In the morning, we drove to the old mansion area of Newport and visited The Breakers, a large mansion previously owned by several generations of the Vanderbilt family. The entry tickets included an self-guided audio tour that was somewhat entertaining and fairly informative. The Breakers reminded me a lot of Hearst Castle, except not quite as grandiose.

After the tour, we hiked along the Cliff Walk along the sea shore by the mansions. From the Cliff Walk, we were able to get a slightly obstructed view of many of the old and new mansions of Newport, which were quite impressive. But it was cold, so we quickly walked back to the car.

Next, we drove to the town of Sandwich on Cape Cod and visited Boardwalk Beach, which is basically a boardwalk over a inlet with a beach on one side. The boardwalk was actually pretty nice and a lot of families were walking across it when we got there. The beach was less nice and there was no one using it.

Finally, we drove to Hyannis and checked into our hotel, the Seacoast Inn, which was quite nice and affordable. I guess the tourist season for Cape Cod hasn’t started yet. Many of the restaurants weren’t open yet.