On Wednesday morning, we packed up our belongings and said goodbye to Cape Cod, Nickerson State Park, and our sweet little yurt. We drove back west and pulled in to Newport, RI a little before noon. We decided to make a stop at the visitor’s center to determine what our options were for the next 24 hours.
After the visitor’s center, we went and checked in to our hotel: the America’s Cup Inn.
Once we were placed in a room, we grabbed some lunch across the street at Busker’s Irish Pub. With full stomachs, we hit the town to see the sites. We took a scenic ocean view drive around the south end of the island and parked to start our cliff walk. The cliff walk is a paved path with the ocean on one side and large estates on the other.
If you want to see really cool mansions with scenic views of the ocean, the cliff walk is the place to be. After a while, we had to turn back due to storm damage, but we headed via the surrounding neighborhoods.
At this point, we were feeling a little tired, so we traveled back to the hotel for a quick rest. Feeling refreshed, we walked down to the wharfs to catch our evening sailboat ride that we had booked earlier. It was an enjoyable experience, motoring out into the open water where the crew of three raised the sails and started off on our small voyage. We enjoyed Narragansett beer while watching the sun go down and hearing stories about the sites we were seeing. It was a great end to our vacation and headed home the next day.