Providence - 9/25/13

We left Maine today after a brief stop at the Kittery Outlets. Chico's and Columbia are next door to each other. How cool is that?

Our destination was the Roger Williams Visitor Center in Providence, where we began our volkswalk. We walked through a park, past the oldest Baptist chuch in America (1648), and past RISD.We went back and fourth across the Providence River 4 times over different bridges. After walking through the Providence Place Mall we arrived at the State Capitol. It was a typical state capitol building with a rotunda and lots of marble and statues inside.

Rhode Island State Capitol

The Old and the New, side by side

All in all, Providence was pleasant, but not particularly remarkable. It had a lot more buildings from the colonial period and a lot fewer modern buildings than I expected.  I did not come away with a feel for what this city is about.
 

Inside Capitol Rotunda

Library inside the Capitol

The walk directions and map were very confusing, and crossing the streets was sometimes tricky.

Leaving the city was difficult and we got lost in a maze of freeways. After looping around three or four times, we found our way out of the maze and got on the road to Hartford, CT, where we are spending the night.

Number of states today: 5 (Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut)

Number of states so far on this trip: 7

Number of days left in the trip: 37