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After a couple hours on the road we arrived at our hotel.  We decided to stay at the Comfort Inn in Middletown, just outside of Newport.  The rates here were cheaper than staying in Newport, which was less than 10 minutes down the road.  We didn't need anything fancy, we wouldn't be spending much time in the hotel anyway!    They had a nice pool right  off the lobby, but being November, none of us thought to bring swimsuits.  There were a couple of rest...

With an earlier start this morning, we went to the visitor center in Newport and bought a pass to visit 5 mansions. We also took the trolley for transportation which ended up being a waste. It was nice for the drive to the 1st mansion but then you had to wait around for what seemed like an eternity to catch it again, so we ended up walking and only saw 3 mansions. The 1st one was the ELMS that was a self guided audio tour. Elms was built in 1901 for a coal baron. This was actually my fav...

     We decided today to take a trip into Newport, RI which is probably one of my favorite New England places. Of course we weren't even out of Milford and we had taken a wrong turn and ended up in Warwick, RI among other places along the way and what should have been a 1 1/2 hour trip turned into much longer, lol. Once again we saw some cute little towns that we wouldn't have seen otherwise. I had been to Newport 2 times before once in the spring/summer of 03 or 04 and fo...

After getting my rental car, I drove to the Roger Williams National Memorial.  I try to visit as many of the national parks as possible; this site took only about fifteen minutes, but it also provided parking as I explored the area.  I walked up to the State House where I started to look around on my own but when I wandered into the library, an older woman offered to give me a tour of the building.  I loved this one-on-one experience.  Helen was very knowledgeable about th...

  I finally got to live the dream of going to the smallest state in the USA, Rhode Island.  It happened by accident which is usually how most people find themselves in Rhode Island.  Still I went with an open mind and a loving heart and had a great time, even though it was a Sunday and not a lot was open.   I hadn't been to a mall that big in a while, but then again I only go to the mall about three times a year and it's in Portland, Oregon which really l...

This is the end result of a LARGE bottle of champagne and a rainy day... Carmen Inc. Photography

This summer I came up with the idea to visit all 50 states in the US.  Now I know this isn't a new idea, but after traveling to other places around the world, I figured that it would also be a good idea to get to know my own country. Now I have always wanted to go to Rhode Island since I was a little girl.  Why you ask?  Because it is there.  No, the truth is that when I saw that it was the tiniest state in the country I was sold.  I have even thought about having my...

It's my first week in Boston. What a big difference from Highlands, NC! Boston is fast & exciting & very alive. I'll be here for 3 months & can't wait to discover as much as I can...

I wish that I could tell you all about my trip to Italy after I graduated from college, but unfortunately, it was another failed attempt to get back across the ocean.  My neighbor offered up taking a trip to Rhode Island instead.  I hadn't been there since I was a little kid and she was in New England withdrawal, being from Connecticut.  So, we were off to Newport to celebrate my graduation and Danielle's birthday.  We spent a good amount of time checking out some of ...

Never thought what I'll find in Rhode Island, Newport - something so much to my liking! Seaside, boats, lobster, history, nature - now that's a perfect destination to spend days and days. So many discoveries!

A day at the beach with my girlfriend Falon, My Dad, and his girlfriend Dawn

So I arrived in PVD on the afternoon of the 26th (after a super long bus ride which my brother pointed out could have put me in Europe had I been on a plane) and it's been really nice to be here.  I was reluctant to leave Vermont for various reasons, but it's important to be here and see my niece eve though she won't remember a thing when I see her 8 months from now.  Last night we did Christmas and I got some great things!  Today I babysat, went to the mall, and then baby...

32 states in the US and 8 in Canada. Travelled Canada and the USA from coast to coast within five months. Travelled mostly by train, sometimes by coach. In total 33.000 km (20.000 miles). Started and ended in Toronto. Some other highlights: Montreal, Quebec, New York, Philadelpia, Chicago, Miami, New Orleans, El Paso, LA, San Fran, Yosemite, Death Valley, Vegas, Vancouver, Jasper. Experienced temperatures varying from minus 25 degrees Celsius to +30 degrees Celsius. Only shot 6000 pictures.

Besides travelling the world, I also believe that the place you call home can hold some of the most expectacular beauty if you know where to look. This is the case with the US, 50 states with as much to offer as any country in the world. East coast to west coast, north to south, it is as different as night and day each with their own unique culture. There's something for everyone here! I offer you a very small peak of my incredible journey through this land I call home!

On my way south from Boston I stopped overnight in Providence to visit Sigel, another camp friend, and get a taste of college life.  I actually got a taste last year when I stayed with Merry, but I still find it fun & fascinating!  We don't have so much of the college-dorm-lifestyle in Australia, so it always seems slightly tv/movie-like to see that this is really how people do college in America.  So we had dinner, Sigel wrote a paper, and we went to see a movied - King ...