Trip to Newport, Rhode Island

On Saturday we took a day trip down to Newport - a beautiful seaside town in Rhode Island.

We had lunch at The Barking Crab. Its flagship restaurant is located near where we work and is on the Boston Harbour so we decided to try their new location out. This mural is of The Barking Crab's location in Boston. The food was great and the people and service even better (I'm starting to realize that we get more attention and interest when we're with McClane).

Newport's shopping area is primarily on Thames Street but there are also shops on the surrounding wharfs. Here's a photo looking toward one of the wharfs - you can see sailboat masts in the background.

We saw the American Sail Training Association when taking a shortcut from Thames Street to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. McClane's Pappy sails nearly every day and Grant sailed the Boston Harbour and islands after studying at Boston Sailing Center. When Grant saw this sign he had to get a picture. Hopefully McClane will enjoy sailing one day.

Newport not only has beautiful ocean views but great parks too. Here's one of the family.

Newport was home to the US Naval Academy during the Civil War. We were lucky enough to have a couple of our finest walk by and they were kind enough to endulge us with a group photo. Thank you in more ways than one.

Our last stop was the International Tennis Hall of Fame. We're not tennis players and haven't even watched a serve on television, but when you step into this venue you're certainly aware of the richness of the sport's history.

We hope to be making many more daytrips with McClane while we still have a couple of nice warm months ahead of us (hopefully!!). We will post more soon.