On Sunday October 23, we had more family visitors. Julie's brother Craig and sister in law Erin drove over from the Raleigh Duram area where they were visiting their son, daughter in law and grandson. We had a great visit with them, toured the city a bit, hit a local restaurant and enjoyed the sunset from the fly bridge. Monday morning they were kind enough to shuttle us to the grocery store and back before they headed back to Michigan. Thanks so much for coming over to visit Erin and Craig!!
We continued to tour the area on daily walks. Here are a few photos of the cool old homes.
Note the metal roofs. In December 1922, a large lumber yard caught fire and it spread to hundreds of homes with shingled roofs while the steel roofed structures survived. Over 1/3 of the town, 40 blocks of it, were destroyed and consequently, to this day many homes in New Bern have metal roofs.
Here is a real old one....very nice
On Saturday night we were again guests at Ralph and Linda's home for a lasagna dinner cooked by Pat from Dream Catcher. It was a great evening...thanks so much Pat and Dick for the ride and cooking and to Linda and Ralph for the hospitality.
Wednesday we walked 2 miles each way over to Walgreens and got our annual flu shots. A nice walk and another mission accomplished. We also met Dick and Pat (Dream Catcher) and Ralph (Mazel Tug) for a burger at the Beer Army in town. Good burgers and a great beer selection. And it is always nice to enjoy a meal with friends.
Thursday, we did some varnishing and other odds and ends maintenance. We are finding that a maintenance coat of clear varnish is needed every 3 months or so in this constant sunshine. I guess that is a small price to pay for endless summer! Our mission is to keep up on it as we certainly don't want to get into the position of having to strip it like we did the first storage season we owned her. Way too much work! Much easier to spend a day or two every three months sanding and varnishing. And it does look nice with a fresh coat of varnish!
Early voting has started and here is the "drive through" voting line in New Bern.
And note all the political signs and activity within 25 yards of so of the poll...different rules here I guess. And yes, our Florida vote by mail is done...
We also called Courtney to wish him a Happy Birthday....had to call a couple times to catch him on his between phone calls, his baking of a pineapple upside down cake and visitors. Happy 89th Birthday Courtney!!
In the afternoon we were cooling down on the aft cockpit after a walk and were watching a stunt plane practice over the Neuse river. We did not see it, but later he spiraled out of control, ejected via parachute (he is OK) and the plane crashed into the river near here. The neighbors on the next boat said he practiced often here. Just thankful no one was hurt, he was not even admitted to the hospital.
http://www.wcti12.com/news/plane-crashes-into-neuse-river-in-new-bern/135501381
We will post another update once we are on our way. While all bridges are now open on the ICW, given the reports of shallows in the ICW after the impacts from Matthew at a number of places south of here, we are hoping for good weather and will go "outside" if the waves will allow a reasonably comfortable ride. This will also allow us to travel at a bit faster pace (as many areas are now no wake due to the high water) and perhaps drop a couple travel days out of our commute south. More later...
Have a Happy Halloween!
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