After looking at a map we realized that we were very close to Kinston, NC. Our reservations to eat at Vivian Howard's restaurant, Chef and the Farmer, are for Thursday and this is Saturday. They were very accommodating and offered two reservation options for tonight. The 7:00 PM kitchen bar seating was a perfect set up to watch the kitchen staff prepare a mirage of meals.
Chef Luke keeping orders organized. The wood burning stone oven is directly behind Luke. Yard bird, trout. 
Duck.
Prime rib.
Shaking the collards.
The scrumptious collards.
A Magic Mule. The lime was a perfect pairing with the collards.
Beet salad.
The pastry chef assembling desserts in the back ground.
Lovely flowers.
Our vegan assortment included flash fried collards in peanut oil, Carolina Risoto with shiitake mushrooms, peas, almonds, and parsley garnished with a pickled watermelon radish, and a beet salad.
A Magic Mule. The lime was a perfect pairing with the collards. BLT Pizza made fresh.
Across the street from the restaurant is the Farmers Market. The confederate battleship replica is next to the Farmers Market.
The Neuse River flows through Kinston. We camped at the Neuse Way Nature Park Camp ground. The nature center is very nice it just reopened after a few years to rebuild after Hurricane Matthew. It is also plagued with record flooding in 1993 and 1996.
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