Here's a view from our anchorage in Oriental, NC, where we spent one night. When we made landfall in Beaufort, we had no idea that big celebrations were planned for the cities of Beaufort (the tall ships were coming for the Fourth), and Oriental (a big local Fourth), and all we wanted was to rest. So we kept going, all the way inland to New Bern, which is a wonderful town on the Neuse River. It is here that we got our needed rest after the offshore adventure and started to fix the little things that need attention on the boat.