15 miles. We'll start with a quick 20 minute van ride over the Mt. Hope Bridge ride down to the Newport Polo Grounds, on the east side of Aquidneck Island, which hosts the towns of Portsmouth, Middletown, and Newport. There we'll saddle up and follow country roads to explore the quiet side of the Island, first visiting the picturesque and aptly named Sweet Berry Farm, then doubling back to visit a local vineyard to enjoy our lunch and taste wine (optional of course). We'll work off lunch while taking in the salt air riding to the Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge jutting out where the Sakonnet River meets the Atlantic. Just a few more miles' pedal along the oceanfront takes us to our hotel, right across from Newport's expansive "First Beach" and within sight of the famous Cliff Walk.