, we went to lunch at a place called the Steak Loft. The food was ok, nothing great. After lunch we went shopping at the shopping area they have next door. There are about 60 shops with all sorts of junk you can buy. We all broke up and did our own thing. One thing we had to do for sure was to get fudge from the General Store. It was yummy! We got a few little things, and called it a day. And that's where we are now. I'm sitting on the couch blogging. I am not sure what is in store for us later this week. We will be here Friday, Saturday, and go home on Sunday. I will probably blog a bit more about this trip as soon as we get home. I'll post my pics to my Picasa Gallery also.
We arrived in Providence on Tuesday evening at about 5pm. Amy's brother Ted came and picked us up, and took us over to the car rental place. After getting the van, we headed over to Ted and Liz's house. If I remember correctly, the area they live in is called Phenix, or that might be the road name. I don't really remember. Anyways. We went out to dinner at a place call Chelo's that sat right next to a harbor. I had fish and chips, Amy had some sort of seafood soup. After dinner, we went over to Dick's Sporting Goods and picked up a cooler for our fishing trip to come on Wednesday.
Wednesday morning we woke up at 5am to get ready for our fishing trip. It took us about 40 minutes to get to the harbor, which was located near Point Judith, and Snug Harbor. My brother in law Ted had arranged a day of deep sea fishing. Our guide for the day was Bob. He had a 36 foot fishing boat called "Caught On". We took a ride on his boat out about 17 miles off the coast, near Block Island, RI. Due to crappy weather conditions, we were not able to reach some of his favorite fishing spots, but we still had some good success. The ride was smooth and as soon as it got really rocky, I lost my cookies. I had been sitting up in the cabin with Bob, and then ended up with my head over the side of the boat puking my guts out. It was a good thing I hadn't eaten breakfast. The day was wet and rainy and very windy. We hit some pretty big swells that rocked us all over the boat, but it was really quite an awesome day, and we all had an awesome time. All in all, we probably caught about 20 - 25 fish between the 3 of us. We came home around 2pm, and all took showers and naps, as we were tired, soaked, and ready for some rest. Amy woke me up later that evening for dinner. They had cooked up the sea bass that Doug had caught. It was pretty good. After that, I spent the evening playing games on my laptop, and everyone else sat around chatting, and watching tv.
Today, Thursday, we took a trip to Mystic, Connecticut. We went to the Marine Life Aquarium. There was a lot of people, but it was fun to walk around and see all the sea life. After the aquarium, we went to lunch at a place called the Steak Loft. The food was ok, nothing great. After lunch we went shopping at the shopping area they have next door. There are about 60 shops with all sorts of junk you can buy. We all broke up and did our own thing. One thing we had to do for sure was to get fudge from the General Store. It was yummy! We got a few little things, and called it a day. And that's where we are now. I'm sitting on the couch blogging. I am not sure what is in store for us later this week. We will be here Friday, Saturday, and go home on Sunday. I will probably blog a bit more about this trip as soon as we get home. I'll post my pics to my Picasa Gallery also.
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