We left Swansboro and headed for
Morehead City, NC. We would stay at Morehead City Yacht Basin and
tour Morehead City and Beaufort, NC! First let me tell you about
Morehead City. The marina is host to the Big Rock Marlin fishing
tournament every year. The marina was loaded with BIG fishing boats!
The orange one is said to have cost $4 million!!!!! The slips at this
marina sell for $350,000! However the purse for the biggest fish at the
Big Rock tournament is $1.8 million! WOW!
We were in good hands at the marina with protection from the US Army!
Beaufort is a charming small town complete with lots of shopping, museums and
history! We stayed two nights in Morehead City to catch up on laundry
and have a little relaxing time.
Next stop River Dunes marina in
Oriental, NC. What a beautiful spot! It is a planned community that
hasn’t been as successful as the investors hoped but what is built is
beautiful and the developer had quite the vision.
When we arrived we took the courtesy car into the town of Oriental, population 900.
We had lunch at a great restaurant on the waterfront! Oriental is a small
fishing town with my favorite shrimp boats in the harbor. This is the
biggest one I have ever seen.
Oriental was hit hard by Hurricane Irene last August and many of the shops were
closed for 2 months after being flooded by the ocean’s surge!
We headed back to the marina to explore the property! What better way to
do it than in a golf cart! There are cottages to rent, a chapel that
is used for weddings, homes for rent, privately owned homes, a beautiful
clubhouse and a great swimming pool. Here are a few photos!
We ended the day relaxing by the pool!
Tomorrow we will head to Belhaven, NC!
More beautiful scenery is on our agenda! Hope you come along!
Pat
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