Newport Rhode Island
Vacation, 3 nights, July 2010
We stayed in Hampton Inn in Coventry. For $80 a night. The same hotel 17 miles closer... $204 a night.... we drove !
You knew this was coming !
Inserting your CC and it charges $1 per hour. 3 hour max !
Hummm... were did I park my yacht ?
Must be the next dock, I'm sure.
Most of the action is by the docks. Places to eat, get boat rides, watch
the boats go by !
In front of the main dock area, on land.
There is the cliff walk. There is a 3
mile walk along the ocean.
In 95 degree weather... sure !
From what the tour guide said, many are now condos ! !
with shops and places to eat..... and water !
One of the old lighthouses we saw on the
High Speed Boat Tour,
now converted to a regular home.
This thing accelerated, something you don't expect from a big boat.
The bridge we had to cross every day... $4
each way. Easy Pass !
That is a long bridge and big bridge.
Built in 1969
Yes... public parking... and $10 a day..
no going out and coming back on the same ticket.
From the hotel, 4th floor
Cell reception was excellent ! !
Yes.. this IS the entire restaurant !
The Cook House Restaurant
Bring your CC but read the reviews first.
This is a 10mm lens
Anchors away !
Waving to one of the little yachtss passing
our tour boat
One of the other sailing tours... from good
authority... they use gas power.
That fast tour boat we were on yesterday.
Yesterday it was not that crowded.
A 500mm lens will get you up close, but focus is still only 15 feet deep.
Thank goodness for my "shake resistance" switch on my Pentax camera !
