Plan B

The weather did not completely cooperate with us today, so instead of taking our bikes into Newport, we took a shuttle downtown.  We found out during the journey that Newport is way bigger than it looks on the map.   We had planned to walk along Cliff Walk (a 3+ mile walk along the cliff, basically through the backyards of the Newport mansions).  That plan changed when we were dropped off at the Visitor Center - about a mile from the start of Cliff Walk.  So although a portion of Cliff Walk is closed, we were easily looking at a 5 mile walk on a day where the weather threatened not to play nicely.  So we  opted for a bus tour of Newport where we learned a great deal about the history of Newport.

We were glad to be in a bus instead of these little clown cars that tourists were tooling around town in. There's an accident waiting to happen!  And why isn't this woman wearing a helmet?!?

We stopped by the church where John F. Kennedy married Jackie Onassis.  We loved the architecture and spent a while taking pictures of the church.

Finally, we stopped for a late lunch of lobster.  Oh, this is the "after" picture.  Yum!  Lobster two days in a row.  We are aiming for at least three days in a row to rise above "amateur" tourist status.   I am still hoping for good weather tomorrow, in spite of what all the weather maps show.



PS - the tour bus driver confirmed that the winds yesterday were brutal!  So it wasn't just us!!  Everyone was being blown around.