Rho D'island

First week in October I spent in Rhode Island with my family. I had hoped to do some kite photography, autumn photography and hiking/travel in northern New England but the weather did not cooperate. Also, the leaves were far their fall peak, an unusually late fall for this part of the country.

There is a very nice bicycle railtrail called the East Bay (for you Marylanders think "eastern shore") Bicycle Path. It starts in the city but within 10 minutes you are in quaint bayside towns and along swan and egret filled ponds. Its 26 miles round trip through a few parks and along the Narragansett Bay.

My parents and I also took a day and drove to a place called Shelburne Falls. In northwestern Mass, its a small quaint New England town in the hills. There is a river running through the town with a waterfall. They have damned up most of the river to reveal the granite underneath. In the granite are "glacial potholes" that were carved by rushing water while the glaciers retreated. After travelling in the national parks out west where large plots of land are set aside far from development it was kind of weird to see this natural feature right in the middle of a town.

Oh yeah, and I got to spend some time at the Middletown beach laying around for an afternoon. As many of you have heard me rant, in RI the beach is 45 minutes away at most as compared to my current 3 hour drive from home to Ocean City.

Various New England pics below and here is the whole gallery.

Along the East Bay Bike Path

Horses at Middletown Beach

Shelburne Falls in Massachusetts