Newport

Last week Sean and I went to Newport, RI for a 3 day getaway - it was my first visit to Newport and I have a wedding scheduled there in January so I was so excited to go check it out! My first impression - no where near as small and remote as I had pictured. I envisioned a small island - a sleepy little fishing town with maybe one small row of shops and restaurants, a few mansions, a few B&B's and hotels and maybe 30-40 beach houses. It was much bigger and more congested than I had pictured in my head but really cool nonetheless. We arrived on Tuesday afternoon and checked in at our bed and breakfast - The Victorian Ladies Inn - and then immediately walked down to the famous Cliff Walk. It was a gorgeous day - great weather and crisp blue skies and textures galore. I take texture photos pretty much everywhere I go and I use them for overlays on my photos sometimes... I have quite a collection going and I've even got Sean into finding cool textures now! As we walked along the Cliff Walk we came to "Forty Steps" and went down to explore. As we reached the bottom of the steps I heard a waterfall so I started looking for it... it was in a little cave in the side of the cliff! Sean and I went to check it out and take some photos and we ended up photographing each other too because it was such a cool spot.

And where there is rock......there is a rock climber

I set my camera on a rock, propped up by my sweater and hit the timer for this one...

not so easy to run across the rocks and get in the shot before that timer goes off! I brought my tripod with me to Newport but all I brought on the Cliff Walk was my camera and one lens since it's such a long walk and silly me - I only brought my biggest camera bag! We finished up the Cliff Walk and headed back for a delicious dinner at the Red Parrot. I was starting to come down with a cold and wasn't feeling very well by then but the food was awesome. Wednesday I woke up to a raging cold and I felt horrible... Sean ran out and got me loads of medicine and tissues and I toughed it out and we walked around by the harbor a little bit, checked out the location where my January wedding is going to be and then went to a winery for a tour and Sean did a tasting. Afterward I was completely spent and feeling much worse so I tried taking a nap before going out to dinner but it was no use. I couldn't fall asleep and I kept feeling worse so we had leftovers from the night before. Thursday morning Sean woke me up because we had to check out of the B&B and we were going to go to lunch but I wanted nothing more than to go home and crawl into bed so we left. I slept the entire way home (I never sleep in the car) and then went to bed and slept most of the day when we got home. I really wish that I had felt up to exploring a little (lot) more but it was still great. Still not feeling well but I had a fantastic wedding on Saturday and an engagement session yesterday that I'll be posting some pics from soon! I can't wait to get back to Newport in January for Christine & Brad's wedding - hopefully I'll be able to explore a little more then!