Well it has been a good week here in RI. We went to the beach twice once at Sand Hill cove State Beach and once at East Matunuck State Beach. We also managed to get the canoe in the water a couple of times. We paddled around Mill Cove in Wickford and the other time we paddled the Chipuxet River into an area called The Great Swamp. The Great Swamp was where we used to paddle some 35 years ago when we lived in RI.
Today we are preparing for the arrival of Irene. IN case you haven't hears She is that little lady storming up the East Coast in the form of a Hurricane. Billed to be the biggest hurricane to hit New England in decades. For a couple of days we have talked over just what we should do,since we don't think a campground filled with huge trees is a good place to be durung a hurricane. We contemplated driving west to New York or Northwest to Vermont but it seems both places will be affected as well. We finally have decided to move the Motor Home to an area of the campground where there is a large open field at the top of a hill. In that area there are no trees and there should not be any threat of flooding as the water will flow down hill. We are then going to drive the Jeep to Bob's brother Dave's home in Wickford to ride out t he storm. Hopefully we will not be forced out by rising water as his house is located on the edge of a sheltered cove which is
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