I have been on a mission to see all 50 states. We decided to knock out the six states comprising New England this fall, hoping to catch some of the foliage changing colors while there.
At this point I’ve now visited 43 of the states, with only 5 left in the continental states, plus Alaska and Hawaii.
We left early Friday on a Delta nonstop flight from LAX to Boston Logan.
above: Catalina island sticking out of the morning fog over the Pacific.
Boston from the air.
I wanted to arrive earlier on the east coast because the plan was to rent a car, then drive that afternoon down to Providence, Rhode Island.
The distance was only 50 miles, but it took two hours with the Friday rush hour traffic. We got to Rhode Island just before dark at 6pm.
Stayed at the Aloft Downtown Providence, which was kind of a cool place with a stylish vibe.
Outside of Boston, Providence was the only place I planned on staying more than one night.
We went out to see the Providence river …
and get a few sights in…
before heading to a place called Hemenway’s for dinner.
I had tried to do a bunch of research about each of these cities/states before arriving. I wanted to know what the local food specialties were, and the historical sights to see. The foods for Rhode Island were clam cakes, lobster, a coffee drink they call coffee milk, Irish brown bread, and johnny cakes, a cornmeal pancake.
We ended up getting shrimp and scallops at Hemenway’s, not on the list, but seafood all the same.
Pretty much just went back to the hotel and crashed after that.
