Meanwhile in Purgatory...

Care for a dash of milk with your coffee?

Or how bout a dash of coffee with your milk?

The official drink of Rhode Island is just that. A tall glass of milk with a few swirls of coffee syrup mixed in.

You can find it in practically every grocery store. You mix it like you would chocolate milk, and we decided that it tastes a bit like those creamy hard candies...but melted into cold milk. It's surprisingly delicious. And thanks to our Rhode Island family, we now have a bottle of our very own!

The syrup is believed to have originated with Italian immigrants before it got swept up by diners and drugstores and marketed into the popular drink that Rhode Islanders (and now at least 3 Indiana natives!) know it to be now.

"I get up to 'git r' done."

"I get up in the morning to go to work."

Just a hop, skip, and a car ride away into Jamestown, Rhode Island we discovered the Beavertail Lighthouse and their historical museum.

The museum had an amazing variety of antique items, interactive stations, and displays of lighthouse paraphernalia.

"I get up in the morning because I can."

The view from the rocks by the lighthouse was remarkable. 

It was the perfect setting to find a niche in the stones and read for a few hours while you watch the sky change colors.

Just off the coast of Middletown, RI you may find yourself curious to follow signs to the Purgatory Chasm, a stiff drop between the cliffs with a rocky story behind it.

Legend has it that there was once a beautiful and wealthy maiden who was admired by one man in particular.

One day, to test his love for her, she promised her hand in marriage to him, if only he would do one minor thing.

"I'd marry you my dear," she spoke, "If only you would leap to the other side of this abyss."

With a tip of his hat, 

...and a compliment to her beauty... 

...told her what he thought of her character...

...jumped...

...and she saw him no more...

The young miss, at the loss of her love by her own foolish doings, went into mourning.

Her grief forever left her in a state of purgatory.

While our own stay in Purgatory was short, we decided it would still be a nice end to our evening by going to mass.

"I get up every morning because God gives me a new day."

"I get up because God needs me for something and I need to find out what it is."

It's not everyday you get to go to Purgatory and come out alive.

Love,

The Crew