NEW ENGLAND BLOG July 2nd, 2021 - PROVIDENCE

07/02/21- The air-conditioning never got fixed so they upgraded us to another room that was very spacious with a living room and ceiling fan.  Needless to say we were happy and slept very well as we didn’t even get up until almost noon.

With the weather still not the best, we head over to the State House again to view the inside.  The weather yesterday was a warm 85 degrees with humidity so we thought shorts would be fine this morning, however, as soon as we stepped outside of the hotel a gust of wind chilled us to the bone.  Looking up the weather we saw it now at 65 degrees for the day.  It’s been very hot lately so the slight chill didn’t bother us as we enjoyed the light mist hitting our legs.

The State House was pleasant to walk around as it had three floors of architecture and was virtually empty.  I was also able to get a Providence souvenir, something I had trouble with yesterday as we couldn’t find a gift shop anywhere.  The place did feel a bit stuffy so we were glad to be back out into the mist as we walked seventeen minutes to the Providence Athenaeum Library.  Once we got there, however, we were told it was members only for the time being.  We explained very kindly our situation and they allowed us to take a few photos, which is all we were really after.  The one shot in particular was of me on the second floor, sitting at a desk that overlooked a drop off.  It was worth it.

Being around 3:30pm now, we book our tickets to the Rhode Island Art Museum for 5pm, walk to the mall (which is back around the State House) and enjoy a Philly Cheese Steak from Charley’s.  We then drop off our leftovers at our hotel, changed into warmer clothes, get complimentary drinks from the hotel restaurant just before they shut down for the day, and make it to the art museum around 5:15pm.

The museum was several floors of artwork from different periods and kept us entertained for a good hour and a half before we called it a day.  Overall, we enjoyed our time in Providence.  It's a small city with not a whole lot to do, but for a photographer two days felt just right.  Not bad for a city formed in 1636.

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