Block Island Trip and the Carnival

So Saturday was filled with a lot of activity for Steph and I. We were all over the place. First Block Island, and the day was perfect for it. We were at the beach for quite awhile (which explains why my back is all red), and then we later went on a moped expedition. We rode the entire length of the island...a whole 4 miles! And no, I didn't crash the moped either. Then for Saturday night, we went to a local carnival up in North Smithfield. We got fried dough and cotton candy...yum! I also won her a giraffe by shooting some basketballs through the net (always aim for the square and you'll get it in). So that was our adventure, as you can figure we crashed on Sunday.

Hope you all are beating the heat! (When's fall coming again?) Enjoy!






These dunes were awesome...(If you like these pictures enough, go buy one, they're for sale.)




I swear they were racing the ferry...no contest eh?

The rocks of the break wall...filled with fishermen.

The lone fisherman...this way there are no witnesses to how small the fish really were.



I was bummed. I really wanted lemonade...we got Del's instead.









(Side note: some of the photos here are for sale. You can click on the link up towards the top that says "Buy JPD Photos")

White Water Rafting on the Kennebec

Well this past weekend was very exciting, but really went by way too fast (as they always do). I joined a group of friends on a trip up to the Forks, Maine, population 35. We had quite a few laughs on our trip...I think we were laughing the entire trip, when we weren't sleeping or driving. I had to return to using some film for the rafting trip on the lake, so needless to say, I wasn't too happy with some of the photos because I couldn't control the shutter speed, ISO, f stop, etc. But alas, after the rafting, we hiked over to Moxie Falls, Maine's highest waterfall. So there I was able to grab some good shots. I did see a few bald eagles, and a moose, but as luck would have it, I didn't have my camera at the ready...eh well. You win some, you lose some. The first photo is from the company we went with, I thought it was a good group photo. (That's me in the front with the hippo tube...don't ask). As always, enjoy the photos!


Yup, that's me in front, with the rest of the Di Crew


I forgot when you hike down a hill, you have to hike back up...I was tired.


Moxie Falls



Victory Falls, this one was on the river, so thus the film image









Green is good.

Summer Newport Trip

Once again, Steph and I found ourselves at Newport. This time we were actually down there to go see Joel McHale of The Soup (he was hysterical!) and we wondered around Fort Adams and Brenton Point instead of the Mansions. Since this was the second gorgeous weekend of the summer, it was quite packed full of people (all of who were very white, there was an enormous glare...just kidding). Also down in Newport were the kites, which colored the sky beautifully. Anyways, enjoy the pics!


I love architecture that begins to fall apart. You get to see the guts, and the real character of the building

Wind surfing...I'm guessing he was tired afterwards


View of Pell Bridge

Lots of iron gates...probably to keep out the Brits eh?







The water was still a little cold...



The sky filled with kites....it was really quite amazing that no one got tangled up