On the Road !

Well Candice posted a message and said she wanted me to update the blog so here goes !

We are  in New Bern NC staying at the Aerie Bed and Breakfast. This Victorian Inn was built in 1882 and was originally named the Street-Ward House. The Aerie Bed & Breakfast is an historic site in North Carolina that has been called home by a justice of the peace and hotelier, a State Senator, a social worker, and tenants that included a WWII nurse, a cousin of the Wright Brothers who happened to share Orville’s name, and the son of Pepsi-Cola inventor Caleb Bradham!

Below are a couple of pictures from Inside the Inn including the room we are staying in.

The breakfast here was absolutely awesome and better than any other Inn we have stayed in. On the menu this morning was either French Toast, Eggs, or Pancakes. I had the pancakes. They were made with ginger and instead of syrup, they had a lemon sauce you put over them and while I thought it would be gross, it was actually very good.

Last night for dinner we went to a place called Stingray's. The guy that owns the restaurant also owns both the fish market and the smoke house located beside the restaurant. If you order seafood.....he goes through a door and pulls the fresh catch right out of a cooler that was unloaded from the boats earlier that day. I went out on a limb and instead of seafood, I ordered Frog Legs, Okra, and coleslaw. Frog Legs do not taste like chicken. It was more like a cross between chicken and fish. Very good and I highly recommend it ! That is not my finger in the picture ! Ronda was holding it while I snapped the picture !

Anyone who has spent time in North Carolina knows the slogan for Pepsi.....Born in the Carolina's. Well for me, being a true fan of Pepsi, visiting New Bern was much like a muslim going to Mecca in that this is where it was invented. In fact, I went to the very spot where the original building still stands. It was once a pharmacy and is now a soda fountain type store !

On a final note, I just wanted to say that.......The rest area on I-85 traveling north towards Greensboro does a great job in keeping the restrooms clean....and...I think those jeans make my butt look big !