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Vacation to Block Island I am shocked more people don’t go to Block Island and that it isn’t at the top of every family travel guide. We stayed at the only resort on the island, Champlin’s. It was terrific. Clean, large rooms. Don’t pay extra for a room with a view because you’re never in the room anyway. They had a terrific playground, pool, beach, watersports, restaurant, snack bar and one of the two movie theaters on the island. If you prefer to rent a home you need to plan ahead. They book up very quickly. Casual is the best way to descirbe the island. They don’t recommend bringing cars since there is only one gas station. If you do bring a car make car ferry reservations early. The vast majority of people bike, walk or use mopeds to get around. Rentals are easy and relatively inexpensive. Think Bermuda in America minus the long shorts and men wearing knee high socks and you’ve got the picture of Block Island. The fast ferry from either New London, CT or Galilee, RI is about a half hour. Fins has the freshest seafood. Skip Aldo’s pizza unless you like it doughy. Do not skip the dessert at Aldo’s! Yum. Candy and home made ice cream shops are plentiful. You can get weekly licenses for shelling. Nothing tastes better than freshly made clam chowder! We have visited Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket several times and think Block Island is the way they used to be 50 years ago. A lovely slice of old fashioned America. |
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