Block Island is not a place that many people know about. It’s an island off the coast of Rhode Island and is considered to be a part of Rhode Island.  You usually take a ferry over with a car if you stay the week or a bike for a day trip. Its costs about $126 for a ticket and to have a car on the boat.  Once you get there you need to walk to the Block Island Relater to pick up your key for the house are renting. For a week the price ranges from $750-$3500 depending on the size of the house. Now normally you would go and unpack and set up the house, but our family drops everything off everything and heads straight to the beach.

                The beach is the main thing to do at the block. This isn’t a vacation where there are a lot of things to do. Now there are 4 main beaches that we go to. The first is town beach. The normal beach that everyone goes and its perfect for kids. The next beach is call Mansion beach, because there used to be a huge mansion before it burnt down. This beach is just like town beach but a lot smaller. The third beach called the Bluffs , is my second favorite because not only is it a beach but there are hiking trails and you can look over the entire island. It’s a great place to get away from everything for the day. Now my favorite beach is Coast Guard. This is a kid friendly beach on the out skirts of New Harbor. There are two sections to this beach, the place to swim and the other half where you fish. That just someday things that you can do at the block. Usually after a day at the beach we would go banana boating and this year I plan on going parasailing. Banana boating is $20 per person and you need at least 4 people to go out.

                Now if you want a night out with your family to go eat, I recommend Sharkeys. They have every kind of food you can imagine. They aren’t pricey but it will cost some money for a family of 4. After you go out to dinner you can shop around town and I usually like to go to the movies at the old theater. For lunch there is only one place that you should go, The OAR. Now I couldn’t tell you why, but the food is amazing, the friendly atmosphere, or maybe the fact your right next to the harbor and walk right out on the docks and hang out.

I have a lot of fun when I go to the Block, the whole family is up and we all have fun. Someday we just stay home cook out and play football wiffleball or just do nothing. But that day and night is usually our last night and that is when we set off the fireworks. My uncle and I have a huge fireworks show that I’m pretty sure the whole island can see. I promise you will have fun if you go to Block Island
Block Island