I drove the 310 miles between Newport, Rhode Island and Burlington, Vermont in two legs, with a brief nap at home in between. Heavy rain and a relentless, brilliant lightning display will be what I’ll remember about the first leg, and the mist covered Green Mountains of Vermont surely will be the thing I remember…
I got to spend a little time on Rhode Island, in the State of Rhode Island, on Friday and Saturday. It wasn’t a long stay, but with my son living in Portsmouth and working in Newport, it was a worthwhile one. There are three towns on the island; these two and the appropriately named Middletown…
Joshua Slocum On April 24, 1895, Joshua Slocum sailed out of Fairhaven, Massachusetts on his gaff-rigged sloop Spray. He returned to Newport, Rhode Island on June 27, 1898, and documented that incredible solo sail around the globe in his book Sailing Alone Around the World. His trip and the book were worldwide phenomenons, and Slocum…