Small towns

We visited a couple small, but picturesque towns in the surrounding area. Our first visit was to Oriental, NC - "the sailing capitol of North Carolina". It did seem to have a great number of good sized sailboats and a commercial fishing fleet.

The downtown fishing harbor.

The next field trip was to New Bern. We strolled the waterfront and toured the restored old town. Settled by a great number of Swiss immigrants naming the town was a reminder of Bern, Switzerland, and the word bern means bear - hence the many bears around town.

De Anne staring down a bear (or maybe window shopping).

Note the bear sticking out of the wall above the arch at City Hall..