Prudence Island & Newport Rhode Island

Hello Friends and Family!



The past few days here in Rhode Island have been wonderful. Beautiful sunny weather! It's been so nice to relax and check out some places here. Saturday we took my brother Kelly's boat to Prudence Island. It's about a 30 min ride from Tiverton. At Prudence my sister in law Robin's extended family gathered for a clam bake. Everyone had there special seafood recipe. YUM! It was so fun to see how they do a clam bake right on the beach. Build a fire for a few hrs w/rocks until they are super hot, place seaweed over hot rocks and then all the food- clams, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc. A large tarp is placed over the pile of food and let is steam for a couple hours. It was really interesting to watch and even better to eat. We also did some swimming and sunbathing. And no, I didn't get super burned.


Yesterday we went to Newport. We did the "Cliff Walk" which is a 6-7 mile path along the rocky coastline of Newport. This area has an entire neighborhood of old mansions that would blow your mind. There is even a mansion that was build by John Jacob Aster, who they named Astoria, Oregon after! The Cliff Walk gives a view of all the mansion's backyards and the incredible coastline.

We walked all over Newport. Lots of expensive shops and yachts. We really enjoyed the historic part of Newport where we saw many old buildings including the Redwood Library, the oldest library in America, founded in 1747.

We are preparing today for the flight to Georgetown. We will be heading to New York in a few hrs and then fly out at 1:10am Wed's morning. We get to Georgetown at 7am where we will meet up with Michelle and Tom.

We are praying for smooth travels and no major problems in customs in Guyana. Please expect a short delay in our blogging since it may takea few days before we can get Internet access.