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[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by lauralaylin

You need at least one more though! Pell, Newport, but we need a Mount Hope Bridge!

Love all this Rhode Island talk! It's where I went to college--and where I'm running a half-marathon next weekend.

[sigmagirl2000]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Love all this Rhode Island talk! It's where I went to college--and where I'm running a half-marathon next weekend.

Apparently I live only about 10 miles from Rhode Island (recent discovery, and it isn't very accessible).... yet I've been there less than 10 times in my life

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Love all this Rhode Island talk! It's where I went to college--and where I'm running a half-marathon next weekend.

I love it! Lived there since I was two and a half. When Miss Rhode Island was introduced on the Miss America pageant she said something about Del's and Awful Awfuls and I freaked out. Good luck on the half-marathon!

Originally Posted by sigmagirl2000

Apparently I live only about 10 miles from Rhode Island (recent discovery, and it isn't very accessible).... yet I've been there less than 10 times in my life

As a general rule of thumb if you live in Massachusetts you're near Rhode Island...but it's wicked fah, so why bother going?

[sigmagirl2000]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

As a general rule of thumb if you live in Massachusetts you're near Rhode Island...but it's wicked fah, so why bother going?

Grew up in CT, and now in MA.... I'm surrounding RI.

Why bother going? DUH - to go to Watch Hill after junior prom with your entire grade.... cause like, if you go over state lines, then the CT police can't get you for drinking on the beach at 16 years old... and cause like if you go to Misquamicut, it's like... public and you have to pay to park and it's crowded, but if you go to Watch Hill you can park on the road and walk down the totally not so secret secret path.....

[honeychile]

My DH & I were headed for a convention in Boston, and decided to spend a few days in Rhode Island first. He had spent several summers there as a child, and I had spent more than a couple genealogical trips there (my gggrandparents got married at Fort Adams). We wanted to see so many places.

I asked him where he wanted to stay, and he said, "the whole state's less than 40 miles across, so we can stay just about anywhere." For some reason, I still find that terribly amusing.

[sigmagirl2000]

Originally Posted by honeychile

My DH & I were headed for a convention in Boston, and decided to spend a few days in Rhode Island first. He had spent several summers there as a child, and I had spent more than a couple genealogical trips there (my gggrandparents got married at Fort Adams). We wanted to see so many places.

I asked him where he wanted to stay, and he said, "the whole state's less than 40 miles across, so we can stay just about anywhere." For some reason, I still find that terribly amusing.

As an undergrad, when we were bored, we would roll two dice and see how many states we could hit in that # of hours that we rolled. I think within 8 hours we hit MA (started and ended), NH, ME, VT, NY, NJ, PA, CT, RI, and back to MA.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by sigmagirl2000

As an undergrad, when we were bored, we would roll two dice and see how many states we could hit in that # of hours that we rolled. I think within 8 hours we hit MA (started and ended), NH, ME, VT, NY, NJ, PA, CT, RI, and back to MA.

I have family that lives in VA. When I was younger and lived in NH, it was a 9 hour drive to their house. In those 9 hours, we hit NH, MA, CT, NY, NJ, DE, MD, and VA. I just moved to TX and it blows my mind that depending on which way I go, I could drive for 9 hours here and not even make it out of the state!

When driving here from Jersey, there were parts that dragged on forever. I never thought I would make it out of Tennessee!

It may sound weird, but to me, it just feels like you're actually making progress when you're constantly crossing into other states. It feels like such an accomplishment when you see a "Welcome to..." sign.

[AlphaFrog]

I grew up in Central Illinois. When I moved to Charlotte, I accidentally ended up in South Carolina trying to get to the Carolina Place mall. I kinda panicked, since I was used to being REALLY lost if you ended up in another state. Turns out, I was about 5 minutes from where I was supposed to be.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I have family that lives in VA. When I was younger and lived in NH, it was a 9 hour drive to their house. In those 9 hours, we hit NH, MA, CT, NY, NJ, DE, MD, and VA. I just moved to TX and it blows my mind that depending on which way I go, I could drive for 9 hours here and not even make it out of the state!

When driving here from Jersey, there were parts that dragged on forever. I never thought I would make it out of Tennessee!

It may sound weird, but to me, it just feels like you're actually making progress when you're constantly crossing into other states. It feels like such an accomplishment when you see a "Welcome to..." sign.

Tennessee on an east-west journey is hella long. They told us in elementary school that the distance from the Tri Cities to Memphis if driven from Nashville would put us somewhere in Canada. No idea if that's actually true, but it's still crazy long.

[limegreen]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

It may sound weird, but to me, it just feels like you're actually making progress when you're constantly crossing into other states. It feels like such an accomplishment when you see a "Welcome to..." sign.

YES! I live in TX now but I'm from WI. Holy cow, does IL drag on forever and ever. The best part of the trip is when I can check off AR, TN, and MO in quick succession.

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by honeychile

My DH & I were headed for a convention in Boston, and decided to spend a few days in Rhode Island first. He had spent several summers there as a child, and I had spent more than a couple genealogical trips there (my gggrandparents got married at Fort Adams). We wanted to see so many places.

I asked him where he wanted to stay, and he said, "the whole state's less than 40 miles across, so we can stay just about anywhere." For some reason, I still find that terribly amusing.

It's so funny! And yet when I have to go more than 15 minutes anywhere I freak out about how far it is. I have such a small-state mentality. I would be incredibly happy if every state were Rhode Island-sized (even though there'd be two thousand of them)!

Originally Posted by sigmagirl2000

As an undergrad, when we were bored, we would roll two dice and see how many states we could hit in that # of hours that we rolled. I think within 8 hours we hit MA (started and ended), NH, ME, VT, NY, NJ, PA, CT, RI, and back to MA.

I tell people I've been to 27 states and their eyes bug out a little bit, then I remind them that you can do what you just described and blow through almost ten and they calm down a little bit.

Originally Posted by sigmagirl2000

Apparently I live only about 10 miles from Rhode Island (recent discovery, and it isn't very accessible).... yet I've been there less than 10 times in my life

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[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by NUKaydee

Go to Newport! I lived on Aquidneck Island for a while and loved popping down the road to tour some historic sites and shop!

I worked at the CVS on Bellevue Avenue across from the International Tennis Hall of Fame this summer! Met the most interesting people there from all over the place.