We
first came to Oriental 7 years ago on a cruise around the North Carolina
waters. We were enamored with it then
and are happy to see that nothing has changed.
It is a very small village whose social life centers on the Tiki Bar at
the Oriental Marina and Inn. Seven years
ago we met three couples that took us under their wing, invited us to their homes
and to parties. They are all still here
and it has been fun to reconnect. Monday
night is “Boy’s Night” at the Tiki Bar and Wednesday night is “Girls Night”, so
we got to participate in both. We met
another character named Carl, very wealthy and over 90. He fell in love with Debby and insisted he
give her a tour of the town in what the locals call “The Pope Mobile”.
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| Debby and Carl in the Pope Mobile |
It
has been brutally hot here with temperatures in the high 90s. Have now decided that we will winter in this
area. We made reservations beginning
November 1 at a nice marina next to a hotel in downtown New Bern which is about
30 miles up the Neuse River from Oriental.
Over the next few days we will make our way to Norfolk, VA, “Mile Zero”
on the ICW.
