On to Newport RI! Jim and Ginge recommended we take a Segway tour (on their dime no less! Thanks guys!) to explore many of the old historic mansions in this historic beach town. City Girl and I parked our car and walked to the segway place (which was not well marked). We got there a bit early so we explored a few of the shops and tried to get out of the heat (It was +90 degrees again).
It was time for our tour to start so we grabbed our helmets and headed to the garage to "practice." Segways are surprisingly easy to drive. It's all about weight transfer, so lean forward, go forward. Lean back, slow down. Easy right? Well I can't turn and managed to hit every single cone during his little practice run but after a few turns on the road while also avoiding cars, I started to get the hang of it.
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| The Breakers Mansion |
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| On our Segways on 10 Mile Drive! |
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| Cliff Walk |
Don't ever build a house in Newport! It seemed every single mansion we visited, our tour guide Will, would tell us a bit about the mansion then would inevitably say "This house also has a sad story. The owner had a stroke/was on the Titanic/ wife left him/ insert horrible thing to happen to a person." All within a few years of starting to build the house or just moving in (Talk about bad luck). Most of the mansions are now owned by the Historic Preservation Society but three were still privately owned. One was recently bought by the owner of Alex and Ani which city girl was very excited about as she was wearing her bling from there. The tour was very nice but towards the end, the heat was really getting to us. We had to stop and take a break and down a few drinks before finally making our way back to the garage. After a quick lunch in Newport, we headed out to NJ for my annual family party in Toms River.
The party was once again a huge success. Good food and great family and a POOL. A nice little break for us to just relax from the constant go, go, go of the first week of our adventure. But soon it was on to NYC to stay with Kevin and Jack and to the Bronx Zoo!
- Nature Boy
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