NC: Beaufort - Farmer's Market

Day 337
No Boat Travel

Having seen all the historical sites we wanted to explore over the past two days, we decided that today we should take care of some chores. While I did the laundry at the local laundromat in the morning, Clark did trip planning.

To find the best places to visit and when to go there requires a huge amount of research. Today Clark poured over charts and online apps for hours investigating the route we should take just to go from here to Norfolk. I am so glad that he covers this aspect of our Great Loop adventure as I find the research exceedingly tedious. To say that I was happy to sit in a laundromat instead of searching out our route says a lot I think.

With nothing planned until 4:00 when we wanted to go to the farmer's market, I decided to take my latest novel and lie in bed to read. Reading did not last as long as my pursuant nap. Clark woke me just after 3:00 and by 3:30 we were on our way into town to look for the farmer's market. As we passed conflicting signs, we grew concerned that we may have missed the farmer's market. Some said 8:00 to 1:00 and some said 4:00 to 8:00. Fortunately, the latter turned out to be the correct time.

"Kid" at Goat's Milk Booth

Lots of "things" but very few vegetables at this market

Live band with banjo and washboard (woman player)

Although only one booth had vegetables, we left with our backpack loaded. I overheard the "farmer" say that the weather has been terrible for a number of their crops this year.

Besides vegetables we hoped to find a pie vendor or some other tasty dessert. We had no luck in our dessert search, so after leaving the farmer's market, we headed back towards Front Street in search of a bakery. On the way there we passed the "Old Burying Ground", peaked through the fence and decided to stroll in for a better view of the old-style graves.

Most of the graves had some type of structure built over or around it. Many of them were constructed of brick. Though most of the graves dated in the 1800s, I did see one that was as recent as 2008 and another that was dated 1951.

The grave below contains the remains of Captain Otway Burns mentioned in the graveyard historical marker as the person who deeded the burial ground property to the town. His marker showed that he fought in the war of 1812 aboard the vessel the Snap Dragon.

Captain Burns buried with a cannon

We left the cemetery just before the closing time of 5:00 when they lock the gates to the cemetery. I overheard someone say "Let's leave before we get locked in here for the night." Copy that - I'm outta here!

After exiting the cemetery we continued on our way to Front Street in search of a bakery. Clark popped into one of the stores and asked them where we might find a bakery. We were sent to The Spouter Inn where we bought some pastries. The only pies they sold were not fruit pies and did not pass Clark's test for appetizing.

The sky had come over dark, and I felt drips, so we took our loot from the farmer's market plus our pastries and headed back to the boat for dinner on board.. To make room for the pastries in the fridge I decided that tonight was leftovers night and made an effort to clean out the fridge. With no set agenda for the evening we decided to relax and watch some television.