Visit from our niece!

 My niece from IL came for a visit.  It was a short trip - just for the weekend, but we packed a lot of fun into it!  Friday night was dinner and cuddles with Bolts :)
Then Saturday we headed to Newport for a cars & coffee event

 We took the red pickup

 This week they were at Salve Regina university

 It's set along a cliff walk - so after we looked at the cars we went for a short walk with our friends Scott & Gwen

 It was a foggy morning but still beautiful

 Back at the car event, we checked out a real Cobra.  Most of these are kit cars so you don't see a real one very often

 Then it was time to head on to our next adventure

 We drove along Ocean Drive (so foggy!) then we had breakfast and walked around Newport - Thames St & the Piers

 Then we decided to actually go into one of the many mansions we drive by all the time.  We picked Rosecliff

 So much detail in every aspect of the home - it was a pleasure to walk through.  It was built by Tessie Fair Oelrichs (and her husband Hermann) in 1899 & cost $2.5 million (wowzer!).  Tessie was born and raised in Virginia City, NV (wow!) and her dad made a fortune from the Comsock silver lode.   

 Back yard - is now used for many weddings.  It was donated to the Preservation Society in 1971 by the last private owners The Monroes.

 After viewing the mansion, we headed home to get munchies and Bolts.  And then we were off to Polo!  We actually arrived in time for a somewhat decent seat -yay!

 During the intermission Bolts found a cousin, Charlie!  Such cuties

 We also saw some nice cars

 The polo match was good, but the USA lost to Ireland

 Time for the sweaty hand slap :)

 And then more playing for Bolts on the field.  We were hoping to get some ice cream on the way home but it started to rain.

 Sunday was sunny & beautiful so after our workout, we went for a sail

 There were a lot of sailboats out and about and we all got stuck together when the wind died

 Eventually we had to start the motor because we had dinner plans to get to!

It was a great weekend and so glad Claire was able to visit!   Can't wait to do it again!