August 21-August 27               North Kingstown, Rhode Island

We were excited about the impending visit of cousins from Fort Worth, Greg and Julie Galier.  After several delays at DFW, they finally arrived in New York and boarded a train to East Orange, New Jersey.  Here they helped their son, Tripp to become settled in his dorm at Seton Hall University.  Tripp, a 6’5” handsome young man had earned an academic scholarship to this prestigious school and is hoping to join their baseball team.  Greg and Julie reluctantly left him (although many phone calls ensued) to ride the train and join us in Rhode Island. 

                                        

 

The week was busy with dinner at Beech in Jamestown, a long tour of Newport on a lovely cool, sunny day, great lobsters and oyster dinner on the aft deck, a cruise on The Bottom Line northward to the Providence channel and a farewell dinner at Trattoria Romano in Wakefield.  Their late flight home on Saturday gave us time to treat them to more seafood at Blu in East Greenwich.  We try to feed our guests well!

 Most of all, we enjoyed their delightful company and sharing their plans to escape the “empty nest syndrome” now that their three children are engaged in career and school pursuits.  They will be selling their home, buying a condo in Dallas and traveling more.  With a new condo in Cabo San Lucas, they have great options for changing their life style.