I think everyone was in need of this day off from riding. We were able to sleep in a bit this morning, but you know how camping goes. It was difficult to sleep in much because of the noise and nature calling.
I spent the morning logging into the office and taking care of some work. I had put things off for days and was waiting for WiFi. This place still didn't have any, but I was able to connect through the phone, which worked out well. About noon, we went to the Kitty Hawk museum that goes through the story of the Wright brothers and the first powered flight. It was quite interesting, especially to see how little distance the plane flew on the first try. It was like 120 feet. The 4th flight that day it flew 800 feet and they said that after that, the wind blew the plane over and damaged it to the point that that particular plane never flew again.
I did get my wish from yesterday. It didn't rain today. It really was a nice day. After the visit to the museum, I went to the beach for a bit and at least got my feet wet. I have never enjoyed getting too wet at a beach. The salt water and sand drive me a little crazy. After that, we all met at a restaurant and enjoyed shrimp and delicious crab soup.
We had another of our group give up today. I wrote of Eli earlier. He has cochlear implants amd because of the rain, one of them quite working. It was real difficult for him to communicate with the group. He was also riding a recumbant bike and that has been difficult as well. I think between the two issues, he had had enough. I hate to see him go. He was a very kind man and I enjoyed him.
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