Day 3: Mystic to Newport, RI

Today was a good day.  We woke the kids early at 7AM, had pastries, coffee, and juice delivered by the front desk complimentary, and headed out to catch the opening of the aquarium at 9:00AM.  Was nice to catch the trainers feeding breakfast to the beluga whales and sea lions.  The penguins were all out for the morning greet too.  We walked over a frog swamp to spot them amongst the lily pads, and then ventured inside.  a VR movie awaited the boys (after I coughed up tickets) at 10:15, so we wandered around for a bit first, even got to touch a shark, sea urchin (no, not one of mine), and use the restroom (a necessary pitstop...get it?)

It was at 11:30 that the real fun started when I surprised Watson with a sea lion close encounter on the big stage during the aquarium show.  Early birthday gift, and such a great photo-op.  We enjoyed the show as a family too in the VIP seats with cushions (nice!).  That was the end to a great morning start on Day 3.  It was heading to lunch that trouble arose.

Who knew every restaurant from Mystic to Newport was going to be closed in observance of the 4th that was yesterday.  We found a spot about 8 miles out of the way in the other direction, but it worked.  Way over breaded crab cake balls, large fish and chips, good deli sandwich and fine burgers at Richard's Pub in East Greenwich, not the one I had planned in Wyoming.

We made it through lunch and to the Breakers (Vanderbilt Summer Cottage...ha, more like Biltmore) by 3:30PM.  The mansion was GAWDY!  Way over the top and decorated in cold tones.  After realizing that the Topiary Gardens were in Providence, some 20 minutes away, we went back to the car to unload and don long sleeves before hitting the trails for the Cliff Walk.  Boys continued to amaze me with their easy spirits in climbing the rocky coast.  The homes were out of our range or anyone else's for that matter.  It was a great 2 miles of sights, sounds, and again-- photo-ops.








Made it just in time at the end of the trail to catch the Trolley (bus dressed like a trolley) back to the Breakers to get the car.  We made it to Diego's, a Mexican restaurant in the Newport Wharf.  Great burritos by my eldest standards (they even said it topped Baja... I doubt that).  After an exorbitant bill, an exorbitant parking fee, over priced decent ice cream, we made our way to our final stop of the night, Founder's Brook Motel & Suites with room for 5.


Goodnight! 

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  1. SoapMoMJuly 6, 2021 at 7:49 PM

    Sounds like nothing bad happened today. Great news. But you must all be dead tired.

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