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9:14a A traveler. There are multiple definitions:

We’ll be skipping the traveling salesman kind. The Captain’s Blog focuses on #2 & #3, with an appeal for traveler use.

Rainy today through the evening. December will start off sunny with a high near 50 on Thursday and near 60 Friday.

8:35a Giving Tuesday. It’s an opportunity to support the local charities that support the community.

Whether you donate on Giving Tuesday, or simply in the holiday season, here’s a list of local non-profits that are key to local life.

10:37a Today was the 17th annual TownDock Turkey Pedal – the event debuted in 2005. In 2005 a couple dozen attended.

This morning, Eric Kindle counted the bikes (and riders) on Link Lane. There were over 150.

Bikes and bicyclists by the harbor, just before departure:

8:08a Happy Thanksgiving dear reader. The Turkey Pedal gets underway @ 9a, Hodges Street across from The Bean. Just show up on your fave bicycle. $50 rusty bikes and ten thousand dollar carbon fiber bikes – all welcome.

FYI, The Bean is open today, 7a-4p. Should you have a sweet potato emergency, The Piglet is also open today, 7a-1p.

8:55a The Children’s Theater Workshop is looking for children. Every year during Spirit of Christmas, the Children’s Theater Workshop performs the Nativity at the Oriental United Methodist Church.

There are speaking parts, non-speaking parts, and a few for those just learning their barnyard animal sounds.

There are three dress rehearsals. The performance is Dec 10 at 3:30p during Spirit of Christmas. Click here for full details.

Partly sunny and mid 60s for Thursday’s Turkey Pedal. No spandex or racing gear required. Just show up on Hodges Street in front of The Bean at 9a with your bicycle of choice and take a leisurely ride through Oriental.

2:29p Sixty feet on deck. Seventy-eight feet overall length. The wooden Schooner Huron Jewel visited Oriental in early November. Take a look onboard and meet the crew… in the Shipping News.

11:50a Thanksgiving week means a special schedule for Garland Fulcher Seafood on Hodges St. Buddy & crew are open today & Wednesday 10a-5p, closed Thanksgiving, then back Friday & Saturday 10a-5p.

Oriental’s Piggly Wiggly will be open Thanksgiving Day, 7a-1p (normal hours are 7a-8p, 7 days a week). The Bean will be open Thanksgiving Day, 7a – 4p. The Thanksgiving Day Bike Ride (the Turkey Pedal) starts and finishes on Hodges across from The Bean.

The Toucan Grill is open 12 noon – 5:00p Thanksgiving Day, reservations recommended.

M&Ms Cafe, The Silos, Barcos, Brantleys, Oriental Deli & New Village Brewery are all off Thanksgiving Day, back open Friday (The Silos opens 4p Friday).

1:03p While you may be anticipating the Turkey Pedal and the good eats you’ll indulge in this week, you may also want to contemplate your plans for Oriental’s next big event: The Spirit of Christmas.

Find out how to participate in the Light Up Oriental contest, the Spirit of Christmas Parade, or the lighted kayak & paddleboard flotilla. Learn how to get your loved ones’ name on the Tree of Names & Lights, where you can hear seasonal songs, how to enter the gingerbread house contest, or where to have breakfast with Santa.

It’s the 2022 Spirit of Christmas.

Today was the Chuck Fondeaux – a 100 mile birthday bike ride. The ride began 12 or 13 years ago, Chuck says. It’s a way to celebrate his birthday (he’s 67 today) and his love of cycling.

Plays, house tours, wine tastings, and more. No large events are scheduled this weekend, but there’s still plenty going on.

It’s the last weekend for The Old Theater’s production of the farce Dilemmas with Dinner, or tout the Southern Living Magazine 2022 Idea House, decorated for the holidays and open for tours through Sunday.

Saturday, rare hand tools are up for sale at the Pamlico County Museum and Heritage Center starting at 8:30a. At 2 & 3p, Nautical Wheelers hosts a free wine tasting with the theme ‘French Connection’. Meraki Mediterranean Kafe starts serving at 3p at the Brewery.

You can also check out the lighthouse exhibit at Oriental’s history Museum, the work of Dan Beck at The Village Gallery, or the free African Culture Workshop in New Bern.

It’s all in What’s Happening.

10:04a November’s Town Board meeting had updates on the building construction at town dock #2, information on a potential bike share service at some marinas, and public comments on the potential uses of a grandfathered lot next to SailCraft.

Read the full report here.

This Saturday, there’s an opportunity to purchase antique hand tools at the Pamlico County Museum and Heritage Center.

Sam Myers writes in:

Sale begins at Saturday, 8:30a. at the Heritage Center in Grantsboro.

Thirty-seven degrees. That was this morning’s low temperature.

The high today? 57. Tomorrow it’ll be closer to 70. There’s a better than 50% chance of rain tomorrow, with east winds from 10 – 15 mph and gusts up to 25.

Thursday, high temps fall again, back down near 50 with overnight lows near 30. That’s freezing.

No big events this weekend. But it does give you time to get out your bike and get ready for the 2022 Turkey Pedal.

The Turkey Pedal happens Thanksgiving morning. You and your bike arrive on Hodges Street in front of The Bean at 9a. No registration or spandex necessary.

It’s an hour long, leisurely ride to the various boatyards and marinas in Oriental: Zimmerman’s, SailCraft, Whittaker Creek, and the Wildlife Ramp. The ride ends back at the Bean around 10ish.

Check out last year’s ride: 2021 Turkey Pedal

9:38a An unusual mix of cloud & light colors an image from HarborCam Saturday morning:

9:07a A Lighthouse Keeper. It’s a job that no longer exists, but today at Oriental’s History Museum, a couple who have studied and briefly played the role. They are there 2 – 3p.

Dilemmas with Dinner is a two act farce, about a dinner gone wrong. Live theater on the Old Theater stage tonight, 7:30p. Host & Toast is a holiday themed weekend at River Dune’s Idea House, today and Sunday. Bake Sale today at Oriental Womans Club, 9a-4p. Jasmine Tasty Thai food truck at New Village Brewery today, 4-8p.

The Oriental Recreation Park on Straight Rd is having an Open House, today, 11a-1p. There is a Veterans Day Drive Thru Chicken Dinner, today @ noon in the Fred Anderson Elementary School parking lot, Bayboro.

It’s all in What’s Happening.