Pintus Journeys
Sunday, November 27, 2011
10/10/11 - Danbury, CT - 136 miles
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We were camped near the MA/RI stateline and it didn't take us long to cross RI. We did drive through a couple small towns that were havi...
Sunset
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A really pretty sunset when we left Newport, RI
Coastal Drive
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We drove along the coast around Newport and saw some beautiful large homes (guess these are the modern day mansions). We then went downtown ...
Newport Harbor
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We drove down to the harbor area, had our lunch snacks that we had taken and just watched the water traffic. There were lots and lots of big...
Chateau-Sur-Mer
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When we got back to Newport we still had another mansion that we could go through so this is the one we chose. The trees on this property we...
Saturday, November 26, 2011
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They had this area set up where you could make your own cranberry bog.....I didn't think I needed to do that to carry around the countr...
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The cranberry season begins in winter when growers flood the bogs with water that freezes and protects the vines from drying out. As the wi...
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With about 400 cranberry growers in the state of Massachusetts, growing cranberries on approximately 14,000 acres, the cranberry industry is...
10/9/11 - Annual Cranberry Harvest Celebration
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We really enjoy seeing how different crops are harvested and we hit a great one today. This was a 2-day celebration and we got there shortly...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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We had about a 30-mile drive back to the motorhome and saw this nuclear plant on the way back against a pretty sunset. Richard and Karen arr...
Marble House
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William K. Vanderbilt, grandson of the shipping and railroad magnate, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt built his $11,000,000 "cottage...
Rosecliff
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Theresa Oelrichs was born in Virginia City, NV to a family of ordinary means. In a partnership with three other young Irishmen her father Ja...
The Breakers
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This was the 70-room summer estate of New York Central Railroad President Cornelius Vanderbilt II. It includes a two and a half story high G...
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