One Year on the Road

Two women, their golden retriever, and an orphaned kitten hit the road in an RV for one year of "pretirement"

Newport Photos

Jennifer Meyer August 31, 2015 Photos No Comments

We had only one day in Newport, Rhode Island to take tours of turn of the century mansions.

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Gypsy's new favorite perch.

Checking out some traffic cop action.

She gets a little frisky on the dash.

View from the bridge to Newport.

Cool old lighthouse.

We were lucky to get a spot for one night.

There was a tiny cemetery in the RV park.

From 1714! This one is for a brother and sister, aged 19 and 24, who died 18 days apart.

Rock fences abound in the area.

We started at the Newport HIstorical Society building and bought tickets for touring the mansions.

We toured the most modest first: Cheptstow, built in 1861.

Next we toured Rosecliff, built in 1902.

Modeled after the Grand Trianon at Versailles.

It was built by heiress Tessie Oelrichs.

"The Great Gatsby" was filmed here.

I love marble lions.

This is the only modesty you'll see in the place.

Parts of "True Lies," "Amistad," and "27 Dresses" were also filmed here.

This "summer cottage" was built for parties.

A boathouse viewed from the Rosecliff lawn.

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