We arrived in Rhode Island for the wedding a day ahead of schedule. Teressa and I purchased tickets as a "surprise" for the kids six months ago to the American Idol concert in Bridgeport, Connecticut, as it was the only location we could find that worked with our trip itinerary. We are huge "Idol" fans, and the kids have been to the concert the last three years. The challenge was hurricane Hanna! Here is Teressa's description of the day:It rained last night and today was foggy/cloudy and occasionally rainy. The gang went into Newport for lunch. Some went on the cliff walk. Gary, Wade, Colin and Gene golfed before it rained too much. We left at 3 for Bridgeport, CT and the American Idol concert. Part way there it started to rain hard so Gary drove (Brian was driving up to that point). By the time we arrived at Bridgeport, it was raining about as hard as I have ever seen. We parked under the freeway so it was covered, but there was a waterfall pouring down at one point. We had to walk through the rain to the arena and GW had no rain coat. They wouldn’t let him enter with his camera so he had to go back to the car and return---all in torrential rain. We ate a quick hot dog and enjoyed the show. We especially liked David Archuletta and David Cook but also Carly Smithson, Jason Castro (I liked), Michael John did a great job, Sayesha. All the kids did well. This was our 4th year. Laura bought her poster for framing for her room. It took over 2.5 hours to drive home and we made it at 1:30 am. It was very stressful with the heavy rain and standing water. The trailer never looked so good!
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