Driving Northeast to Cedar Island in North Carolina

Eric & I leave Myrtle Beach

on a rainy morning.

We fuel up the motorhome in South Carolina.  (Eric gassed up the car at Costco and got the best price on gas in the Myrtle Beach area.)  Gas and diesel prices per gallon are 15 to 25 cents more in North Carolina.

The Little River Water
& Sewage Company
Water Tower

We enter North Carolina.

Today's drive takes us
up US Route 17 North.

Welcome to Camp Lejeune

Eric's family name morphed

over the years to LaJuene.

We left Schenectady, New York on a road trip, destination south, on a Sunday in late March, 1981. Eric and I drove to Camp Lejeune before we turned north.

We turn onto North
Carolina Route 24 East.

 

Swansboro: The Friendly

City  on the Sea

The marina

J's PLACE is set up

in a parking lot.

Eric commented on the
name of this restaurant.

Isn't every restaurant's
kitchen SANITARY?

A walkway joins houses

across the marsh to

Morehead City.

The Cedar Island Ferry
is that-a-way.

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Eric reminded me of our rushed drive to catch the last ferry from Cedar Island 34  years ago.

The road ahead 

Welcome to Cedar Island

Eric & I stayed at the Driftwood

Motel 34 years ago, in March. 

We got to the ferry on time,

 only to find out it was

 cancelled because of a storm.

The woman who sold us the ticket for the ferry told us that it closed last week.  From the photos on this Trip Advisor link, the motel became rundown in the intervening years.

The ferry has room for
us....  all 55 feet.







Our motorhome is 40 feet long.  The Blue Ox tow bar and Jeep add the remaining 15 feet.

I take a few pictures

while we wait.