As I said in the last blog, we don’t usually meet many people that we know on our travels and it’s a real treat when we do. Well, last night we had dinner with an old roommate of mine and this morning we’ve got lunch with an old roommate of Gary’s when he was in the Navy in Newport. Les married Eileen soon after we left Rhode Island but we saw them every now and then when we lived in Minnesota when he traveled in an RV to see his father in MN.
We left early so we could stop to see the Vets High School in Warwick, RI where I taught for 3 years. My room was the second set of windows in the lower picture.
Then we stopped to see the house that Jo and I had lived in for 2 years. Great view on Narragansett Bay. We used to watch the ships sail up and down the bay. The funniest one I ever saw was one Saturday when I looked out and saw - a submarine. I checked the paper next day and saw that a Russian Sub had come into Providence, RI for a bit. Cool.
We rented from a family named DeBellis and the mother of the family that lives there now bought it from the DeBellis’ about 40 years ago, right after we left. (I wish I had known that it was going to be for sale.) They have made some nice changes and it really looks nice.
Lunch was great. Les and Eileen brought one of their granddaughters who lives with them. Clever girl - she knew that grown-up conversation would be really dull so she brought some things to do to entertain herself.
After lunch we wandered through Roger Williams Park with its self-peddle swan boats.
the carousel
and this tree with all the cool knobs.
Time to head back to the RV - we’re on the move tomorrow.
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