This morning we left the room in Stowe around 8am and
stopped for breakfast at Stowe Bee’s Bakery.
Then we began our 5-states-in-one-day drive. We went from Vermont to New Hampshire then to
Mass (stopped near Lowell at a Subway for lunch). Then we went slightly out of the way so that
we could cut the corner of Connecticut (just so the kids could say they’ve been
there) and drove into Rhode Island. We
arrived in Newport around 2:45 and drove around, looking at the mansions and
historic buildings including the childhood home of Jackie Kennedy and the
church where she and John got married.
We checked into our very old four-story hotel, the America’s
Cup Inn and it’s amazing. It’s very old
and a little smelly but on the fourth floor is an outdoor deck and we have a
window unit that cools the room down a lot.
There are parakeets in a cage on the first floor (four of them) and Ryan
would go by them when they were chirping and say, “Ssshhh” and they’d all get
quiet.
Ryan, Nick and I walked around for 35 minutes and man was it
hot outside – like 92 degrees and humid.
Grant stayed in the room and played Fortnight, which is all he’s been
doing this entire trip. He’s even
wearing his headphones and “talking” (aka yelling) to his friends and we’re
constantly shushing him.
After our walk, we came back to the room and got ready for
dinner at The Gas Lantern, which was right by our hotel on Thames Street. It was great.
I was wearing a ballcap with the Dallas Cowboys star on it (that’s all)
and our waitress told me she liked my hat – I think she’s the fifth person on
this trip to say they like it – surprising!
After dinner we walked around a bit – Ryan got a sweatshirt,
Grant got some taffy, I got a “Green Monstah” ballcap because Nick said I can’t
wear my cowboys cap to the Red Sox game tomorrow night. Then Nick got a cupcake mixed in with soft
serve ice cream (it’s called a Whirlie) at Charlie’s Cupcakes across from our
hotel, then it was back to the room.
Grant got back on Fortnight, Ryan’s attached to her
computer, and now Nick’s on day 2 or 3 of his 30-day challenge exercise
routine…we’ll see…
I can’t believe this trip is almost over. It’s been fun but it’s felt very short.
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