June 14th - Rhode Island & Hammertime

June 14th
The weather hasn’t changed…yucky. We hit the road as fast as we could. I asked Ginny about hammering it to PA, and she was on board. No time to waste. The one good thing about leaving with the weather like this is that there was no heavy heart. We needed to find some sun.
We did not find it in Rhode Island. My sister Kendall has a summer place in Little Compton. I’d never been. The drive was amazing. Beautiful New England houses with lush yards and amazing gardens. Most houses had stacked stone fences. So charming. And of course…the ocean. Kendall’s house was about a 100 yards from Sakonnet Harbor. The view was nice .
I’ve only been around my sister twice before (although we’ve had more than a few phone calls). I discovered her late in life, on my last trip to Cape Cod. It is a very long story. She is my mother’s first daughter, who she gave up for adoption before she met my dad. My dad never knew about Kendall. How’s that for a soap opera?
She has a daughter who is almost five, named Geneva. She has two other stepchildren, Singny & Roger. All three children are beautiful and well-behaved. They in were in for it…The Smithies had arrived.
It was a short visit…we were there less than three hours. Kendall made us a wonderful lunch and we reminisced again about mom and her having to give Kendall up. I think it’s a topic both of us can talk to death. Geneva and Audrey got along well and I felt really bad to have to leave so soon after we got there. I wasn’t sure how it was going to go…it had been eight years since we’d last seen each other. Kendall has chilled (maybe me too?) and she seems very happy and content.
But we had miles to go before we slept. Specifically….350 miles. I had a feeling it was going to be a long afternoon and evening!
And it kinda was. The kids were troopers…not necessarily good, but troopers! Ginny dove…fast…but she got us to Adamstown by 8:15p.m….safe and sound, so I really can’t & won’t complain.
It’s 10p.m. and all four kids are up and acting like little AH’s. They are playing naked wipe out (don’t ask) and even Barrett is laughing. God I could use a drink…but that will have to wait till Pittsburgh, cause I don’t know where or how to get one! No room service at The Black Horse Inn.

Traveled: Dennis Port, MA to Adamstown, PA - 465miles/11 hours 45 min (3 hour stop in RI)
Silly Bnad Award: Barrett…by a land slide!
Lodging: Black Forest Inn, Adamstown, PA
Quote of the day: Hunter, “That’s right sista!” – after mommy told Camden he couldn’t ask me for any treats later because he didn’t share his carrots.
Hunter, “I’m sorry your majesty, I farted.” – after Mommy comment that the car stunk.