Reflections on our wonderful summer home in Newport.
Ginger worked for Majestic Cruise Company, selling tickets for 1-hour cruises that include narrated tours of the harbor. She also got to give the tours one day when the guides were all out. Some days had fancy lunch and dinner cruises.
We went swimming in the ocean on a stormy but warm day, and enjoyed rain while being mostly under water already...
We renewed our membership to Newport Mansions and got Tim to join us in some tours. Below, Chateau Sur Mer.
Our landlord, Paul, let us use his kayaks at the north point of the island.
Paul and Stephen did a lot of work on the apartment over the summer, including installing a fireplace.
We didn't buy tickets to the Newport Folk Festival this year, but we did listen from the water with Phoebe on her dingy. There was a huge community of people listening from their boats, swimming, and having fun. Phoebe found several people she knew as we drove around.
Stores on the wharf boarded up for hurricane Irene, often with mocking signs:
Newport didn't suffer much building damage, but the storm was hard on the trees, and we lost most of our fall leaves.
We lost our electricty right after the news channel downgraded Irene to a tropical storm. We took some steaks out of our freezer and went to Tim's house to use his electric gas stove. We also drove to the shore to see the waves. All beaches were carefully monitered by police. After 36 hours, our power returned.
We did some apple-picking at Sweetberry Farm.
and took more silly photos!
On Stephen's birthday, we visited Kingscote Mansion.
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