Well, you gotta love Thanksgiving! (OK--I know, everybody really doesn't love it...but lets put the story of how the Europeans ruthlessly took away the Native Americans' land, into a different blog post, another day...)
What I MEAN is, who can't love being with good people and eating lots of good food? So we take a long weekend and stuff ourselves.
We finally got together with Amelia, Frank's cousin, who lives just an hour away from us in Rhode Island. 
I remember her 2 kids years ago, being very small, and now they are both very TALL! :) Katherine (senior) and Sean (9th grade) are a lot of fun. Here are some group cousin shots, although I don't really know what relation the "children-of-first-cousins" are. 
We were entertained by good company, DDR, and of course their cat.
The next day, we got to explore Rhode Island some, having never been there before. 
We toured the State House.
Very ornate. 
The lobby houses this cannon with a cannonball wedged in. 
We also visited the Roger Williams National Memorial. Williams founded Providence, after much persecution and being driven from Massachusetts as an outlaw.
This Christian preacher believed in the separation of church and state, since the government was run at that time by church officials who had little to no tolerance for a lot of things. He wanted a place of religious freedom, where people could practice, or not practice religion, in a manner they felt was right, and not be given grief about it. A very radical position for him to take, 300 years ago.
The park ranger we met was a WEALTH of information, working first as an archaeologist in the area for 10 yrs, then as a park ranger, for the past 15 years or so. He made it all really interesting, too--that was a treat.
Our last stop was the RISD, the Rhode Island School of Design. It's an art school, of sorts, with the design being textiles, architecture, sculpture, glass blowing, and more. My favorite was the glass. This particular artist was fine with people taking pictures of his work, so here is my favorite display: 
Now you know a bit about Rhode Island.
The official name, by the way, is a mouthful: "The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations." Have a great week!
P.S. Yesterday Frank filled up the car at $1.79 per gallon. 
Can anybody beat that?
Happy New Year 2023
3 years ago
4 comments:
I think last week I filled up for $1.61. Not bad - happy days!
$1.77 for us, but like Mom said - this too shall pass? I'm pretty thrilled at the tank also. What a great weekend you had! I knew so little about R.I.!
Wow! and I thought I learned a lot writing Amanda's oral presentation on the human skull in 40 minutes flat this morning before school on the day she is suppose to present. (don't ask why) I just love your east coast gem posts. We just dipped below $2 a gallon. Seems high after paying $2.50 in Utah over Thanksgiving. Glad you had a great holiday.
ok. I meant 1.50 in Utah. Goodness!
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