I drove up to Shrewsbury, MA last Saturday to see visit Christine and her hubby Mike for their son's christening. I stopped by their house Sat. evening and got to see her for the first time since Thomas and it was such a great time. Little Thomas is a sweetie and I even got to hold him for a few minutes! How is it that babies always smell so good? I've known Christine since kindergarten so seeing her always feels like coming home a bit. There is something about friends who have known you forever...
Our friends Jackie and Don were at the Christening on Sunday with their little girl Eva who is 11 months old. It was great to catch up with them and Eva and I had a nice time together while her parents got a chance to eat. Jackie is another friend I've known forever so the two days were just fantastic for that reason alone.
After our respective busy weekends, Officer BF and I drove up to Point Judith, RI and took the ferry over to Block Island for the week. It was such a great vacation, we haven't really gone away like this together. Block Island is about 10 square miles total, they advertise as the smallest town in the smallest state! We left the car at the ferry and spent the week on bikes or walking everywhere.
Monday afternoon we pretty much crashed at the B&B we were staying in. We'd been up since 6:30 and were just exhausted! We took a siesta and then headed out for our first dinner. The dinner was good (clam chowder!) but the bike ride after was the most memorable! We decided to take a night ride up to Mohegan's Bluffs but somehow missed the turn off to get there. Oops! We ended up taking a 4-5 mile loop and had a good laugh about it. At least we worked off some of dinner, right?
Tuesday AM we made it to the bluffs...not an easy ride! It was almost entirely uphill and I was tired when we got there. The views were instantly reviving, simply gorgeous!
There is also a section where you can take a giant staircase down to the beach. Again, gorgeous views and it was nice to wade in the ocean. The shore is very rocky and it was a little cool out so we didn't swim, but took some great photos.
Wednesday we stayed nearer to town. We rented chairs, sat on the beach and read. It was a Hobday-style beach day. Again, no swimming, but it couldn't have been more relaxing.
Thursday we rode out to a nature preserve on the north end of the island. There's a lighthouse you can walk to from the end of the road, about a half-mile down the beach, which we did. It was a fantastic view and great workout. I bought some local honey on the ride back which I'm looking forward to enjoying in tea and some other recipes. (I have to get moving on the healthy recipe resolution!)
Thursday afternoon I went for a massage (lovely!) that was included in our 2nd hotel package. I love massages! It was followed by my favorite dinner out of the week. The food was amazing and the view was even more so. I had lobster mac & cheese. I couldn't resist trying it. It was outstanding and not nearly as heavy as I thought it might be. The lobster was sauteed with mushrooms and the sauce was more of a sherry cream sauce with a little cheese. It was perfect. The whole night was perfect....
Until Lauren the klutz slipped and cut her big toe open on the jetty outside the hotel. A night reading on the ocean turned into a night reading in the room. Still nice, but not quite what we'd planned!
On this vacation I'd say that I tried one new workout, riding the bikes, and we tried more than 5 new restuarants. Back to reality this week and back to work next week!
