About Washington, NC

Washington is our nearest "big town."  First and foremost, it's simply low-key charming.  There was a time, I'd guess, when it was a '"big town" without quotation marks: interesting old buildings downtown are marked, e.g., "Built by Haskell Supply Company 1912" (we recently made the acquaintance of a fellow sailor who just bought the entire second story of that building and is converting it to apartments).  But then, one supposes, industry and interest shifted to another part of the state. . .or the world.

Now, however, the whole intriguingly-quaint downtown has a Rip Van Winkle air, as though just awakening from a very long sleep: the city has recently rebuilt the waterfront and docks; little shops and restaurants are moving into the old brick hotels and storefronts; every weekend seems to offer live music with a crab-picking, a fund-raiser at the estuarium, etc.

Check the "Washington" collection for some photos of the place.  Warren will be giving some explanation/description of them.