We finally got around to doing some basic tourist stuff.  First was the CSS Neuse II.  A reproduction of the CSS Neuse, and it's the only full scale reproduction of a Civil War ironclad gunboat anywhere.

CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center  A fine little museum about the building and exploits of the gunboat in this area.

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There is also a Fire Dept. museum just down the block from the Neuse museum.  But it is only open on Saturday.  We looked in the window and saw some old gear and a fire truck that appeared to be from the 40s. 
Lunch was at the Whisky Pig restaurant and butcher shop.  It's a farm-to-plate kind of place.  Photos of the livestock on the wall.  The family farm is in it's 11th generation.

But alas, (or should I say @$^%&) still no truck.  Not fixed yet.  Presumably they had to order a sensor.  They did warn me it could be a day to get it after identifying the part.

But we did get the official word from State Farm that the old truck is a total loss, and arranged for the payoff with some cash leftover.  They gave it a higher value than I expected. 

For down here this was kind of a cool night.  Tonight it's 10 PM and still 58!

These are the original CSS Neuse, salvaged in the 1960s after 100 years underwater.