Although it is small, there is so much to do and we to restrict the trip to just going along the coast line. Its a real shame as there is so much other stuff we would like to see but 6 months is just not long enough!
Our main focus point whilst in Rhode Island is Newport. Unlike its cousin in Wales (which we visited for the snooker championships a few years ago and a vowed never to ever go back there again!), it looks like there are lots of little bars and restaurants to try out on the water's edge. I've been told the drink to have is the Rhode Island Red Cocktail, a tequila based drink named after a chicken breed.
To prepare for the trip, I'm going to have to make one or two (just to get used to the taste of course!). Here is a recipe I found online:
Ingredients
Makes 1 cocktail
2 oz Partida blanco tequila or 4 Copas Blanco
½ oz Chambord
¾ oz fresh lemon juice
½ oz Agave syrup
1 dash orange bitters
Top with ginger beer
4-6 raspberries
Mint
The plan:
| State: | Rhode Island |
| Towns of Interest: | Newport |
| National Parks: | N/A |
| State Parks of Interest: | Beavertail State Park |
| Places of Interest: | Newport (N) Cliff Walk (3.5-mile path that traces the edge of the sea) Fort Adams (largest coastal fortification in the U.S) Mansions (more than a dozen legendary mansions and get an insider’s look at how America’s wealthiest Gilded Age families spent their summers) East Bay Bike Path (Whether you walk, run, bike or snowshoe all or part of the scenic 14.5 mile Easy Bay Bike Path) Beavertail State Park (Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association) Narragansett Bay Beaches Misquamicut Beach (Gingerbread-style homes and rocky shoreline) Narragansett Pier Clainorne Pell Newport Bridge |
| Routes of Interest: | Route 1 (Coast Road) Route 1A (Coast Road) |
| Where to Stay: | Newport Sea Whale Motel ($80) Atlantic Beach Hotel & Suites ($69) Newport Marriott ($225) Gurney's Newport Resort & Marina ($243) |
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