Discover the Preserve Sporting Club and Resort in Richmond, Rhode Island

In this segment, Richard is in Richmond, Rhode Island, to explore the Preserve Sporting Club and try a variety of outdoor activities.

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Clear your calendars because in this season 7 segment of Weekends with Yankee (episode 704), we have a packed schedule. Richard is in Richmond, Rhode Island, to meet Paul Mihailides, president of the Preserve Sporting Club and Resort. From winter to summer, the Preserve offers almost every outdoor activity imaginable and was designed to bring families back into nature. In this segment, Richard tries his hand at horseback riding, fly fishing, and pigeon shooting (no live pigeons were harmed) before ending the day at the Preserve’s hobbit houses. 

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