| For New Englanders a tropical island
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| | one could dream of finding in the North
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| seems about as remote as the Pyramids. A
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| | East.More than ten thousand years ago the
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| summer getaway to the beach usually means
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| | glaciers left behind a piece of land that
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| a trip to the Cape or to Maine where
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| | today stands as a refuge from busy city
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| while the rocky shores may look
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| | life, or the harsh New England weather.
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| beautiful, the water is somewhat less
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| | As you arrive via a ferry from Point
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| than welcoming. Few could imagine that
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| | Judith, New London, or Montauk you are
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| just off the shores of Rhode Island near
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| | immediately immersed in a world quite
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| Narragansett Bay lies Block Island the
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| | separate from the one you left on the
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| closest thing to a Caribbean escape that
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| | mainland.
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