Newport, Rhode Island

Newport is known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions. Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, wealthy southern planters seeking to escape the heat began to build summer cottages on Bellevue Avenue and by the turn of the 20th century, many of the nation's wealthiest families were summering in Newport. In the evening we had an 'excursion' to the police because of parking violation that blew over and the next day we took some nice pictures of the beautiful mansions.