Vacation October 2002

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="09a00640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <B>Vacation October 2002</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#0000BF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>Last updated 11 November 2002.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Providence"><U>Providence</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newport"><U>Newport</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Boston"><U>Boston</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Cape"><U>The Cape</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More of Newport"><U>More of Newport</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New Bedford"><U>New Bedford</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Friday Home"><U>Friday & Home</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> This is a report I've sent out via eMail to a distribution of family and friends relating a weeklong trip I took with a friend to Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts during the first full week in October, 2002.  I've modified the original report, and included photographs that I took, both with an Olympus digital camera and with my more traditional Pentax Spotmatic (35mm film) cameras that I usually use.</div> <bR> <div> On Friday, October 4, with my friend Patti, we boarded a United Airlines flight out of Oakland Airport for Dulles - a red-eye.  We had both requested frequent flyer mileage upgrades, without success.  While an uneventful trip, I found that the seats haven't gotten any more comfortable (or uncomfortable, for that matter.)  We landed without incident at IAD, had to switch terminals, and got on a "puddle jumper" for an hour flight on a Canadair 50-seater to Providence, Rhode Island.</div> <div> Surprising, I only took 4 rolls of film - 2 each of black-and-white, and color.  (I brought 9 unused rolls back!) I did have a digital camera with me, which I used to take 170 pictures, but it took a tumble as I headed back to the Inn on Wednesday.  Fortunately, the weather wasn't really conducive to picture taking over the last 2 days, so I didn't miss taking many shots.  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>    </div> <div>    </div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>