Fall River, MA to Bristol, RI

Hurricane Hermine moved further south and back out to sea. The winds subsided but were still from the north. We had the least protection from this direction. We decided to move to Bristol harbor which offers good protection from all directions but the south. We bid farewell to Battleship Cove and motored the 10 miles to take up a Bristol Yacht Club mooring ball. We remained on Foreign Affair all day. Carla did some more cleaning. We read and watched movies. The harbor was much calmer than what we experienced in Battleship Cove and the mooirng ball looked well maintained. The forecast for tomorrow looked good. If the weather is as forecast, we plan to visit the Herreshoff Marine Museum in the morning and then head back to Newport to re-provision and do the laundry.

Old Statehouse - Bristol

The Bristol County Statehouse/Courthouse was constructed in 1816 as one of 5 locations for meetings of the Rhode Island House of Representatives and Senate. This use continued until 1854 when the General Assembly decided to meet only in Providence or Newport. The building continued as the seat of the Bristol County Court which presided over cases in the building into the 1980s. From then until it was purchased by the non-profit Bristol Statehouse Foundation in 1997, the building was largely abandoned with only one room on the first floor still housing the office of the Bristol County Sheriff. (Wiki)