Debbie & Clay's Road Trips with Bob: The Inlet Inn & A quick walking tour of Historic Beaufort

Our room 203

203's fridge/coffee nook

We arrived at the Inlet Inn on Front Street in Beaufort, NC about 5pm. Bob announced that the Inlet Inn wine and cheese at 5:15pm was cancelled and that instead he would like us all to stay gathered in the parking lot for a group photo. We had wondered why no group photo last time when he had a professional photographer along. Anyway, getting the bus parked was a problem and then there was a scramble for luggage and keys and then everyone had scattered. So, no photo at that time. Ruthie asked for someone on the 2nd floor to help an older single woman up the elevator to her room. Our keys were on the 2nd floor, so we volunteered. We went to our own room and dropped our bags and checked out our very nice balcony view room and then went out to find some drinks for our fridge and to sight see. The view over Front Street is of the Beaufort Docks, and across Taylors Creek to Carrot Island and the Rachel Carson Estuarine Reserve. There is supposed to be a herd of Banks horses inhabiting Carrot Island. We watched closely when we were able, but we never spotted any movement of any kind of animal over there! Bummer.

203's balcony view of Carrot Island over Taylors Creek

Historic Beaufort's Front Street

We had about an hour of free time before both sunset and time to board the bus for Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center on Harkers Island. So we set off down Front Street and found almost everything except the Drug Store closed. Very disappointed that we would miss the museum as well as the rest of the attractions here by arriving too late and leaving too early, but let's face it we booked the trip for the food and these things that precedence timewise! Oh, well! We went into the Drug Store and bought some drinks and then set off to find the Old Burying Grounds. We saw a lot of charming and well restored/well kept homes as well as the Beaufort Historic Site. We got back to our room just in time to refresh, deposit our drinks in the fridge, see the sunset from the balcony and get on the bus. Now I went to Harkers Island as a child probably in the late 1960's and I remember that we went by ferry. So, I was a little worried about this trip in dark! That bus is tall and has really springy shocks, so it sways back and forth, back and forth. I was heavily medicated with meclizine and wearing Sea Bands and I still did not feel too good on that bus. So I was a little freaked out about this evening's trip to Harkers Island! For seafood, no less! But, I will not tease you, there are bridges! And food other than seafood! I will give you some photos here and come back with a new post for the details of our Down-East feast. Do remember that you can click on any photo to enlarge it to full-size and then back arrow to return to the blog.