One of my colleagues at my new job and I work talking over a cup of coffee when I got into work this morning about how all of the things to do here in North Carolina will be new to us.  People who have been here for a long time think nothing of the fact that the water in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina is tens of degrees warmer than the water off the Oregon coast.  It is warm enough for non-polar bear tough people to swim.  We have never seen any of the museums or natural attractions.  We have never even been to many of the restaurants and stores.  It will all be new and all be fun and exciting.