It's a New Year

 We have rung in 2024 without any snow.  How sad....NOT.  The weather here was nice on New Year's Eve.  The City had a block party about a block and a half from our boat.  We went to the block party with our neighbors, L & G.  There was live music and an abundance of food trucks.  There was some great things for the kids to do, such as a bouncy castle, lighted balloons on sticks, games, etc.  We stayed up and saw the New Year in.

We have been taking the bus to some of the bigger strip malls.  The bus runs Monday to Friday.  As seniors we travel for free.  It seems so weird.  The city's name, New Bern, is Swiss.  Bern meaning "bear".  All through the city you can see these bears.  The are ceramic over fiberglass.  There are approximately 80 bears throughout the city.  There is a map you can follow if you want to find them all.  We plan on finding as many as we can while we are here.  A lot of them are within walking distance.

          

 Walmart Bear -  Located at the Walmart Supercenter

   

        Bear-ly-Legal -  Located outside Public  Accounting  Office

Mitchell Bear - Located Outside Mitchel Hardware

     Future Bear - Located behind City Hall

I'll post more as we find them.  

We started working on the Titanic Lego.  We are in box 1, we have finished Bag 1 (which consisted of 4 bags) and Bag 2 (which consisted of 3 bags).  It is an amazing build.  I'll take pictures as we go and post them.