Now for the New Bern! We had a fun trip from Myrtle Beach to New Bern. I looked at the map and saw some lighthouses that we hadn’t been to before along the coast. We stopped at a visitor center and got some excellent instructions. She suggested that we go to the Fort Fisher Ferry and take it across to Wilmington. So we drove out to the Oak Island lighthouse at Southport. We were able to get right up next to it.
We could see the Bald Island Lighthouse in a distance but will have to come another time and take a boat trip across to get a better look. I also read about Prices Creek Light House that was just supposed to have some ruins left. We ate a delicious lunch of shrimp and scallops at a tiny restaurant and fish market and then went to the ferry.
The crossing took about 30 minutes and we were able to see the Prices Creek lighthouse right as we were leaving the dock.
We also saw what we thought was an oil unloading platform but were told later that it was for molasses. It was an easy drive trip for the day.
We spent the night in Jacksonville and went to the timeshare in New Bern on Sunday. We stayed in the same unit as last year. The kitchen had been redone which was great. Of course the unit is a pedestal style building and Bob had to carry all of our stuff up the stairs but we enjoy the area and timeshare. We had company on Tuesday. Michael and Denise are in North Carolina right now about an hour from us. They came to visit and we had a lovely afternoon of catching up. All of us are missing Chiang Mai. It was good to see them and see how Michael is recovering from his strokes. He is really doing well and they are waiting for decisions to be made. Over and over we see how gracious and loving our God is.
Another day we drove to Morehead City so we could eat at The Sanitary. It is still one of our favorite seafood places. Then we went on to Beaufort this time and explored the downtown of this little seaside town.
We were even able to see across to the island and saw two of the wild ponies. We took another ferry across the Neuse River inlet from Cherry Branch to Minnesott Beach and then drove back to the timeshare a different way. This is me exhausted after walking all over Beaufort.
We stopped and bought freshly picked strawberries at a roadside stand. Oh, they were delicious.
This is a view from our patio.
I was also able to get a picture of the turtle along the edge of the pond. Hope it can be seen on the blog.
We had rain a couple of days but the area is really in need of it. It also began to get quite hot and humid. We stayed only 6 nights in New Bern and then on Saturday we drove to Boone, NC. We went through Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro and Winston-Salem. We crossed the eastern continental divide and drove into the mountains right near the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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