Monday, October 05, 2009
(Written on dec 26, 2009 - memories getting slightly hazy)
One of the hardest parts of the journey, i thought was today. From Wantagh, NY in long island we set off to Southampton for lunch and a stroll. Followed by a ferry from Orient Point to New London, CT, with a drive finishing at Newport, Rhode Island. Google says total distance 179 miles - 4hrs 21min.
This seemed on par with what we got. Most of the roads were marked 55-65mph, but some wide open straight line CA highway 5 looking sections were marked 45mph. What is going on with this?
Southampton is a nice little town, i think of it like a burlingame. The neatest part is the hospital has valet! The boutiques and main shopping area was a gentle stroll through color changing trees, still most of them were green though.
After getting 25$ lunch meal of sandwiches, we booked off to orient point. The drive up was like heading towards placerville, ca with pumpkin farms scattered around. There were a lot of antique stores dotted around and places that offered pumpkin fudge.. too bad we didn't know that area was the only place with the goods. Oh well.
Off to orient point and drove into the car-ferry. Hung out with a 13-month old that the little one had a blast with. The one hour twenty minute ferry was a breeze while chasing around these two munchkins.
Back on land the drive to Newport, RI was easy. Rolling hills, mostly green forestry, bridges and craggy hillsides were the scene.
At Newport, we heard about the salvation cafe from the parents of the 13-month old. They told us it was a cheap and good places to go. At 15$ entree joint that is furnished by the salvation army, i didn't want to know what the other places had to offer. I had some beef brisket type thing which was kinda small and fluffielady had a pork chops which were pretty good sized.
The hotel was at an excellent location i highly recommend the Comfort Inn Newport. It's right by the beach, a few minutes drive to the mansions, cheapest of most hotels in the area. Swimming pool on the second floor was nice, but the breakfast wasn't. I think the standards for hotel breakfasts have gone up considerably.
We took a dip in the pool before going Zzzz'ing.
One of the hardest parts of the journey, i thought was today. From Wantagh, NY in long island we set off to Southampton for lunch and a stroll. Followed by a ferry from Orient Point to New London, CT, with a drive finishing at Newport, Rhode Island. Google says total distance 179 miles - 4hrs 21min.
This seemed on par with what we got. Most of the roads were marked 55-65mph, but some wide open straight line CA highway 5 looking sections were marked 45mph. What is going on with this?
Southampton is a nice little town, i think of it like a burlingame. The neatest part is the hospital has valet! The boutiques and main shopping area was a gentle stroll through color changing trees, still most of them were green though.
After getting 25$ lunch meal of sandwiches, we booked off to orient point. The drive up was like heading towards placerville, ca with pumpkin farms scattered around. There were a lot of antique stores dotted around and places that offered pumpkin fudge.. too bad we didn't know that area was the only place with the goods. Oh well.
Off to orient point and drove into the car-ferry. Hung out with a 13-month old that the little one had a blast with. The one hour twenty minute ferry was a breeze while chasing around these two munchkins.
Back on land the drive to Newport, RI was easy. Rolling hills, mostly green forestry, bridges and craggy hillsides were the scene.
At Newport, we heard about the salvation cafe from the parents of the 13-month old. They told us it was a cheap and good places to go. At 15$ entree joint that is furnished by the salvation army, i didn't want to know what the other places had to offer. I had some beef brisket type thing which was kinda small and fluffielady had a pork chops which were pretty good sized.
The hotel was at an excellent location i highly recommend the Comfort Inn Newport. It's right by the beach, a few minutes drive to the mansions, cheapest of most hotels in the area. Swimming pool on the second floor was nice, but the breakfast wasn't. I think the standards for hotel breakfasts have gone up considerably.
We took a dip in the pool before going Zzzz'ing.
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