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Red Rooster Sunset, January 2023 | February 3, 2023
Behind the Silos Restaurant sits the Red Rooster Bar and Stage. In the warmer months, the open air venue hosts music evening weekends and the Silospalooza Music Festival. In January, the evenings are a little quieter.
Vent cowl on S/V Thunderstriker, a 44 foot ketch, crewed by two teenagers. It’s in the Shipping News.
An oyster trawler out harvesting, on a foggy winter morning near Cedar Island. (Click for the big pic and more foggy morning views)
St. Brendan the Navigator. He hangs below decks on SV Thunderstriker, a 44 foot ketch helmed by young brothers Dean and Eddie Tennant. Read about them in The Shipping News.
Brave humans took part in the Polar Plunge Saturday at Oriental’s Miniscule Beach (officially John Bond Beach). 17 signed up, 15 went in (2 couldn’t make it). EMS was present (just in case). Thanks to thermal endurance, over 5k was raised. (click pic for more polar views)
A Belted Kingfisher surveys the Duck Pond.
January sunset, viewed from the Duck Pond. (Bill Penkava photo)
Crashing waves at Styrontown Beach as the storm approached Wednesday. (Ben Casey photo)
This is Peanut Butter. He may just weigh 14 pounds, but he weighs in as Mister January, Pet Of The Month.
Celebrating the Year Of The Rabbit, Laura Turgeon style. The Rabbit touches the Dragon for good luck… (Laura Turgeon drawing)
January sunrise over Oriental Harbor Marina
It’s underutilized. It’s got a cool name. That would be the boom vang… the subject in January’s Captain’s Blog.
Boathouse through the fog, just off Camp Creek. (Ben Casey photo)
Mississippi style ribs. You can get them at Chubby’s BBQ. The new restaurant opens today. On Highway 55 at Trent Road in Merritt. (Click for the big view, scroll through to see more.)
Sunday night’s SpaceX launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida was viewable in the skies over Oriental just a few minutes after liftoff. Thanks to Margaret Williams (Oriental video) and Greg Piner (Oriental photos)… plus SpaceX for the launch video.
Sunset Friday night on Hodges Street: the Garland Fulcher Seafood shack, and in the background a glow on an old Pickles Row home on South Water Street. (Pat Stockwell photo)
Overnight temps dipped to 29 earlier this week, leaving frosty crystals on the rail by the harbor.
Construction on the Net House – the building between the public restrooms and town dock #2 – is nearly complete. Wood from the original building was salvaged and used in the restoration. It lacks furniture, power, and internet, but the structure is (more or less) complete. (Click for more pictures of the Net House before and after.)
A Cormorant, just emerged from the waters near Radio Island in Beaufort.
Sunrise over Pierce Creek, viewed from the Sea Harbour docks. (Scotty Sells photo)
Caped Crusader infiltrates sign at Oriental & Janiero roads. (Ben Casey photo)
Schooner Moondrift, anchored in Oriental’s harbor. With a hailing port of Camden, Maine, the 39’ wooden vessel was built in British Columbia in 1982. (click pic for more Moondrift)
Moonlight over Morris Creek (just off Smith Creek) Friday morning.
Vessels waiting for the sounding horn at the 2023 Instead of Football Regatta. Check out the New Year’s Day scene here. (Christel MonMoine Photo)
Fog descended on the harbor for the late New Year’s Eve Dragon Run. Click here to see more from New Year’s Eve 2022.
Crew on Il Gatto eye the mark dubiously. While it looks like Il Gatto is about to hit the mark, somehow she just barely missed it. The vessel was one of about 50 on the water for Sunday’s Instead of Football Regatta.
On New Year’s Eve fog set in for the later Dragon Run. Here Christel Monmoine touches the dragon for good luck in the coming year.
The Dragon is ready (dental pearls delicately arranged). Here, the Dragon waits with anticipation for his/her big night ahead. Rain? Not gonna stop it. The Dragon runs tonight at 8:00p and again at 11:30p. It’s all on Hodges Street near the harbor.
This New Year’s Eve, there’s a threat of rain. But the Dragon is not deterred – it will make the runs at 8p and 11:30p.
A still harbor.
Coast Guard buoy tender anchored in Adams Creek. Or as the rest of us humans call it – an impressive gov’t vessel that works on buoys and markers.
Tucked away on Radio Island (adjoining Morehead) is an old marine railway: Gillikan Marine Railways. Capt Jimmy was docked at the entrance. (Click for the big view and more)
If you touch the Dragon on New Year’s Eve, it’s said to bring good luck. But for the Dragon to make the runs (and bring luck in the new year), it needs a place to stay. That’s where you come in. Become a Patron of the Dragon and help the Dragon stay in its lair. All Dragon Patron slots have been filled – Thank you
Christmas Eve – the tree is lit. This one decorates the side of the Village Veterinary Office.
Last minute checks of navigation charts, and a look at the list of the naughty & nice children of Oriental.
Olivier and Marika aboard SV Capitaine Bontems, a Niagara 35. The young couple hail from Québec … read more in The Shipping News.
A pelican and cormorant, out for a morning swim in the waters near Beaufort. (Click for the big view and more.)
For the last two years, COVID caused the Dragon to have an alternative plan (the Dragon was run on a trailer though Oriental to help keep crowds sparse and people safe). This New Year’s Eve, it the traditional Dragon Run returns to Hodges Street. On December 31, the Dragon Runs at 8p and 11:30p.
December sunrise at marker #8, at the entrance to Oriental’s harbor. (click pic for more marker views)
Longline fishing vessel Sinful, virtuously photographed on the ICW near Morehead City. (click pic for more)
A stunning display of traditional Christmas lights & decorations – it’s the Cordes’ home on Hodges Street. Here’s a look at the Christmas lights of Oriental… and winners of the Light Up Oriental contest.
This lighted Corgi is part of Oriental Village Veterinary’s Christmas light display. Here’s a look at the Christmas lights of Oriental… and winners of the Light Up Oriental contest.
Sunrise at Bock Marine on Adams Creek
