We started out the day with a drive around Newport and did the Cliff walk. Basically the cliffs of the coast go behind the historic mansions in town. We saw some pretty amazing houses. You might recognize a few as looking like the Biltmore House. The Vanderbilt family vacationed in Newport and had a few houses here that looked very similar to their Asheville house.
We definitely enjoyed looking at all the sailboats and yachts in the harbor. We had lunch in the shipyard with a great view of all these boats. It was delicious! From here we got to spend several hours out on Kenny's sail boat. Will used to sail with his grandfather when he was younger and has talked about it ever since. Kenny's sail boat was very similar to this one, so it definitely brought back some great memories...the sailing abilities seemed to come right back as well. We started out in the harbor and it was a pretty easy and nice sail. We went out past a light house into open ocean for about a mile. It was a little rough and scary! The waves seemed to come from several different directions and definitely made us a little queasy. We went back into the bay area, sailed under the bridge that takes you into Newport and enjoyed the nice breeze and calm waters. We finished the sail by going to Kenny's favorite swimming spot where the boys did some cliff jumping.
We got back to the yacht club just in time to see the end of some sail boat races. It just happened to be grilling night at the yacht club, so we enjoyed dinner on the water while visiting with some of Kenny's friends from Newport. Huge thanks to Kenny for spending the day with us, showing us the sights, and taking us sailing. We had such an amazing day!!!!
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