jefferson pools.

A natural hot spring with 200 year old homesteads them.  It was hidden in small town - Warm Springs, Virginia.  Swimsuits were optional and I became a child again in awe at the bubbles escaping from under the rocks and that the water could be THAT warm, naturally.  It was really all I needed.

a bike tour.

Today I was invited out to this cool, offbeat place in South Providence, Liberty Elm Diner (blueberry french toast! ^^), but it turned into a mini bike tour/adventure through the whole city:

First: Roger Williams Park! It was so huge and filled with lakes and ducks and surreal architecture.

Okay and then City Farm, a little workshare farming place actually within the city.

And finally the Providence Athenaeum, a library that's been around since 1753.  It was filled with old mysterious books and it was so fun to see books with the last check out date in 1946.  My friend found a bookmark that was from 1923 in one of the books :O. It was a happy little way to not completely hibernate through the 35 degree weather. AND the day finished with riding through the city on the back rack of someone's bicycle.