Payne's Harbor View Inn
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An Old Seaport, Famous Pizza, and a Nuclear Sub
... to discover that the resort is like a huge indoor city. It is blocks long, and contains many shops, restaurants, a movie theater, a comedy club, and three casinos. It was pretty wild and over the top, but really fun to see. I tell myself that maybe someday I will be there to play in a World Poker Tour event, but we'll see what fate has in store.
Mystic was a nice, if unexpected, stop on our journey. Stay tuned for our next blog, from the City of Brotherly Love!
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Newport - Opulence by the Bay
... happy to find our way back to our own opulent ship! Our final night has come all too soon like it always does. This has been a most interesting cruise, one we both agree is a must see! The ports have been second to none and this afternoon we discussed if perhaps we had found them even more beautiful than Hawaii which up to now had been our favorite. With the exception of Sydney, we would LOVE to return to all of ...
The Vanderbilt'ssummer place, Newport.
After driving through the delights of Cape Code, Sandwich in particular was our favorite.. I think it looks like America's answer the Cotswolds! I made lots of ooh's and ahh's!!! Then we drove on and came to Newport. home of Tennis and sailing and the homes from the "'gilded Age". We drove down Bellview Avenue, lined with chateaus and mansions built around the turn of the last century. We went to The Breakers, the summer residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt. got ...
Getting ready to go!
We are in the process of planning a camping trip to the Southwest for the spring of 2013.
Our plans will take us through the following states: CT, NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX, NM, AZ, CA, Nevada, Utah, OK, AK, TN.
We will stay at Casinos, State, National Parks, National Forests, COE parks, TVA parks, County Parks, Walmarts, Private Parks and Vineyards. Our RV is a ...
Island Life
... ultra rich at the turn of the century through the roaring twenties, and on up to today. One interesting aside was the mysterious stone tower in the middle of Newport that predates recorded history. According to Jan, numerous researchers have been unable to determine its origins, not Native American, perhaps Viking, perhaps Irish….who knows? Columbus was not the first European to land on North American shores…..
On up to Bristol, ...
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