Southport, NC

We had a short cruise today crossing into North Carolina and arriving at Southport at 1p. This gave us time to walk over to the Fishy Fishy Cafe for lunch......a colorful place to eat. The Captain had New England Clam chowder that was yummy.  It was made by the chef that has won the chowder cook off four years in a row!  I had a delicious shrimp basket with homemade fries and the chef's own mixture of tartar sauce.

Leaving Little River, SC

A large neighborhood of homes with each of street of houses also backing up to a waterway.

Ocean looked fairly calm from this inlet.

Winding staircase to the widow's walk.

I was in the galley when the Captain hollered that something "weird" was coming down the waterway toward us.

Turned out to be a barge with a pile driver on it.

The Fishy Fishy Cafe.

Several dining areas at this place: outside along a dock where you can tie up your boat and two inside rooms.

Of course we had to find the local ice cream place.... the lady there makes brownies and all kinds of goodies.

This is a cute town with many restored old homes and they also have worked to preserve the many live oak trees which made it rather hard to get clear pictures of the homes.

Most of the homes were built in the 1890s

However, a couple of single story metal roof homes were built earlier.

1839

This is tiny house built in 1875.  An amazing gardener must live here!

A pretty corner.

This home is now a Bed & Breakfast.

My favorite!

Next to the marina is a preserved salt marsh where many land & sea creatures thrive.

A nice shady park at the marina.

It was fun to get here early so we could roam this neat little town.   Loving this warm weather......