On the ferry, Nana noticed that Poppa was plugging earphones into his iPhone. "Are you going to entertain yourself?" Poppa said "No - I'm just going to listen to music." Nana groaned and punched him in the arm.
We walked around for a while, and Poppa visited the local Home Depot:
Dottie and I found a playground to climb on:
The island has lots of fancy old hotels:
We took a taxi tour with Catherine Andrews, a very nice hippy-ish lady. (How many taxi drivers walk around barefoot, only putting on flip-flops to drive because it's a taxi rule?)
Catherine had lots to tell us about Block Island as we looked at the sights:
But the story she had to tell about her parents was even more interesting. If you Google "Sperry Andrews" you will find that her parents were artists who became friends with the owner of Weir Farm in Ridgefield. They eventually bought the farm and worked hard to have it preserved as a National Historic Site under the National Park Service. We hope to stop for a visit when we go back down through Connecticut toward the end of our vacation.
- Tigger and Dottie seeing the country with Nana and Poppa
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