On Saturday morning, I took the bus to the Avis in Long Island City to pick up the car that I had reserved for the next 8 days. Though I had reserved a mid-size car, the smallest car that they had available was a Kia Sorrento SUV. At first I was a little concerned that it would be too big, but hat was unwarranted since I wasn't going to be driving it much in NYC. It actually turned out to be a convenient and comfortable choice for my mom.
After I drove the car back to my apartment and we loaded up our gear, we took off around 11:15am. We first drove into Manhattan to take a look around the area where my mom had lived in West Harlem / Manhattanville while she was a student at CCNY and Columbia. After the little drive-about, we then headed northeast toward Rhode Island. Google Maps took me in a bit of an unexpected route up I-87 and Hutchinson River Parkway (I think because of traffic, but there was plenty of it on our route anyway), but we eventually made it to I-95 in Connecticut (around Norwalk). We made a stop at a service center next to the highway (CT seemed to have a bunch of these conveniently placed) for a bathroom break and to grab a late lunch at a Sbarro.
With the traffic delays and pit stop, we eventually made it to Newport around 5:30pm. It was too late to get into The Breakers (the large mansion vacation home owned by the Vanderbilts - last entry is at 5pm), so we did a quick walk-by of the Cliff Walk. After that we got back in the car and headed north toward Providence. I didn't actually book a hotel in Providence, as hotels in New England cities all seemed to be expensive. We instead stayed at the La Quinta Inn & Suites Warwick Providence Airport. After checking in, I went out to grab some Chipotle for dinner for the two of us, and then we spent the rest of the evening in the room.
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Pictures here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/H6QCPXd5cfTcTrJ7A
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