Rhode Island Travel Diary

When we went to Honolulu, Hawaii in Fall 2019, we didn't foresee it as our last vacation for a quite few years. Well the pandemic came and hung around and we didn't actually feel it was safe enough to try to travel until this year. We had friends recommend Rhode Island and we decided that it would be a good destination for us. Since it isn't too far from home, it wouldn't be a long trip, making it easier to travel while taking precautions.

The name Rhode Island originated from the Greek Island of Rhodes. This name was used by Dutch explorer Adrian Block, who called it "Roodt Eylandt" meaning "red island" because of the red clay on the shore. The name was officially adopted in 1644. The state borders Connecticut to the west, Massachusetts to the north and east and the Atlantic Ocean to its south. Providence is the capital and most populous city with 200,000 residents. We were actually trying to decide between Providence and Newport and it made the most sense for us to stay in Providence and do a day trip to Newport. We went the first week of September which was ideal since it was back to school though the weather turned out to be quite hot. If we waited a week, we would've been dealing with hurricanes though so...