Road Trip

I love a good road trip. So does Jeff. hehe

We took full advantage of the last full Saturday we had together before Jeff leaves for Utah to play. We got up before the sun and hit the road. First stop was the Boston Temple. Jeff and I have been wanting to go for a while now but haven't had the time. We finally decided with our upcoming job applications and move and whatever else in the next year that we needed to find the time to attend the temple and ask our Heavenly Father for some guidance. I was really excited but the closer we got to the temple the more anxious I got, only having been through once and almost a whole year ago at that I was a little nervous. As soon as we stepped inside I felt the calm and peace of the spirit inside the temple and had a wonderful experience. I am truly grateful for a sweet and worthy husband who is willing to take me to the temple. The Boston Temple is beautiful and I hope we get to go at least one more time before we move.


Next stop, was Newport, Rhode Island. It is such a charming and ecelectic little city on the coast and home to the "Summer Cottages" of some of America's first billionaires and their families such as the Vanderbilts, Rockefellers, etc. We had been hearing quite a bit about these "cottages" aka. MANSIONS and decided to go see them for ourselves. Let me just say these "cottages" are bigger than well probably 2 or 3 of my parent's home put together and are downright over the top, amazing, gawdy and beautiful. We toured the "Breakers" which was the home of the Vanderbilts who were the owners of the first American railroad system. It was out of control, covered from ceiling to floor in gold but was so awesome. I couldn't explain it if I tried. Here some pics of the so called summer cottages. (No pics allowed inside)
Front

Side

Back


Side

Backyard. I think I could deal with it.



Front/Side

Back

Backyard view

This huge one looked like something out of a movie

Rosecliff


On our way home we decided to stop in Mystic, CT which is another little city right on the coast and one we have heard a lot about. We had dinner at Mystic Pizza, famous for the movie that was filmed there starring Julia Roberts as a struggling waitress at the restaraunt. Anyone ever seen it??? On our way there I was looking it up on Yelp and reading the reviews and we laughed when I read one that said "Movie sucks and so does the pizza!" Love it. The pizza was just alright if you are wondering. Jeff hated it.

When we thought we couldn't keep our eyes open one minute longer and we knew we still had a little over and hour til home we hit the road. About 30 minutes into the drive we saw signs for the Moheqin Son Casino and one thing led to another...



We each threw down some mula in the penny slots. I won $1.06 and then lost it all in the next slot machine that was calling my name and was furious. I'm not cut out to gamble I guess but I could definitely have another go at the penny slots someday.

We finally made it home but not after stopping at a McDonalds on the 91 for a soft serve ice cream cone which I owed Jeff after we placed a little wager on who could guess how tall Angel Moroni stands on top of the temples. It's roughly 12' 5.6" in case anyone cares to know.

It was a perfect day trip with my man.