We spent Sunday (October 12) exploring and enjoying the old
seaport of Newport, including walks along the waterfront and through the
downtown neighborhoods, and browsing the shops, cafes and local history museum.
A highlight was the 90-minute historical cruise on a restored lobster boat, the
M/V Gansett, which we can now highly recommend. Again, I was imagining my
ancestors plying these same waters 300-plus years ago.
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| Downtown Newport. |
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| Newport Stone Tower, still a mystery. |
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| Carbon-dated to the mid-1600s, perhaps a windmill. |
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| Ready to cruise. |
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| Hammersmith Farm, the Kennedy's former retreat. |
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| Ugghh. |
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| Cute but...? |
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| Bridge to Newport, longest suspension bridge in New England. |
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| Newport, sailing capital of New England. |
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| "Don't mess with Rhode Island either." |
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| I'm working on it. |
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| Tried to buy this Ferrari for Kris but she prefers her Toyota. |
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| Where John and Jackie Kennedy were married. |
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| This house was built in the 1690s. |
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