November 1, 2012
Today's the day! We finally get to depart Newport for Bermuda!
We are departing at 4:00am Thursday morning and should be at sea for five-ish days if everything goes smoothly.
This will be my last post until Tuesday!
Here's to fair winds and following seas!
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
NARC Rally 2012, Day 8: Mansions & Cliff Walk
October 31, 2012
Today was an extremely eventful day. I'll start with the random animal-related events.
On my way home from doing laundry, I walked past a girl who was waiting at the street corner with her dog. I smiled and said hi, not paying attention to the dog and it suddenly lunged at me and sunk its teeth into my laundry bag. I had to rip it out of his mouth. Thank god I was on my way home from doing laundry, or that would have been my leg.
The other animal occurrence happened on the way home from my sightseeing today. I was walking back along an isolated road in a forestry area, quite a ways out of town. I started tripping myself out and wondering what kind of dangerous wildlife they have here and how scary it would be if a cougar or something jumped out at me. I swear not 30 seconds after that thought, a big deer jumps into a clearing in the woods to my right, not 20 feet from me. It stopped, looked me right in the eyes for a few seconds then dropped down its front legs and made a huffing sound as it motioned a charge at me. It then turned and galloped away.
I guess I got my scares for Halloween...
In other news...I went for an incredible hike today. I checked out all the mega-mansions here and walked along the cliffside trail.
I started out my hike checking out this ship restoration college where they were rebuilding an old tall ship. I wasn't sure if I was allowed in, but no one said anything when I walked in.
Here are some shots of a church I saw and an old armory building.
The first humble abode here is called The Elms (built in 1901). It was a "summer house" for coal Baron Edward Julius Berwind. I wasn't sure if it was open to the public, but I just walked in anyway. Turns out it was.
The Stables:
The Gardens:
Here are some mansions I saw on my way to the cliffside trail. Most are private, but I creep-shotted them through the fence.
Here is the entrance to the Cliff Walk which is a really long trail that runs along the edge of the cliff looking over the ocean. You have breathtaking views of the water on your one side, and gigantic mega-mansions on your otherside. I ended up walking the whole thing.
Today was an extremely eventful day. I'll start with the random animal-related events.
On my way home from doing laundry, I walked past a girl who was waiting at the street corner with her dog. I smiled and said hi, not paying attention to the dog and it suddenly lunged at me and sunk its teeth into my laundry bag. I had to rip it out of his mouth. Thank god I was on my way home from doing laundry, or that would have been my leg.
The other animal occurrence happened on the way home from my sightseeing today. I was walking back along an isolated road in a forestry area, quite a ways out of town. I started tripping myself out and wondering what kind of dangerous wildlife they have here and how scary it would be if a cougar or something jumped out at me. I swear not 30 seconds after that thought, a big deer jumps into a clearing in the woods to my right, not 20 feet from me. It stopped, looked me right in the eyes for a few seconds then dropped down its front legs and made a huffing sound as it motioned a charge at me. It then turned and galloped away.
I guess I got my scares for Halloween...
In other news...I went for an incredible hike today. I checked out all the mega-mansions here and walked along the cliffside trail.
I started out my hike checking out this ship restoration college where they were rebuilding an old tall ship. I wasn't sure if I was allowed in, but no one said anything when I walked in.
Here are some shots of a church I saw and an old armory building.
The first humble abode here is called The Elms (built in 1901). It was a "summer house" for coal Baron Edward Julius Berwind. I wasn't sure if it was open to the public, but I just walked in anyway. Turns out it was.
Here are some mansions I saw on my way to the cliffside trail. Most are private, but I creep-shotted them through the fence.
Here is the entrance to the Cliff Walk which is a really long trail that runs along the edge of the cliff looking over the ocean. You have breathtaking views of the water on your one side, and gigantic mega-mansions on your otherside. I ended up walking the whole thing.
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