More Traveling Tales

So...back to my tales of traveling. I was not home from my trip to Miami long when it was time to saddle up again and head back out of town. This time was a girls trip. Kailie, Emily and I along with Kailie's BFF Meggan, and her sister Rachel and their mom Robyn packed up and headed to Hilton Head. My sister-in-law (at the time-technically now just my best friend) Dani was already there waiting on our arrival!
After a long, funny, scary at times, in the back roads of South Carolina because the GPS obviously wanted us to have an adventure type drive...we arrived!!! The beer was cold and waiting for us!! The young girls headed to their rooms and the 3 of us adults (I use that term loosely) talked and laughed until the wee hours of the morning. Robyn and I told Dani of our interesting drive and how we ran over a dead deer. Oh the laughs we got from that over the next few days! It was a wonderfully relaxing time. Dani, Robyn and I did have a mom's night out one evening. I must admit when I woke up the next morning I felt like I had done hundreds of sit ups because my stomach and sides hurt so bad from laughing.
I am very excited because we already have the next annual girls trip to Hilton Head on the calendar for this year!!

Next stop...RI! I think I actually spent 2 weeks at home before my next trip. The annual pilgrimage back home...always wonderful, full of friends, family and fun! The 3 F's! (not the other one) I was very fortunate this year..my friend Katie got us tickets to go see a Red Sox game at Fenway! We arrived in Boston a few hours before the game started. We walked and talked and had a great time. It had been decades since I had been to a Red Sox game, ironically they were playing the same team they played the first and only other time I had been there. The Sox did not win...but it was a blast!

The first few days there were a little cool, but then the weather changed and turned into the fabulous New England weather for that time of year.
I got a great deal on a hotel in Providence. The location was great, the staff was friendly and the bed was so very comfortable!!! I went to the hotel bar a few times and met some nice people from various places...bought a bottle of wine and took it back to my room. I even ordered room service one night. It was the first time I had ever done that....I felt like such a grown up.

I had brunch with my cousins Peggy and Cathy....that is becoming an annual thing too! It was great to catch up with them again.

Of course there was the annual Cumberland Company reunion. It is always wonderful to see those friends. Unfortunately this year the fire department didn't show up.

And just like the previous visit to RI, I was able to have lunch with some friends that I have known for years....about 26 (wow where does time go?)
The last few nights were spent at the Scarborough Beach Motel in Narragansett. The time I spend at the beach recharges my batteries! Walking on the shore with the sand in my toes...listening to the waves crash and watching the sunset over Galilee....these are some of the things I look forward to every year!

On my drive to the beach I went to Wickford. It is an adorable harbor town with cute shops and restaurants. I spent some time wandering through the shops and struck up a conversation with the owner of an art gallery. She and I had many things in common and it was just one of those karma kind of meetings.

Of course I ate at Chen's and went to George's. There are just some things that are a necessity when visiting RI.

My last morning in RI is always bittersweet. I had extra time to get to the airport because my flight left a little later in the day. I made one last trip to Dunkin Donuts and headed to the Sea Wall to watch the waves. There was little time left to soak up the sea air. I will be heading to RI again this year...it will be different though.... I may have company.
Next stop...Texas...but there's a story about that first! Stay Tuned!