Rhode Island

Rhode Island has long been on the list of placed that I would like to visit. It's a small state and I don't know exactly what I wanted to see but it was the Rhode Island coast that interested me most. We decided to get out and explore around Newport and the famous Cliff Walk. We thought it would be like this with nice walkways and safe railings along the shore with the Newport mansions. It was like this at the end of our route, but we started out a bit more rocky.

 We got off the trolley further south where the shore was most beautiful according to the woman at the visitor's center. We ended up going even further south because we misunderstood the access points to the trail. She warned us that it was less maintained and she was right. We did lots of rock climbing on very uneven surfaces but it was a great experience and we saw the gorgeous rocky coast of Rhode Island. We got great exercise and survived with smiles on our faces.

 

We had also heard about Ocean Drive and although it was time for sunset we made the drive and enjoyed the color in the sky even as it got too dark to see some of the sights. It was a great visit to the Rhode Island coast and we headed inland after dark which set us up for a fun Saturday night in Providence.

 Roadfood.com had lots to say about Providence and because we couldn't decide on just one we explored two of the options. Haven Brothers set up this truck in front of City Hall every day at 5pm. It was an interesting find and a great atmosphere. Downtown Providence is very cool on a Saturday night. There were lots of people and music with a great energy.

 

 After experiencing the downtown we headed to another side of town to learn something about New York System hot wieners. Nope, they aren't from NY. They are a Rhode Island thing served with a meat topping, raw onions, mustard and celery seed. They may not have been my favorite but we had a great conversation with a young man who served us and I got to try coffee milk, the official drink of Rhode Island which was delicious.

 We visited the state house in Providence before checking out the roadfood and found it lit up in pink for breast cancer awareness. It was fun to photograph in the dark but Dale was interested in getting a daylight shot so we stopped back to shoot the Rhode Island capital a week later as we traveled back to NYC.