The Gothic Inn
Travel Blogs from Block Island
An Old Seaport, Famous Pizza, and a Nuclear Sub
... USS Nautilus Memorial, and the Mystic Pizza restaurant, featured in the 1988 Julia Roberts movie of the same name.
We stayed in the Seaport RV Campground, which was strangely enough, not very close to the Seaport, and not near the beach at all. But it was a decent, treed spot to spend a couple of days. They even held some trick-or-treating and Halloween events, which were fun for Wren. She won the costume contest and snagged a bunch of treats. Halloween itself ...
Newport - Opulence by the Bay
... happy to find our way back to our own opulent ship! Our final night has come all too soon like it always does. This has been a most interesting cruise, one we both agree is a must see! The ports have been second to none and this afternoon we discussed if perhaps we had found them even more beautiful than Hawaii which up to now had been our favorite. With the exception of Sydney, we would LOVE to return to all of ...
The Vanderbilt'ssummer place, Newport.
... down, a sudden downpour. By the time we finished, yes, we are slow eaters I admit, it had cleared up and we set off again driving throug Connecticut. Stayed in a semi-dodgy hotel run by mr Patel. our hotel accom seems to have deteriorated somewhat. But the bed linen was clean and so was the bathroom. the twin bedded room had twin double beds -often hotels offer either a king or queen double. First time I have slept in a double in years... Very squishy for us two ...
Getting ready to go!
... Fleetwood Pulse on a sprinter. Hope we have a safe trip!
The pictures are from previous trips: our camper at Grayton Beach, FL,
George and Steph enjoying a campfire in St. Augustine,
These are all reminders of what we have to look forward to - camping, camp fires, great campsites, biking, meeting new people, visiting our children and just relaxing and having a great time.
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Island Life
... of the one percent of the population that tolerates the rest of us. The number of estates is astounding. First stop was the Beavertail Lighthouse, then Bill Pitcher’s family home and birthplace . Jan and I got a kick out of Bill’s memorial plaque, “Birthplace of William J. Pitchers 1937”, in Bill’s own writing of course. A modest structure with a infamous history having spawned “Barnacle Bill”, ...