We decided to explore Jamestown RI, across Narragansett Bay from Newport. The ferry from Newport would have been $30 per person, so no way. We moved Circe to the Jamestown harbor instead. 15 minutes each way, since we came back to our Brenton Cove mooring on the Newport side in the afternoon.

We rented bikes at Jamestown Outdoors, a very nice shop and helpful staff. Jamestown is more like Annapolis, or smaller, like St Michaels. Cool shops, beautiful houses, but not as big or crowded as Newport.

We rode our bikes all the way to the bottom (south) tip of Jamestown Island, to the Beavertail State Park and Lighthouse. The lighthouse is in good condition and is still in use, and there is a nice museum. In the museum, Kati found in the exhibit of "extinct lighthouses", the Sabin Point Light. It was just below Providence. This is the same area where the town of Rehoboth was, where Jack's ancestor, William Sabin, settled in the mid-to-late 1600s. Wow, what a lucky find!

The island is hilly...up, down, up, down. So we worked a bit today. On the way back from Beavertail, we stopped and had our lunch at Hull Cove, a nice rocky beach with only a few people and houses on it. Then stopped at the main Town Beach on Mackerel Cove for a frozen lemonade from the Del's truck. The guy at the bike place said it was a must here in Jamestown. Then on to climb up to Fort Wetherill State Park and then back to the shop. 12 miles all together but a lot of calories!

So, stop in for a beer at the Narragansett Cafe - a Narragansett ("gansett") for Harry, a Sam Adams Summer Ale for Kati. A chat with some locals at this awesome neighborhood pub.

See today's photos in the Newport album.