On The Road With Denis & Starr/Day 20 - Newport, RI

Tuesday, October 20

Happy Anniversary To Us!!

Newport, RI & Dartmouth, MA

After crossing the majestic Pell Bridge, we arrived in this 370 year old City-By-The-Sea last night.  We checked in to our room over looking Bowen's Wharf and out into Newport Harbor at The Newport Harbor Hotel and Marina.

We awoke to a beautiful day and the view from our balcony was as wharfy as it gets!

Our room included a bountiful breakfast each morning at the hotel restaurant, Pier 49.  After breakfast we strolled out on the pier to enjoy the beautiful boats.

On the agenda for today was a visit with Val and Breanna.  We drove to Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and met them for lunch at the Healthy Grille on Route 6.

The menu had dozens of choices for vegetarians.  Val and Breanna could not resist a bowl of their award winning clam chowder.

We caravanned over to the campus of the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth where Breanna is a Freshman.  She told us about her diverse course load while she took us on a tour showing us all of the buildings where she attends classes.  We even got a chance to see her dorm.

Breanna at U Mass Dartmouth

The campus was busy with students coming from and going to classes.  Many of them stopped to chat with Breanna as we finished up our tour.

Denis had a Go To Meeting later that afternoon, so said goodbye to Val and Breanna and drove back to Newport.

That afternoon, Denis created a collage of the following scenes with his next pen & ink.

The Anniversary "Wharf"

by

Denis

It was our special night, and we celebrated at Pronto on Thames Street.  This elegant little bistro had the perfect ambience for a romantic dinner.  The soft lighting was produced by an eclectic collection of antique chandeliers.

We shared an order of Irene's Ravioli.

Ravioli filled with sweet squash, amaretti & goat cheese in a walnut sage cream sauce.

And an order of Vegetable Cannelloni.

Roasted vegetables, Italian herbs and asiago, smoked mozzarella & parmesan cheese, wrapped in fresh pasta with bechamel sauce and topped with a hearty red sauce.

We walked back to The Newport on that moonlit evening feeling blessed for another wonderful year together.