Weekend in Newport

We spent a long weekend in Newport, RI. This was Jazz Fest weekend, an annual event for us, but the first with Victoria.

We drove up on Thursday. It’s a bit of a long drive. You can do it in about 3 hours and 15 minutes with no traffic. But no traffic on I-95 means you are driving at 3 am.

Friday was supposed to be a rainy day, so we were planning to go to a nearby (sort of, about 45 minutes) aquarium. Plenty of indoor things to look at. And it rained hard. But not just rain, it was freezing. We get there and the minimal time you have to be outside was too much. Everyone was freezing. We get to one big indoor exhibit and I walk around with Danielle while my wife stays with Victoria.

This became a tricky day because Victoria had diarrhea and Danielle had attitude. Danielle is clearly going through an adjustment period. She loves her baby sister, but she’s acting out in different ways. On this day she was a handful.

But Saturday was another day. This was the day we went to Jazz Fest. And the weather completely turned around. We couldn’t have had a more beautiful day. It was about 75 degrees, not a cloud in the sky, a nice breeze coming off the water. The Newport Jazz Fest is in a beautiful spot on the water. The music wasn’t as great as last year, but everything else was. Good food, weather, stuff for Danielle to do. Just a perfect day. Tori was over her diarrhea and Danielle was over her attitude (well, mostly).