Having some household tasks to accomplish at home, we didn't even leave our town until after noon. It's a good two-hour drive, but that gave us enough time to do what we really needed to do.
When I visit Newport, I have to take the Ocean Drive and view the water near Brenton Point. It's breathtaking.
We climbed down to the rocky area to collect my favorite type of rock: the nice smooth, rounded, and fairly flat ones. These are fun to stack in a zen-like fashion.
Strange....in all these years, I never realized that there is a fantastic view of the sun setting over the water from there.
I ran around, clicking photos left and right. I attempted to get a photo of BOTH the sunset and the waves crashing against the rocks, but that didn't quite pan out.
A group of three young adult women asked me to take a video of them with their camera. Delightfully, I filmed them speaking in Spanish, creating a "commercial" for a brand of makeup, as a class project. They were incredibly cute.
Time passed quickly. I didn't even notice how chilly it was getting until we actually got into the car.
As we drove, we discussed how sunsets always seem brighter in the colder weather. I guess it takes a little bit of chill to achieve clarity of vision. There may be a parallel to life there somewhere....
We didn't get a chance to go shopping at the Brick Marketplace, which we often do. We wanted to drive a little way, get some dinner, and arrive home at a reasonable hour. But heck, I already had my rounded rocks (and my photos) as souvenirs.
