Yachting, history, art, music, shopping, and Gilded Age mansions; Newport seems to have it all.
From the anchorage near the Ida Lewis Yacht Club, we took our dinghy into one of the many free public landings, and spent the morning exploring the town. After lunch we walked out along Bellevue Avenue admiring the mansions.
In less than a mile we arrived at the Breakers, queen of the Newport mansions. Cornelius Vanderbilt II had this "cottage" built in 1893 for his family's summer home.
Newport also has many normal homes of great historical value.
There are plenty of yachts belonging to the rich and famous in Newport Harbor. We saw this one, Adix, anchored in Antigua in 2015.
But the most fascinating bit of history we saw was the building where the game Rock-Paper-Scissors was invented in 1780. Apparently the Marquis de Lafayette and Comte de Rochambeau were really bored one day and, well, they invented that game to pass the time!
Newport, Rhode Island really is amazing.
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