10 things to do in Narragansett this summer!

As in my previous blog I lamented about the transition from July to August I thought it might be a good time to highlight some of the things that must be done prior to the end of the summer. I am going to focus on Narragansett although one of these lists can be made for many of our Towns and I challenge my fellow bloggers to follow up with such a list or add their favorites to my list. My list tends to have an adult slant to it but I am more than happy to hear about family favorites too! They will not be in any particular order but here they are!

1) Spend a day at chair 1 at Narragansett Town Beach.

2) Go to Galilee and take a ferry to Block Island for the day.

3) Pull a small boat up to the mouth of Narrow River at the North end of Narragansett Beach and spend the entire day there.

4) Lunch or dinner at Aunt Carrie's

5) Have at least 1 lobster roll at Twin Willow's

6) Have a cocktail on the Deck at Amalfi on a Sunday afternoon with the diverse and interesting beach crowd.

7) Have a barn fire at Sand Hill Cove beach.

8) Ride a bike to the Pt Judith Lighthouse and have a picnic there.

9) Go dancing at the Towers on a Thursday night.

10) Look for crabs under the rocks at low tide at the South end of Narragansett Town Beach.

I have probably missed all kinds of things and I would love to hear the thoughts of our readers. However, I am going to make sure that I scratch each item off of my list before the end of the summer and I hope to add some new ones too!

Endless Summer

It has been hard for me to shake that old school calender even though I have been in professional life for over 20 years. There is something about that anticipation in May and June of those long summer days that never seem to end. I often feel like one of my kids on the cusp of summer vacation. I want to jump for joy on the last day of school and let the warm summer months roll over me. My mind drifts while I am in the office of days on the beach, riding a ferry to a special place or just reading a book on a quiet afternoon. July has always been my favorite of the summer months as it is the adolescence of the summer season. It is bold, it is full of zest and the end of summer is miles away. That transition to August is always a bit of a speed bump for me. It is that first sign that summer is not forever. It is like this stranger creeping up behind you! Are the days getting shorter or is that just my imagination? I start to feel the pressure of my children's summer reading programs and I begin to focus in on all those fun summer things I haven't been able to fit in. I shake my head as thoughts of Fall projects creep into my head. I am fighting off all of those thoughts and will let that logical part of my brain take over to remind me that August is a fabulous month and we still have a great stretch of this Endless Summer ahead of us. Just keep repeating that to yourself!