New Bern, United States

Today is the day! We leave New Bern at 1:30 p.m. today. It is now pouring down rain. My hope is that the big storms pass through North Carolina quickly - and do not create a delay for our American Airlines flight this afternoon from Raleigh. I can't ...

... , and packing again. We actually read our first signs for Richmond today...a great sign...one we have not seen for 10 days. New Bern is a nice coastal town that was a great pit stop between Charleston and Virginia Beach. We arrived around 5 PM, hung by ...

... shopped (lots of great stores) while Neal and Steve complained.   A little history:  Swiss and German colonists settled New Bern in 1710, naming it for Bern, Switzerland.  Pepsi-Cola was invented by pharmacist Caleb Bradham in 1898 in New ...

... houses along the highway.  Looks like fame has bypassed this town.  We quickly updated our plans and headed for New Bern where we found the requisite Visitors Centre and a most comfortable B&B in the Historic Down Town. Here we are ...