AUGUST 19-30                       North Kingstown, Rhode Island

Our sixty-nineth wedding anniversary was on August 20.  We always enjoy having a special celebration of this significant event in our lives.  This year, David took charge and booked a night at the Castle Hill Inn in Newport with a six-course prix fixe dinner in their lovely dining room.    We arrived early and had a light lunch on the patio overlooking Narragansett Bay.  Our dinner was excellent and service was the best ever—very attentive and personal.  It was as lovely evening. 

On Saturday, Julie and Greg Galier, cousins from Dallas, arrived at the train station in Kingston, a twenty-minute drive from Wickford.  Once again, they had accompanied their son, Tripp to Seton Hall University in New Jersey where he would start his sophomore year.  We greeted them on the boat with shucked oysters and lobster rolls. 

Sunday was a good day to show them the fabulous Newport Car Museum in Portsmouth.  We then returned to Newport and they toured the Breakers Mansion.  We enjoyed a late lunch/early dinner on the patio at Castle Hill Inn.  Greg raved about the Bronzino (and we all agreed!) which was exceptional.  We returned to the boat for blueberry pie and ice cream. 

They returned to Newport for shopping and sightseeing on Monday.  We remained onboard to finish projects and then we joined them for a lovely dinner on the deck at Blu on the Water in East Greenwich.  With cool weather and a full moon, it was an opportunity to acknowledge a special relationship with two wonderful people.