Day Twenty Seven

Up early and out just after 8am. Much cooler day to start. Headed the short distance into Providence and managed to park on the street right outside the the Rhode Island State House. Went through security. Had to take off belt this time too. Completed a self guided tour. 

Rotunda

Replica of the Liberty Bell

House of Representatives

Senate

State Reception Room

State House

Rhode Island being a small state showed as this was nowhere near as grand inside as Pennsylvania or Minnesota. It is quite funny visiting the state capitols as they are public buildings so you can just go wandering around anywhere you want. Woman just said if its locked you can't go in it, otherwise you can go anywhere.

Fun and games at the end when we went to go into the last part which was the Royal Charter Museum in a room next to the visitor centre/shop. The door was locked. The woman said just push it. Tried but it was locked. She came over with another woman and said that's odd, it shouldn't be locked. Other woman said I'll go and get my badge. Instead she came back with one of the Capitol Police Officers whose badge and keys wouldn't work. Woman said I'll go and get my badge. The officer said well mine works everywhere so it's not that. Other woman went to get her badge. We just left.

Headed the short distance to Roger Williams Park Zoo. Got there to find parking chaos despite the fact that further in there were lots of spaces. Went in and checked out the animals.

Stripey horses

Speed cat

Big nosed cow

Neck horse

Tree Kangaroo

Lesser Spotted Digger

Lump horse

Baldie Eagles

It wasn't the biggest place in the world and as Ann pointed out it was the sound of the I95 next door which made it quite disconcerting. Some of the enclosures looked like they were just the gardens of a house where the owner had died and it was awaiting sale, all a bit small and scruffy.

As normal when we go somewhere, I got asked to take a photo of a family, probably the biggest group yet. Not sure why it is.

Ann wanted to see the lions. There weren't any. Couldn't see the bison as the path past there enclosure was closed.

Eventually we had seen everything so headed home for lunch.

Then watched Everton play in a typically Everton way.

We had planned to go out to the Waterfire this evening, which is where things get set on fire in the middle of the river in Providence, but we decided we couldn't be bothered to go out again so didn't.

States visited - 14