New Bern visit

Friends Cecil and Carolyn invited us to their house in New Bern for the night - to watch the "Christmas Boat Parade".  Local mariners dress up their boats in Christmas lights and decorations, then proceed down the river like a regular street parade.

Unfortunately, it was a very breezy day and the river was quite churned-up....I believe that limited the number of participants.  But there was still quite a show.  Also unfortunately, as I've mentioned before, my camera does not do well at night.....but you get the idea - boat with Christmas lights and tree.

And a pretty sailboat decked out with lights.  The other photos were too blurred to make out much!

In the morning, this was the view across the same spot off Carolyn and Cecil's deck.  Foggy!

We drove into the historic downtown New Bern for breakfast.  It's lovely.

All decked out for Christmas.  Even the side-streets!

We wandered around - Carolyn posing with one of the many "bears" around New Bern.

Another bear -  "Bern" is old Germanic for "bear.   The bears all over the city.

And by the time we got back to their place, the fog had lifted for a beautiful view!