We slept a little "late" this morning, and left our hotel just after 9. There was a lot of bike and pedestrian traffic, which is certainly preferable to truck traffic. The tailwinds from yesterday turned into headwinds today but we "only" had to bike 26 miles.
After a few miles, we saw a bike store, so we stopped and I got a mirror for my bike so I could see if there's a car or something behind me. I've made it like 800 miles without one, but I guess it can't hurt to have it.
After that we continued to Kill Devil Hills, the place where the Wright brothers took their first flight. The next town, Kitty Hawk, had a soft pretzel place which we found a coupon for in a magazine, so we obviously had to stop there.
We ate enough pretzels for breakfast and lunch, and then continued on our way. Eventually we hit a town called Duck which had a good bike trail and nicer, more upscale stores than in other parts of the outer banks.
We got to our hotel, a hampton inn in corolla pretty early. That was good because this hotel has two pools, a hot tub, and a lazy river. Also, it's on a beautiful beach. We spent the afternoon enjoying the pools and riding the waves.
We have no idea where we are going tomorrow. Its supposed to rain. We are currently off the Adventure Cycling maps because we wanted to continue to explore the outer banks (whereas the maps had us heading inland after Kills Devil). We would love to head north to Virginia Beach. Unfortunately even though it is physically connected to the outer banks there is no way to get there because there is a nature preserve between the two and you can't walk, bike or drive through.
However, as it says in the Ode to Ocracoke, found on the wall of the bathroom at a previous hotel, "The greatest distance between two points is anything but a straight line." We will end up wherever the road takes us.
Thanks for coming along for the ride!
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