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Thursday afternoon we arrived in New Bern, NC.  It is up the Neuse River away from the ICW.  We are at the same marina where our friend Bill (remember we mentioned meeting with Bill earlier in the trip?) keeps his boat.  We're going to leave the boat here for a couple of weeks and drive back home.  Sue's sister Chris's favorite daughter Kristin is getting married to Ethan next weekend, and we are going home for the wedding.  We haven't been following the news very closely, but we thought there was some mention of a "royal wedding" - I guess we'll find out.  We're also interested to see how traumatized the two cats will be after a 14 hour road trip. 

All the people we've met here at Northwest Creek Marina have been really friendly and accommodating.  Yesterday I asked a couple (Al and Lois) who were sitting on a bench by our boat if they were from the area and knew of any stores that were within walking distance.  They said that they were from New Jersey and were only here for a week at a time-share condo, and that there was nothing within walking distance.  An hour or so later Al came walking out our dock and asked if we would be interested in going out to eat in New Bern later.  We said yes, and met them by their condo around 5:30.  They drove us to Morgan's Tavern which had been recommended by their friends.  Being Friday night it took a while to get a table, but the food ended up being pretty good - chicken cordon bleu and baked salmon with garlic mashed potatoes.  On the way back to the boat we stopped at a Food Lion grocery store for some lunch meat and yogurt.  Al and Lois used to have a sailboat in the Long Island, NY area.

The last couple of days we have been doing boat projects - rust removal, deck scrubbing, sail stitching, and engine maintenance.  We're trying to decide if we should refinish some of the deck teak, or just leave it until we get back home.  We also walked the docks looking at all the boats here (around 300 I think) and talked with several of the other boaters.  Tuesday we pick up a rental car at the airport, and drive home Wednesday.

For Charlie who wanted to see a picture of both of us, and for Mark who wants to
know what's to eat -  Louis, from Gaia, having corn on the cob and chicken with us
in Georgetown, South Carolina.  Picture by Nadine, from their blog.