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An Old Seaport, Famous Pizza, and a Nuclear Sub
... So then we had to buy some cellophane and create our own taillight cover out of cellophane and duct tape. MacGuyver would be proud.
When we finally made our way out of town, I talked the girls into stopping by Foxwoods Casino Resort. Being a big poker geek, I knew that this was the site where the World Poker Open stop on the World Poker Tour is held. So we took a quick tour, and I snapped a few careful pics (casinos generally don't appreciate cameras). We ...
Newport - Opulence by the Bay
... However we awoke really early because wouldn't you know it the tender boat they were using today was RIGHT outside our window so it screeched and groaned as the let it down and now we were up! So that was our nighttime adventure. And on to Newport which involves the longest tender ride ever. The ship has to anchor a long ways off due to the rocks, I presume, so the tender ride is at least 15 min. Then we caught the ...
The Vanderbilt'ssummer place, Newport.
... home Reno ideas, but not sure if Russel will go along with them... we also had a look at the summer home of coal magnate Mr Berwind (forgotten his name already). But i remember he was worth $20 million and he spent $1.2 mill on this house in 1901. Such decadence. The music room had fancy paneled walls that were discovered to be platinum! Apparently the tax rate was zero back then. back in town we found a nice restaurant and had a late lunch. It started raining ...
Getting ready to go!
We are in the process of planning a camping trip to the Southwest for the spring of 2013.
Our plans will take us through the following states: CT, NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX, NM, AZ, CA, Nevada, Utah, OK, AK, TN.
We will stay at Casinos, State, National Parks, National Forests, COE parks, TVA parks, County Parks, Walmarts, Private Parks and Vineyards. Our RV is a ...
Island Life
The next day we drove back to the Pequot Museum and were treated to one of the most elaborate displays of Native American village life I have ever seen. The revenues from the casinos have really underwritten a fabulous exhibit. The use lifelike manikins to recreate a village, based upon archaeological research of the area. A locally produced documentary details the Pequot’s difficulties with the early English settlers which resulted in a ...
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