Mike and Patty's Great Loop Adventure 2018-2019

Homer-Smith Marina in Beaufort, North Carolina

Day #323: From last evening I beat Mike at cribbage. Mike and I were up at 6:30 A.M. for coffee, grapefruit, cookies, lemon poppy seed muffin and the local news. After breakfast Mike worked on some engines jobs in preparation for departure on Thursday morning for Oriental, N.C. I called Grace Harbor at River Dunes to confirm tomorrows reservation which they couldn't find but the gentleman said that it wouldn't be an issue getting us into the marina (hence the reason we call the day before to make sure that we have a reservation). The weather was sunny with temperatures in the mid-60's the forecast is for temperatures in the 90's by the weekend. Mike worked on websites for weather for the Chesapeake as it will be like transiting the Great Lakes where the waves can kick up making boating uncomfortable. I made chili in the crockpot. The two of us worked on some paperwork. Mike and I had an early lunch as I wanted to walk around Beaufort before leaving on Thursday. The two of us looked a few historical homes and businesses. We browsed Kittyhawk Kites. The two of us headed back to the boat where we headed to the flying bridge to read. At 2:00 P.M. it was happy hour for the two of us. At 3:30 P.M. we headed to Front Street Grill at Stillwater for an early dinner. Mike and I sat on the patio with a great view of water. After dinner the two of us headed back to the boat for one last drink on the flying bridge before heading into the boat for navigation review and blogging. The plan is for us to leave Beaufort in the morning, heading to Oriental N.C.

Crockpot of chili.

Carteret County Courthouse (1907).

One Harbor Church

Beaufort was established in 1709 and incorporated in 1723, Beaufort is the third oldest town in North Carolina

Odd Fellow Lodge (1837) was built at night by the same brick masons working on Fort Macon during the day.

Old Burying Ground (1709) deeded to the town in 1731, this cemetery contains both Revolutionary and Civil War graves. The earliest graves her would have been marked with cedar slabs or shells due to the lack of indigenous stone.

Captain Otway Burns of the War of 1812 is buried here.

Ann Street Methodist Church (1854) hand-carved woodwork adorn the walls and ceiling, with stained glass windows from 1898.

Leffers Cottage (1778) was built by schoolmaster and court clerk Samuel Leffers, this coastal cottage is a good example of a "story and a jump" or a one-and-a-half story house.

Josiah Bell House (1825) Josiah Fisher Bell, son of the home's namesake and resident himself, was a Confederate agent who, with others, blew up the lighthouse at Cape Lookout during the Civil War.

This sailboat is at the Beaufort City Dock.

Sloo House(1768) is a Federal home of a sea captain whose daughter died at sea. Her body was preserved in a keg of rum and buried in the Old Burying Ground.