The Two Littlest States*

To us 'big'-staters, New England is the place of  IV League schools, lobsters, and a whole lotta BLUE. When I ripped open my mission call to serve in the New Hampshire Manchester mission, I was scared to death of the prospect of teaching IV-League blue lobsters about a culturally western church. But as I spent 18 months working my tail off and serving the people, I developed a love an obsession for all things New England.

Two years later, I'm back in this blessed region. I've been working in CT the last 3 months and decided to stay for a weekend to learn a thing or two about a state or two. From the clam cakes to the sailboats, I must say I'm a big fan of these little states.

Some useless Rhode Island trivia (and a couple pictures):

• Ironically, it has the longest name of any state
• The Great Wall of China could wrap around RI 32 times. (You better believe I did that math)
• Home of the Tennis Hall of Fame
• Also home to Matthew Perry, but probably not the one you're thinking of

Cliff walking in Newport

Taking Wheat Thins surfing to new heights

Newport cares: we actually saw 4/20 Kony protestors in this itty bitty state

The famous Awful Awful milkshake. The cup says it all

And onto Connecticut,

• Called the Nutmeg State (personal significance)
• Home of the PEZ factory--all those chalky, rock-hard sweets you ate as a child came from CT
• Yale has had an alumnus in every presidential or vice-presidential race since 1972, including former Presidents Clinton and Bush.
• People in New Haven are so smart that they even made up their own style of pizza

We like the beach in Darien

$1 roller blades, and the mouse droppings are free

New Haven-style margarita and clam pizza, delish

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*Fact check: Delaware is actually smaller than Connecticut, but "The Littlest and Third Littlest States" didn't have a good ring.