50 Great Things To Do In And Around Tiverton Rhode Island

Dear D.,

Good to see you at that regatta last week. Hope you know I was serious about that invitation for you and your lovely wife to come and stay with us in Rhode Island for a while. You and I can go Lasering a different place every day during the week and then we can do a regatta somewhere nearby at the weekend.

But I understand that (like me) you prefer to travel to sailing venues where your wife can find something interesting to do during the day while you are sailing. So here are few ideas off the top of my head for things to do around here. My blogging friend Carol Anne says that I should tell you about the "offbeat" activities, not the stuff that is on the radar of the average tourist. Well, I've done a bit of both, so I hope your wife will find something on this list that appeals to her.

Look forward to seeing you soon.

Tillerman

1. Sin and Flesh
   
   
2. Do the Cliff Walk
   


3. Have dinner at 22B
   


4. Experience WaterFire
   


5. Visit the Newport Mansions
   


6. Stop at the sign of the lemon
   


7. Enjoy an ice-cream at Gray's
   
   
8. Catch a play at the Trinity Rep
   
   
9. Drive the Coastal Villages Trail
   
   
10. Tour the gardens at Blithewold
    
    
11. Take lunch at Evelyn's Drive-In
    
    
12. Go for a walk in Weetamoo Woods
    
    
13. Tour a battleship at Battleship Cove
    
    
14. Check out the Buzzards Bay Brewery
    
    
15. Fly a kite at Brenton Point State Park
    
    
16. Go surfing at Easton Beach in Newport
    
    
17. Watch international polo in Portsmouth
    
    
18. Go for a stroll around Mount Hope Farm
    
    
19. Have a picnic at the Sakonnet Vineyards
    
    
20. Pick your own fruit at Sweet Berry Farm
    
    
21. See the butterflies at the Butterfly Farm
    
    
22. Explore a fort at Fort Wetherill State Park
    
    
23. Try Standup Paddleboarding at Third Beach
    
    
24. Take a day trip on the ferry to Block Island
    
    
25. Run, walk or bike on the East Bay Bike Path
    
    
26. Take the kids go-karting at Seekonk Grand Prix
    
    
27. Go kayaking with Osprey Sea Kayak Adventures
    
    
28. Have an Italian meal on Providence's Federal Hill
    
    
29. Be amazed by the Green Animals Topiary Garden
    
    
30. Visit a museum dedicated to our local axe murderer
    
    
31. Go birdwatching at the Emilie Ruecker Wildlife Refuge
    
    
32. Visit the Rhode Island Red Commemorative Monument
    


33. Have breakfast at the Bayside Restaurant in Westport
    
    
34. Take the kids swimming at Newport's Gooseberry Beach
    
    
35. Take a cruise around 10 lighthouses in Narragansett Bay
    
    
36. See the proof that the Chinese discovered America before Columbus
    
    
37. Take a windswept walk for miles and miles on Horseneck Beach
    
    
38. Shop for pottery, antiques, toys, cheese, whatever at Tiverton Four Corners
    
    
39. Drink wine and listen to live music on a Friday night at the Westport Rivers Winery
    
    
40. Take a tour of Newport Harbor on Rum Runner II a prohibition-era smuggler's boat
    
    
41. Go to Hartley's Original Pork Pies in Fall River to buy the best English-style pork pies in America
    
    
42. Learn about the history of the American whaling industry at the New Bedford Whaling Museum
    
    
43. Watch a minor league baseball game in Pawtucket -- yeah I know it's only the Red Sox but that's all we have
    
    
44. Does your wife play golf? I know nothing about golf -- but just in case that is her thing, here is a list of the Best 25 Rhode Island Golf Courses
    
    
45. I don't know why anyone would come to Rhode Island to go mall shopping but if that's your wife's thing then she will enjoy Providence Place Mall
    
    
46. Check out the colonial garden at the Pardon Gray Preserve -- the corn is Tillerwoman's project so be careful what you say about it over dinner
    
    
47. If you come next week I will see if we can get you tickets so we can all go and see Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellenkamp at McCoy Stadium
    
    
48. Or if you come for the July 4th weekend we can go and watch the parade in Bristol, the oldest continuous celebration of its kind in the United States!
    
    
49. If you feel inclined to buy your hostess a thank-you gift then you couldn't do better than to buy a plant for the garden from Tillerwoman's favorite nursery, Peckham's Greenhouse in Little Compton
    
    
50. Whatever our wives find to do around here and wherever we go sailing, at the end of the day we can all meet at the absolutely best place to be and for the best thing to do: our deck for cocktails and a bottle or two of wine, and watching the sun set over Mount Hope Bay. Cheers mate!
    

What is a view worth?
Priceless.

Posted in response to Carol Anne's writing project:
Getting the spouse to come along.