Newport, RI (Deb's Birthday Trip)

Newport, RI is one place you go to see how the rich people live (or lived). This trip we targeted 2 of the cliff-edge mansions, built in the late 1800's, nearly torn down (having been basically abandoned), saved and partially restored by the Newport Historical Society.

Beauty and opulence that you don't see every day, that's for sure.

Reminded me of a documentary I saw about the fabulous estates on Long Island that were all torn down (almost all of them) and the land sold off (mid 20th century) to build single-family homes for our emerging middle-class population. Difficult to wrap your mind around all that wealth shuffling around.

Anyway, we logged in over 9 miles of walking (Deb has a gizmo that records important stuff like that). I got kind of grumpy for a while, but got over it as soon as the nice girl at The Black Pearl brought me a glass of Merlot.