A Day in Newport Rhode Island

  John had a difficult night again, but he was able to sleep fairly well from about 4am to 7am.  I woke up about 7:30 and by 8:00 we were both working on putting things away in preparation for our move to RI today.  We had some breakfast and said goodbye to the Gateway to Cape Cod CG at 10:15.  Other than a headache, John feels better, but his cough is still bad. Harvey needed gas, so we didn't hook up the Jeep until after we stopped for gas just a few miles from the CG.  It was a pretty easy drive and we entered the Newport Naval Depot CG by 11:30.  Kylie was sure glad it was a short drive!!  Set up was easy, too, because we are only staying one night... no need to get anything out.  The CG is right on the water... we have a beautiful view. 

There are only 6 sites here.  We are in #5 with #1-4 behind us.

 

Here are some of the views of the water behind us.

 

 

 

Boats are going by all the time!

We had some lunch and made some phone calls and then John took a nap to try to get rid of his headache.  I went outside to check out the water and the grounds.  There is a fence around the whole CG, so I couldn't get down to the water, but I realized that the grounds looked as if it had at some point been a beach.  I looked for any possible treasures and found a piece of sea glass!  We cleaned up and then about 3:00 drove into Newport to check out the Naval Base.  We went to the Exchange/Px and looked around a bit, but all we bought was some cough drops. 

This picture was taken from the Naval Base.
The bridge connects the Newport mainland to the harbor areas.

A beautiful day for parasailing by the bridge!

A docking area in the Base.

We also stopped at a store called, "Bennys" that I had heard someone talk about while at the pool at the last CG.  It was sort of a glorified hardware store except it had more toys.  Didn't find anything there we couldn't live without.  Then on to downtown Newport.  I wanted to have some seafood so we ate at a restaurant called, "The Landing".  It was right on the water in the harbor.  There was every kind of boat docked there from a tiny little motor boat to a couple of million dollar yachts.  It was a gorgeous setting!

From the dock just outside the restaurant.

John enjoying his clam chowder.  Doesn't he look happy!!

That's my second cup of tea... it was really hot and humid!

This yacht was HUGE!!  It was parked next to the restaurant.
Looked like the one in "Overboard".

A shot of the dock behind me while eating.

The sun was just starting to set... how lovely!!

Johnny Lobster!!

  I had broiled scallops, shrimp, and cod (sounds like a lot, but there were only 2 scallops and 2 shrimp and a small piece of cod).  It was good, but not great.  John had a bowl of clam chowder, which was delicious, and 2 stuffed Quahogs, which are clams mixed with a kind of stuffing and put back onto the clam shell.  I didn't care for them... too much green pepper flavor.  John got a call from the clinic he had been at in MA and the doc told him he does have pneumonia, but luckily not an extreme case.  He told him to just continue the antibiotics and if it gets worse to seek medical attention.  He'll definitely follow up with his family Dr when we get home. We walked around the downtown a bit and my sweet tooth demanded a peanut butter choc chip cookie from one of the bake shops.  Now that was yummy!!  My hip and foot got a bit tired, so we headed back to the car and left for the CG.  We got back about 7:30 and our neighbor was sitting outside, so we went over and chatted for a while.  The bugs started biting so we came back about 8:15 and watched some TV.  John went to bed at 9:30 while I worked on my blog.  We plan on leaving here for Connecticut by 9 or 10 tomorrow morning.