Part 2 of vacation was spent in Beaufort, NC. One Saturday morning we decided we’d like to spend some time at the ocean and opened up the map, thinking we’d find a place on the Outer Banks. When we couldn’t find anything that looked appealing, we looked south and read about Beaufort which sounded charming, and we were able to book four nights at the Delamar Inn. Good choice all around.
The Delamar Inn is lovely and our hosts, Mary and F.J. had lots of good recommendations for restaurants and how to spend our time. Monday we took a ferry from Cedar Point to Ocracoke Island, and then another ferry to Hatteras and drove up to Duck, NC. We’ve discovered we’ve been spoiled by our years on Kiawah Island and nothing else seems to match up. It was an enjoyable day, but cured any desire to spend a vacation there. We would, however, go back to Beaufort. We enjoyed the town and shops, the fine dining, the harbor, and the nearby golf and beach. We didn’t make time to take the ferry taxi out to the shelling islands from Beaufort and we’d definitely go back to Fort Macon’s beach and the Bogue Point Country Club.