Day 2 Newport, Rhode Island

We bid farewell to our new friend Daniesh, the inn keeper who  took such good care of us with yummy breakfasts and afternoon cookies and headed to Newport to walk the Cliff Walk and check out the homes and shops.  After that, we went to our next stop Mystic, CT where we are staying at the Steamboat Inn, a great B and B which has already fed us cookies and sherry at 5.

The Cliff Walk is a 3.5 mile path atop bluffs that overlook the sea.

Beautiful homes along the way on the Cliff Walk.

The view from our walk.

Then onto our walk through Newport.....

Trinity Church

They had a pumpkin sale and served us hot cider.

Trinity Church's steeple against today's clear blue sky.

Day 1 Rhode Island

Finally found some color today, driving through a state park.

 The stone fence encircles the entire perimeter of the park.

Then on to our boat tour of Newport Harbor, looking at light houses, mansions and yachts.

This is Plum Beach Light, built in 1899 and featured on RI license tags.

Castle Hill Light, a working light house run on solar power.

Mansions and yachts

Look at the size of these masts!

Rose Island Light.....no longer working, but you can spend a night here either in the light house or in the small red building.

Unfortunately, Jim did not photograph Lime Rock Lighthouse which has a unique history: when her father became ill in 1857, 15 year old  Ida Lewis assumed the job of light house keeper, a duty she kept until 1911.  In 1924 the tiny island was renamed Ida Lewis Rock.

Waiting for sunrise

We are in southern New England this week...today watching the sunrise on Narragansett Bay here in Warwick, Rhode Island.  Our B and B suite has a little porch for sunrise watching, our room has 180 degree views of the Bay....very lovely.

Today will be in the 70s....very unseasonal, but perfect for taking a boat ride to view light houses.

Sunset

Today was a lovely, clear day, so we headed out to check out the sunset, stopping at Mancini's first for their Thursday night half price pizza.

And here the sun sets over Assawoman Bay.....

Dewey goes pink

October is breast cancer awareness month.  I celebrated with not one but two mammograms and all turned out OK.  And yet I know others who are fighting the cancer battle and my thoughts and prayers are with these brave ladies.

Dewey  Beach was advertising this weekend's run to provide funds to breast cancer research.  We will see that pink ribbon often this month.

Winner....again

Again this year Jim entered Delaware Beach Life's photo contest.

And again this year......

he won!

(A third place in the people category with our own Bethany Beach life guards).

Harvest fun on the eastern shore

This is what we eastern shore people do on cool Fall weekends:  we run and we eat, listen to music and eat some more.  Then there's the autumn beer.  We are known for it!  Dogfish Head has lots of competition from other local breweries making pumpkin ale.  All good.

In this run Jim ran a 5K through a corn field grown just for today's event.

before......

....... and after.  His time  31:44.  Free brats and beer as we waited for the award ceremony.

Next barbeque was at the Center for the Inland Bays party at James Farm.....Bethany Blues BBQ, beer and warm apple and pumpkin pies.

and music.