Trip to Rhode Island

Hi everyone! As many of you have already heard, Scott and I drove to Providence, Rhode Island. We went to a park called the Roger Williams park and it was a lot of fun! It was a completely random park with nice statues and historical buildings. It even had a museum and planetarium in part of the park. Then it also had a weird boathouse, a creepy carousel, and swan paddle-boats. All in all, I'd say it was definitely an adventure and we were proud of ourselves for finding Providence without a map! We were so proud of ourselves in fact, that we told an elderly gentleman in our ward about our trip yesterday and we expected to hear words of praise for our intellect. Instead we were berated for not going all of the way to Newport. Apparently you haven't seen Rhode Island until you've seen Newport. Hopefully we'll be able to make it down there soon! We did really like Providence though, and the architecture was amazing in the city. We unfortunately had to dirve through a scary part of town to reach it, but we're both alive :).

A bridge in the park. Don't let this pretty picture fool you, it was covered in duck poo.

We, thankfully, were not!

This statue was cool, but it was for a Polish officer who served in the American Revolution, so we weren't really sure why it was in this park.

The front of the museum.

There was a beautiful building just inside the gates of the park. We learned it was a casino. Naturally, we had to take a picture!

Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island. The Puritans kicked him out for wanting religious tolerance and Rhode Island was born.

This park was built as part of the New Deal. Cool huh?

Random boathouse

The Seven Dwarf's Cottage. Actually an anex of the boathouse.