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Neighborhood Walk Today

Took another walk this morning heading to a different area which led to some spectacular views of the wetlands; of course in the way background of the last wetlands pic is the G.V. Barbee Bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway - a little summary below (more at the link). We'll be crossing the bridge this afternoon on our way to Southport and the NC Maritime Museum there.

The G. V. Barbee Bridge carries NC 133 across the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), connecting Oak Island, North Carolina to the mainland. The 4,250-foot-long (1,300 m), 65-foot-high (20 m) structure, built under contract to the NC DOT, consists of 37 concrete girder main spans and 28 hollow core concrete slab approach spans. In the 2018/ 2019 time frame, DOT replaced all 28 cored concrete slabs and the barrier rails, resurfaced the roadway and made substructure repairs to include work on the pier caps, columns, piles and footings. (Source)

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Maritime Museum Southport & Solar Brewing Company

Well, on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, downtown Southport was completely filled up - a parking place was not available near the museum - now we had been there several times before so not a loss to us, but below the first four pics from the web portray a feeling of the small museum. North Carolina has three maritime museums, i.e. in Southport, Beaufort, and Hatteras (the latter nicknamed Graveyard of the Atlantic, which we have not visited unfortunately) - of the two seen Beaufort is my favorite with a LOT of pirate emphasis since Blackbeard's ship the Queen Anne's Revenge sank in Beaufort harbor and underwater archeological findings are presented at that museum (more in another of my travelogues).

As a substitute and being thirsty, we stopped at Solar Brewing Company (last 4 pics below) on Oak Island - would have tried their pizza but have an early dinner reservation at a place overlooking the Atlantic Ocean with fresh shucked oysters (more on food later in case those reading this post might be visiting Oak Island) - did not want to spoil our appetite! Dave

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