From the water, the ride into Newport, RI is lovely. 
Coming into Narragansett Bay on either side of the bay are cliffs with many big, fancy homes and scenic vistas.
Here is a lobster boat with the cliffs behind 
On the north side of Narragansett Bay you can see people on a trail going to this small lighthouse. We learned later this is called The Cliff Walk and is extremely popular.
When I took this picture from Grand Fromage, I thought it was one of the mansions. In reality, it is a hotel. Oh well, it looks pretty darn mansionly to me.
Captain Robert and First Mate Glee wear ear phones when docking Grand Fromage. These ear phones enable a safe, sane and quiet docking. We were wearing our ear phones coming up Narragansett Bay. I kept hearing Captain Robert muttering “Holy Moly!”, “Oh my gosh!”. At first I thought there was a problem, but he assured me that the amazement was over all of the boats in the harbor. Coming in, I was too busy setting ropes and bumpers to take a look. On the way out, I snapped these shots that do not do justice to the impact of the hundreds of boats in the harbor. 
Once we were safely tied up, we went in search of lunch. You have to see Newport to believe it….thousands of people, hundreds of shops…quaintness and beautiful people abound. We did some serious people watching while enjoying an extemely guchi lunch.
Next summer we are planning to take Grand Fromage up into the Great Lakes and Canada. As we were sitting in Newport, enveloped by an overwhelming sense of “I could easily get used to this”, I jokingly told Robert….”forget Canada”. As a user definable option, you may feel free to substitute another word for the “forget”. Robert thought that was pretty darn funny, after he recovered from his initial stark raving fear that his wife was going to attempt Newportization.
We only had one night in Newport, thanks to the fog delays in Mystic. However, here are a few examples of the interesting buildings.
