On September 4th, we drove to Providence, Rhode Island to tour the state capitol. There was only a guard at the entrance, no one to welcome us, no one to give us a tour. We took a tour ourselves. It was a very small capitol. Not as grand as some of the other capitols we have seen. An interesting thing though was a tribute in the rotunda to Senator Edward Kennedy who died recently. They did this for his son who is a Senator in RI. After our self tour we drove down to Newport, Rhode Island and walked a path by the water called the Cliff Walk for about a mile. It’s a walk along the ocean with large mansions all along the way. The scenery and homes were amazing. We really enjoyed it all. We then went downtown Newport to shop and eat. They have quite a lot of shops and restaurants along the water. We walked around and saw a fish market with plenty of fish, lobster and all. There were several different types of boats to take tours on and we might have if it hadn’t been so late. We ate at the Wharf Pub and Restaurant which we really enjoyed. We had a 70 mile drive back to the campground so we left before sunset. It was a long but good day.
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