Day 47: Rhode Island

Forgot to tell you yesterday, my Covid test results came back from Delaware in 48 hours – Negative!, Amanda also got her test results on Friday, and so we had dinner together with confidence last night.

Trip is winding down, so not a lot to report today. From New London, I doubled back to Branford, CT so I could have brunch with a friend of mine from High School. Harwood Union readers, you know Susie Radcliff. It’s always fun to see people you have known since 7^th grade or before.

From there I drove up the coast, I had meant to get off the highway and follow Route 1, but I guess I was so full from brunch that I just stayed on the highway until I came to the exit for Newport. Drove over the Jamestown Bridge, the picture below does not do it justice.  Many times, flying into Boston I can tell we are getting close, when I spot that bridge.

Drove through downtown Newport, it was busy and then I headed for the cliff walk. Thought I should see the mansions, especially the Vanderbilt mansion, since I saw the one in Asheville.  All the Cliff Walk parking lots were full, I ended parking on the street and walking by the front of several, but I lost interest in trying to get any closer.

It strikes me as funny that I’m staying about an hour away from my home, but I set up this challenge for myself to stay in all 48 states, so it would feel lame to not follow through and finish this last night in Rhode Island.

Song of the Day: The Last Resort, Eagles (The one that starts with “She came from Providence”)

Podcast: Nothing Today

Book on Tape:  Finished Hoot

Beer of the Day: Rise APA, Whalers Brewing Co

Total Miles: 210