We took a few days this past week and went to the ocean in Westerly Rhode Island and then back along the Connecticut shore. It was a nice trip and we had great weather.
This is a veiw from Weekapaug
We stayed in a simple "inn" walking distance to Misquamicut. It's getting toward the end of summer and the beach was packed but if you're willing to walk towards Watch Hill the crowds thinned out.
There are some nicer houses down at this end.
This is the harbor at Watch Hill. The town was pretty packed but it still seemed quiet.
We stopped for lunch in Stonington and walked aroud a little.
These people were all learning how to sail in Stonington.
We visited the Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford. This "mansion" was left to the state back in the 50's. Mr. Harkness's father was an investor with John D. Rockerfeller and did pretty well (understatement)
A view out to Long Island Sound
This property was pretty large and there were many places to sit and look out at the water.
There was a formal garden in the front of the building
Built in the French style (I think?)
They only give tours of the house on weekends (bummer).
I really liked this garden!
The front of the house.
The garden was in pretty good shape for a state maintained site
More garden shots.
These things were six feet tall.
Orange and yellow.
We stayed a couple of nights in the "Bee and Thisle Inn" in Old Lyme. The Inn was built around 1775
The Inn is on the Lieutenant River and we sat down there in the evening and the mornings
This a house in Essex CT. build by an old sea captain I guess.
This is a shot of the Connecticut River at Middletown.