Visiting the Northeast
My friend Craig and Dan’s good friend Aaron lives in Providence, RI – just a quick 3 hour drive from our house. We decided to visit them both and tour the historic city for the weekend. The trip duration was extended by 1/2 an hour each way, both times by traffic. Apparently that’s not an unusual occurrence. While we were there we had some amazing weather, from crystal clear skies to tremendous downpours complete with thunder and lightening.
October 24-25, 2009
Providence, RI
Lunch at the Red Stripe Brewery
Red Stripe
Providence neighborhood
Historic buildings
Sign on the building in the previous photos
Neighborhood street
Clock tower
Historic brick building
Garage behind house in previous photo
House under renovation
Nice weather vane (downtown buildings)
More neighborhood buildings
Looks like nice places to live
I love streets like this
Possibly original cobblestone street
It was very steep
Aaron’s apartment
The next morning was clear and bright, so we took a quick trip to the ocean. It was a nice drive and good company. The Atlantic ain’t got nothing on the Pacific though!
Dan and Aaron in the back of Craig’s jeep
The boys
Horseneck Beach State Reservation
Dan and Aaron enjoy the unusually high surf
“Look what washed up on the beach!”
Me, as Dan saw me
A seagull, as I saw it
Craig commented on how usually rough the surf was
Dan on a not-so-sandy part of the beach
Dunes
Dune-encompassed fence
Beach house
The road near Goosenecks (just down the road)
Lunch at the Bayside Restaurant
OMG but the fish was HUGE! (and tasty)
House along the way home
Rhode Island has the coolest plates
Yes, that very steep street in Providence has its original cobblestones. I lived there in a now demolished three-decker apartment where you now see new housing. It was 1966-67. Bowen Street was then a two way street! It was really treacherous in the winter, and often as treacherous at other times when sand would be deposited on the stones after a heavy rainfall. From our second story porch, we found it great sport to watch drivers try to negotiate their way up or down its narrow path in all seasons and every kind of weather. Later, a barrier was put at the top to stop downhill traffic.
I greatly enjoyed looking at this site with its photos of old haunts.
I am now a transplanted Providence native who has – for the past twenty years – been a Santa Fe, NM resident.
Thanks again for a trip down memory lane!