Stuey and I did not spend a lot of time in Newport, and most of the time was spent at the wedding and wedding reception. But we did have one morning to do some exploring. Our hotel had free bikes to loan and so off we went.
Initially, we biked combat style amongst the pedestrians on the sidewalks and in the parks until we got stopped by a friendly cop. He pointed out the bike friendly streets. And so we explored the waterfront.
We found the commercial fishing dock. I was actually a bit surprised that there is a commercial fishing dock. I had thought that Newport was home to just fancy yachts. But no we found a particularly smelly area where there were a bunch of open barrels full of rotting skates. HUGE seagulls were stealing the skates right off of the top of the barrels. Stuey used his birding ap and identified them as 'Great black-backed gulls'. But all gulls look pretty much the same to me - although these seagulls were really big - like small dog sized big.
We ended up at a memorial to the French and the beginning of the Yorktown campaign in the Revolutionary war. And then we biked back through the quaint streets to our hotel. I wish I took some of the neighborhood and street photos. A very pretty town.
Patrick
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| A statue of a French General |
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| A HUGE seagull - a great black-backed gull? |
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| View from breakfast at the hotel |
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| Barrels full of skates for fishing bait |
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| Some fancy boats |
Post some of the wedding photos!
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