From there, she headed north for a one-day stop at San Diego before continuing west to Pearl Harbor.
For this event, Amtrak provided a special one-day stop in Lexington for riders from nearby Charlotte and Raleigh North Carolina.
She rounded out the voyage with one-day stops at Gibraltar and the Azores, and re-entered Newport on 24 May.
On 22 August, she made a one-day stop at Rota; then headed home.
But Westerly should make a nice one-day stop along the route.
After a one-day stop there, the vessel proceeded to Hollandia, New Guinea.
The Pope's two-week tour will begin with a one-day stop in Montevideo, Uruguay; the rest of the time will be divided between Chile and Argentina.
Even Mr. Cuomo's visit, while much heralded, caused some disappointment in Osaka when aides canceled a planned one-day stop there because of scheduling difficulties.
President Bush was scheduled to fly to California on Wednesday, a one-day stop on his way to an economic summit in China.
After a one-day stop at Pearl Harbor, she resumed her eastward voyage and reached San Diego, California, on 28 September.