"DSK" wrote in message

You may be right... OTOH that server may not be in Oriental. When that web
site was first started, it was in Greenville.

It IS in Oriental. It's managed by a local there, whom we met when there
year before last.

I'm surprised to see so many shrimp boats in the harbor this morning. I
wonder if most of the fleet is idle.

It varies from day to day. I know absolutely nothing about shrimping. But
I assume there are good days for it, and bad ones. After we live there a
while we'll no doubt learn more about it. By the way, one can buy fresh
shrimp at the docks there, when the boats come in. Apparently they are okay
with the company to do so.

The small building in the foreground on the left is a coffee shop. Looks
like business is pretty good.

That little place used to be the Oriental Trading Co. prior to Isabel, when
it flooded out and wiped out half their inventory. They're across the
street and down to the right now.

The anchorage is out beyond the sterns of the row of shrimpers on the
right. There is a new marina that takes up most of the old anchorage
around the corner. You can see the loom of the open Neuse River in the
distance to the left.

I believe that's right. The water straight out is Smith Creek, but I think
that's the Neuse off to the left. It's the largest river in the USA, nearly
5 miles across at that point.

Incidentally, I've assumed that four-lane headed into Oriental was primarily
to provide faster access to the Minnesott ferry. Am I off-base on that?

Bull