We arrived in Rhode Island just in time for a summer bar-b-que with Chris’s family celebrating a new arrival (congrats Mark and Kim) and later Chris and Mark leapt into the sunset off a Newport Pier.
A coupla leaping hams
The next morning we sailed off to Block Island for Liz’s birthday trip. We were still feeling under the weather and were looking forward to a nice relaxing couple of days in semi-civilization. After the 1-hour ferry ride and the 10-minute hike up the hill to check in to our hotel, we collapsed in the room and took a 3-hour nap.
The next morning, feeling a little better, we rented a couple of bikes to tour around the island. We stopped first at the Southeast Lighthouse and then jaunted down the road to the Mohegan Bluffs. After descending a couple hundred steep steps, we were rewarded with the beautiful vista we had read about.
Block Island's Southeast Lighthouse
The Mohegan Bluffs - what a sight!
After a few more hours pedaling in the scenery, we dropped off the bikes just in time for the inclement weather. By the time we made it back to the hotel the clouds had cleared and we took a quick trip over to the intriguing misfit zoo by the inn. A mishmash assortment of animals greeted us and Liz’s favorite was the one-eyed zedonk (half zebra, half donkey).
A friendly little zedonk
Our inn viewed from the zoo
Liz rides the giant turtle
Later that night we headed back into town for a nice birthday dinner at Eli’s and, as usual, trapsed back to the inn tired out from another busy day in the life of righ-brain-o-maniacs.
The next morning we packed up and shipped out for one more NJ overnight before heading down to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, trying to forget the fact that we were nearing the end of our journey …
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