August 25th – August 28th, 2007 We left Ocracoke reasonably early, planning on a modest day’s ride. We did stop by and look at the award-winning beach on our way out. White sandy expanses stretched out forever, with no stores or shops nearby, giving a feeling of being really remote. It appeared to be very …
August 21st, 2007 – August 25th, 2007 Ocracoke is a charming seaside town, with quite a few boats in the harbor, a big double master schooner (for sightseeing trips), and many small shops and restaurants catering to tourists. Ocracoke had just gotten the Best US Beach of 2007 designation. We found the campground right downtown …
Realizing belatedly that our Verizon was about to be shut off because we forgot to pay the bill, and with no signal at the campground, Chelsea came up with the brilliant solution of finding a local library. That seemed very unlikely, as we were going through a series of very small towns, and it was …
Our trip to Otway was one of our shorter days, and was pretty uneventful. We had a bit of a time finding it, so we stopped a mailman and asked him for directions, and even then we couldn’t believe we were there when we saw the place. It looked like an abandoned storage area for …
August 14th, 2007 – August 20th, 2007 When we finally reached the Goose Creek Campground check-in point, everyone had gone home and we were left with an envelope welcoming us to the area, along with a map of the campground. After winding our way through an extensive street network of stationary RVs and trailers (we’re …
August 14th, 2007 The trip to Bogue Sound was a truly memorable trip in several ways. First of all was the heat – hot, hot, hot might fit as a description, but so would oppressive. The second was traffic – after the first few very pretty and very quiet miles, ending with a really high …
August 12th, 2007 – August 14th, 2007 Getting there… We reluctantly left Wrightsville Beach early on Sunday morning and headed out for parts north, aiming to end at North Topsail Beach or just before it. After not riding for perhaps 2 weeks, we were a bit concerned about our fitness level, and the heat had …
August 10th – August 12th, 2007 Getting there… The bus ride to Wilmington was entertaining in light of our fellow riders. First of all, Charles had given us eggs so we could hard boil them, and we ended up sitting on our boxes at 7 a.m. waiting for the bus and eating our hardboiled eggs. …
August 8th, 2007 – August 10th, 2007 We received quite a bit of concentrated media attention shortly before and during the first few weeks of our trip. One result of that was receiving some great personal messages from a number of people. One of those who responded was a cyclist in Charleston SC, who offered …
August 6th, 2007 – August 8th, 2007 Getting there… When the bus finally arrived in St. Augustine, lady luck was smiling on us, and we got seats, but we had a layover in Jacksonville, FL, and we weren’t guaranteed seats on that bus. Well, if we had learned nothing else so far on this tip, …
