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Enjoying a cold, crisp fountain Pepsi in the store it originated!
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New Bern, NC...We came here to visit with our Looper friends, Ralph and Linda on Mazel Tug. We met them 2-weeks into our trip and have enjoyed every time we found ourselves in the same location. Together we conquered the 24-hour Gulf of Mexico crossing (Panama City, FL to Clearwater, FL) and they came to see us (out of their way) while we were in Anna Maria, FL. Ralph and Linda crossed their wake (completed the Loop) a few months ago.
What we didn't look into (poor planning on our part) is that the marina is 23 miles off the ICW. 23 miles, no big deal right? Well when you only travel at 9 knots, it takes a good 2.5 hours. This was an additional 2.5 hours we didn't factor into our travels. Top it off, it was raining with possible thunderstorms approaching. Of course it gets even better (sarcasm)...there is a bridge 200 yards from the marina that we needed to have opened AND guess what???? It stops opening from 4:00-6:00 for rush hour traffic. I look at my watch, 3:25! Thankfully, the boat Gods were helping us this day. We arrived with 15 minutes to spare! PHEW!!!
Our plan was to stay two-nights but that changed quickly. The price is right ($1/foot), and we needed to have Caterpillar (maker of our diesel engines) do some work on our boat. (Next post I will give details of what's been going on) Bob and Liz, our faithful buddies, stayed with us while we added 2 extra days. So, we made the most of it!
Ralph became our personal Uber driver taking us grocery shopping. Then they had all of us to their beautiful home for a delicious pasta dinner prepared by Linda... yummy!! When they found out we were staying the extra days, they brought us all pizza for a pizza party at the marina! Our stay was wonderful!
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New Bern is the birth place of Pepsi!
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| Store full of everything Pepsi Product |
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| Beautiful home in town. |
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| What a treat!! Live music on our walk around town. These young men were only 16 years old! |
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| The town in decorated with Bears everywhere...Liz and I posing with this big guy! Notice we have ICE CREAM!!! |
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| My fabulous friend Liz (Knot Sew Easy) helping me clean our rugs...here we are wringing out her rug. |
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| We toured the Tryon Palace. This is a replica of the government house that was built in 1760 for the royal governor of North Carolina. New Bern used to be the capital of NC, shortly after the capital was moved to Raleigh, NC, the building burned down. It was rebuilt in the 1950's and is used as a tourist attraction today. |
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| This is where all the official meetings took place...of course the governor sits at the big table. |
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The stables are the only original part of the building that remains.
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| This here is a privy...bathroom/out house... |
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| This is what it looks like inside...there are four seats in this privy. That means in order to get to the back toilet you have to walk around everyone else! EWWW! Glad to have a private privy on our boat! |
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| All the gardens were recreated as well, simply beautiful! |
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| Our little tour group. |
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