Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Beaufort: Day 1


We woke up around 9, packed up and went into the main part of Southport for some breakfast. It was an old house renovated into a small shop. We had bagel sandwiches on the porch. Not much else was open yet; they seemed to get off to a lazy start. It was a couple hours over to Beaufort (bow-fort). We drove through Emerald Isle to get there. Once in town we went over to the maritime museum where we were very excited to see the newly resurrected anchor of the Queen Anne’s Revenge, Blackbeard’s ship. Unfortunately we found out that when papers reported this maritime museum would be hosting the anchor, it meant in 4 years after being preserved. Not a total loss though. The museum itself had a whole exhibit on Blackbeard and his voyages, full of tales of his demise in Ocracoke, and some general maritime history.

We wandered around Front Street, the main street in Beaufort. We stayed at the Inlet Inn, which was happily located on Front Street and looked over the water. Again, if you’ve ever seen A Walk to Remember, this is the town where it was shot and you can see our inn (blue roof) in a shot of the town. For dinner we went to the Front Street Grille, which sat on the water and was a charming restaurant. I ate soft shell crab for the first time and thought it was delicious, to the shock of my mom. After dinner we spent the evening talking and enjoying the view from the widows walk off our room.





















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