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| Beavertail Lighthouse |
August 19 – We left at 9 to meet
with Ron and Barbara at their campground in RI.
About half way there they called to say they had a family emergency and
would have to cancel. It was no problem
for us as we always have a list of places we want to go see. We told them what our days off are and when
they get freed up to let us know and we would reschedule.
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| Rarely seen brown Belted Galloway |
We started on the island of Jamestown, RI. There are lighthouses at each end of the long
skinny island. At the southern point is
the Beavertail Lighthouse. They have an
excellent museum in the keeper’s house displaying information on all the
lighthouses that have been in RI and which ones are in operation or not. Only 6 are members of the United States
Lighthouse Society. All around the point
are rocks and people were out fishing and sun bathing.
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| Jamestown Windmill |
On the way to Conanicut Point at
the north end of the island Bill spotted a herd of Belted Galloway cows and of
course we had to turn around so I could get photos. They are beautiful cows! Then just up the road is the Jamestown Windmill
from 1787. It’s only open on the
weekends so we couldn’t go see it up close.
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| Conanicut Point Lighthouse |
Conanicut Point lighthouse was a
challenge to find. It was actually a
house with a light on top and that is privately owned. We drove by and back again and then I could
see the steel fencing that’s always on the top of a light house. The light is gone but at least we found
it. There are 2 houses side by side.
We drove back to the middle of
the island
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| Rose Island Lighthouse |
and crossed over to Portsmith
Island. From the bridge I could barely get a photo of
the Rose Island lighthouse out in the water. Once we got to Middletown on the island it was lunch
time. There was a Diners, Dives and
Drive-Ins place that we went to. It was
Anthony’s Seafood and the parking lot was full.
I had one of Guy Fieri’s recommendations, Kung Pao Calamari. YUMMY!
A spicy spin on an old favorite.
It is served as an appetizer so I got a salad too and I was
stuffed. I could have managed on half
but you can’t heat up leftover calamari.
Guy came through once again!
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| Newport Harbor |
Newport is the big draw on the southern end
of the island. We went on search of the Newport
Harbor Lighthouse. Rather than fight to
find
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| Touro National Historic Site |
a parking space so we could walk out to it, Bill parked in a boat ramp
while I got out and took the photo. Then
we went in search of Touro Synagogue, which is a National Historic Site. It was built in 1763 and is the oldest Jewish
house of worship in the US. They give tours but Bill was parked in a no
parking area once again so I took my photos, got my passport stamp and back to
the car I went.
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| Kelly at Castle Lighthouse |
To get to Castle Hill Lighthouse
we followed the phone instructions
according to the address I had. It took us to the right land point but it was
a ritzy resort. The valet told us we
were close and where to go back to and park and walk to it. It’s a neat little lighthouse just kinda
embedded into the side of the embankment and was built in 1890. There was another couple there and I offered
to take their picture and Bill was on the phone and I couldn’t ask to have them
take ours. Grrrr!
It was getting late and we had
about a 2 hour drive back so we
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| Plum Beach Lighhouse |
headed home.
On the last bridge back to the mainland on my side was another small
lighthouse in the middle of the Narraganset inlet, Plum Beach Lighthouse. It’s no longer in use and I was able to snap
a quick photo through the side rail of the bridge.
We came home and had leftovers
and readied for another busy day tomorrow. Once again my loving husband did all th driving.
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