Outside Providence

We had come to a crossroads while in Sandwich, MA.  Option 1:  Stay in Cape Cod for a Whale Watching Cruise the next morning (Katie found a Whale Watching Rain Check from 1994 in one of her scrapbooks & brought it along just in case.)  Option 2:  Head straight for Rhode Island.  Whale Watching was a concern, because even though it was essentially 2 for the price of 1, it was still pretty expensive, especially if zero whales were spotted.  Plus to add insult to injury, they tacked on a hefty parking fee once whale watchers arrived on site.  In the end, we realized that we'd never be this close to the cruise again & choose to whale watch.  Once we finalized our plans that evening, the more excited we got...that was until the next morning!  We got up early to purchase deli sandwiches & a bottle of wine for our voyage...we even took a jog in Barnstable, MA after we paid to park, but when we returned to see the humpbacks, we found out that cruise had been cancelled due to strong winds!

Katie pouting at the Hyannis Whale Watcher in Barnstable, MA
Please note her rain check & special whale visor she brought all the way from Victoria, B.C.

Babbitt walking across the Giving Tree Sculpture Garden Bridge in East Sandwich, MA
Once we realized there were no whale tails to see, we started to make our way through 3 states in 1 day

The O'Babbitt's in Roger Williams Park in Providence, RI
Sadly, the bar from Outside Providence didn't open until 3 p.m., so this was our only stop in Rhode Island

The largest casino in the US, Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Ledyard, CT
After all of the casinos we have visited, we couldn't go home without seeing this & even
though Free Play was not an option, we still enjoyed being a part of this casino spectacle

Little Italy in New Haven, CT

Babbitt sipping Genesee at The Original Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana in New Haven, CT
We waited 1.5 hours in line to try what some call THE best pizza in the world...luckily our house was
right down the street, so we even mixed up a couple of cocktails to tide us over, before chowing down