14/WILI's 2017 TRIP TO BLOCK ISLAND
On a sunny, breezy, 70 degree September 10, Wayne Norman hosted a group of WILI winners on a Constitution Coach to the High-Speed Block Island Express for a day on Block Island.
Constitution Coach bus driver Ken Denneno took this photo of WILI's group
Photos from the Abrams Animal Farm: Wayne Norman with a tortoise
Two big mouthed yakkers
Yak
Bactrain Camels
Wayne and an East African crane that bit Wayne's ear while he took this selfie
Emu
Baby goat
Red kangaroo
Wayne with llama
Ring tailed lemur
Southeast Light as seen from atop Mohegan Bluffs
The 5 offshore turbines of the Block Island Wind Farm--Deepwater Wind--seen from atop Mohegan Bluffs
Wayne atop the Mohegan Bluffs stairs--142 steps down, 242 steps up!
Wayne with the Leuenhagen family
A painter from Brooklyn, NY at Peckham Pond
The painter's work in progress
Weather weenie Wano at the "Weather Bureau Inn"
Bertice Chapaya photos: Wayne takes attendance before the Constitution Coach leaves
Southeast Light--atop Mohegan Bluffs
Spiral staircase at Southeast Light
The tail fin of a humpback whale that had washed ashore on September 5
Whale bone Looking up Mohegan Bluffs
The High Speed Block Island Express is a catamaran which we took back to New London
Cynthia Jennerwein took this shot looking north on the Thames River in New London from the deck of Block Island Express before we left
Debbie Schaffhauser photos:
Wayne Norman talking to a Block Island Express crew member before we left
The Tiki Bar
1661-1911 This stone was placed here September 2, 1911 by the citizens of New Shoreham to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the purchase and settlement of Block Island by the following named persons who landed at this point...
North Light
Southeast Light
Lisa Rasicot photos:
Block Island Express leaving Old Harbor
Eastward view from Crescent Beach |