We left the Outer Banks today and will be heading to a ferry in the morning to go back. Hurricane Irene washed out some of the roads and bridges, so you cannot travel the entire distance on roads. It was quite interesting, because to get back on the mainland from Kitty Hawk, we traveled a 5 mile bridge over Pamlico Sound. Bridges are a little scary to ride because there is no where to go. Traffic is zooming by and it just feels like you are confined. Also the trash from the road has no where to go. A few days ago when we crossed a similar bridge into Kitty Hawk, there where two flats on that bridge from the junk that comes from traffic and doesn't have any place to go and riding on the side, it is easy to run over the stuff.
After the bridge, it was miles and miles of swamp land again. I needed to stop and just rest a bit and you would not believe the mosquitoes. They swarmed in that swamp like I have never seen before. I was riding with a couple others and we just jumped right back on our bikes and kept moving. It was hard because we needed to stop for a rest but couldn't.
We are in Engelhard, NC, which is this very small town. We will be riding to the ferry tomorrow and heading to Ocracoke, NC, back on the Outer Banks. It is supposed to be this great little tourist town, so I am excited to see it.
The great swamps of North Carolina
I took this picture a while back, but thought it kind of funny
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