Field Trip to the Cliffs of the Neuse

On Monday, the kids and I went to the Cliffs of the Neuse with my parents and sister. We toured the new museum and then did some hiking and exploring. It started off really cold but warmed up to be a beautiful day.

Inside the museum




We learned that during the Civil War, there was a confederate army camp in Seven Springs (then called Whitehall). The CSS Neuse was built there and then attempted to float down the river to Kinston. It ran aground on a sandbar in the Neuse River almost immediately. In December of 1862, Union and Confederate forces fought in and around Seven Springs.


Starting our hike




You can see the markings on the trees where the water rises


Adventurous boy




Miller and Aunt Susan with a cypress tree








We found a few tiny waterfalls