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.