Estimated reading time: 7 minutes – SBFL Stop 28* – Planing to visit – Happy New Year! Here we are, entering another new year, 2023. It promises to be an interesting one. So, let’s roll back time for a moment and go to 1913. That was the year that the U.S. federal income tax was signed into law, establishing a whopping 1% tax rate. Also, the first sedan (a Hudson) was introduced at a car show. And the first two movie houses in America were opened, one in Manhattan, New York, and the other in the little town of Southport, North Carolina. That is where we are at now, Southport, NC, in our Slow Boat...
Estimated reading time: 10 minutes – SBFL – Planing to visit – If you’re on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), delay your departure from Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, for a few days. Plan an excursion to Wilmington, which is the number one spot on the North Carolina coast to enjoy local craft beer! Take the Wilmington Ale Trail and enjoy the city. This is one of those challenges that squarely falls into the “challenging self” category. The question is can you do it? How about within two days, if not in one day? All by yourself or with a group of friends and family? The Ale Trail is all about local craft beers and microbrewers...
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes – SBFL 26* – PLANNING TO VISIT – Allan C. Fisher, Jr, back in 1973, wrote, “We thought Morehead City unattractive, but Beaufort, a community just across the Newport River, is a colonial jewel founded in 1709, nearly a century and a half before Morehead City. Beaufort’s shady streets offer the stroller 25 houses built before the Revolution and more than a hundred that predate the Civil War. Ship carpenters built some of the houses in the waterfront area, and the close-fitting excellence of their handiwork remains evident.” Fisher, senior assistant editor of National Geographic, and his America’s Inland Waterway book published by National Geographic is one of our two...
Estimated reading time: 10 minutes – SBFL 25* – PLANNING TO VISIT – If you’re rushing down to Florida on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), here’s another opportunity to slow down, with a visit to Morehead City, North Carolina. You are now in the region of North Carolina called the Crystal Coast. After the Outer Banks (OBX), it is the next bi-coastal barrier island region of the state. As a matter of fact, a ferry connects Rout 12 of of OBX on Ocracoke to Cedar Island One side of it faces the mighty Atlantic Ocean. The other faces the Bogue Sound and the river basin of this set of barrier islands. The Bogue Sound...
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The essence of Trips of Discovery is not to seek new lands and exotic cultures. Rather, it is to cover our boating journey of discovery that comes from seeing what was always just over the horizon with a new eye. Below is our Slow Boat to Florida Series, reflecting the spirit of our site.
