Adventures at Hand: A Summer Series
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The Quonset Point pier awaiting a Rhode Island Bay Cruises boat tour of 10 lighthouses and Newport Harbor is thick with ticket-holders on a beach-perfect midweek day.
Gina Raheb, the founder and owner of Natural Fitness, teaches yoga on the sand at Narragansett Town Beach between the hours of 8 and 9 a.m. But Narragansett isn't the only place for beach yoga. It is also offered Wednesday and Sunday mornings at South Kingstown Beach until the end of August.
As gas prices dwindle slowly, somewhat reluctantly, many Ocean State dwellers are settling for indoor and outdoor swimming pools.
America can claim credit for a contemporary cousin to the Scots' evil creation -- disc golf, a cheaper and usually less frustrating activity, with a shorter learning curve and no funny pants.
While the season is year-round, recreational clamming is a summer tradition, a delicious meal that's the true "taste of Rhode Island" for those who are patient, don't mind digging for their dinner and enjoy getting muddy and wet.
CHARLESTOWN -- Janis Nepshinsky leads a class of middle school students down a path behind the Kettle Pond Visitor Center and provides an introduction to every bush and tree along the way.
SMITHFIELD -- For a few hours every Tuesday night, families can forget that gas costs more than $4 a gallon when, around 5 p.m., when first of the classic Camaros and Corvettes pull into the lot next to the A&W Root Beer Stand.
Your Turn: Do you still go to drive-ins?
The number of drive-ins has dwindled. At their height in the 1950s, there were about 4,000 outdoor movie theaters in the United States. As of last summer, that number had shrunk to just 383. Aside from the Rustic, the closest drive-in for Rhode Islanders is in Mendon, Mass.
Rhode Island is never more the Ocean State than on a steamy summer day. But while thousands baste along the water's edge, the rink rats pack their jackets and shin pads and head to the nearest ice rink.
For those who think of sailing as a rich man's pursuit, consider the Community Boating Center, at India Point Park.Founded in 1994 as a nonprofit, public-access sailing program, the center is held together by volunteers, charitable donations, elbow grease and heart.
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DEM's list of trout-stocked waters || 2008-'09 Rhode Island freshwater fishing regulations || Coastal water temperature || Saltwater fishing seasons and limits || Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association || United Fly-Tyers of Rhode Island || Narragansett Chapter of Trout Unlimited || Connecticut saltwater fishing seasons and limits || Massachusetts saltwater fishing regulations || New York saltwater fishing seasons and limits
