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Aug 9 – NC

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

Day Eight – Time for a normal room, we finally stayed in our first hotel room tonight, it was nice to be in a bed that didn’t have the height limitation of 4’-0” and also to have a bathroom that was just yours, and not have to ‘go outside’ to get to it. Though, we still got a spider visit in our bathroom sink before we left the next morning – bigger than a Washington State house spider and nothing I wanted to deal with, a good inch and half in size, so I left it for the maid. That day and night was spent still in Cape Hatteras National Seashore and on Ocracoke Island. They have a pub on this island called Howard’s Pub that had over 200 varieties of beer and at least twenty of them on tap. It is a must visit if you go through there.

A pic on the free ferry to Ocracoke Island

Jason cutting up and eatting some Sprite Melon on the beach – really really good melon and seems to be only available in NC 🙁

Aug 8 – NC

Saturday, August 13th, 2005

Day Seven – We decided to get our best experience at the Merchant’s Millpond State Park and rented a canoe from the state park to paddle around for an hour in the water-forest of cypress trees. It was an amazing and mystical experience to drift smoothly through trees and friendly dragonflies, and for some reason no mosquitoes. Definitely recommended it you are given the chance. So far, that was one of the best parts of our current traveling.

cypress forest

Outerbanks here we come. We drove our way into the Cape Hatteras National Seashore along the northern coast of North Carolina. Along the way we visited the Wright Brother’s Memorial, which was worth seeing. It is really great to be reminded how two people, when they really put their mind to something, can accomplish so much and even change the world just with their ideas and determination. We stayed at the Frisco Campground (really nice!) and had a perfect dinner that night. It was made from a bunch produce we bought from a roadside stand and threw together in the frying pan with some garlic and cheese. The air was warm (but not humid) with a bit of wind, no misquotes, and a relaxing atmosphere as the sun started to hide behind the horizon. Than, right as dusk set, we quickly found out why everyone else was in there netted picnic table rooms. The mosquitoes slowly came out, clinging on to our arm hairs as they were blown by us in the wind. These suckers were viscous and their needle mouths were very painful. We quickly tried to clean up from dinner (not having bug repellant, since earlier it seemed that the wind would keep them a bay, made us work extremely fast) and much to our surprise, right at full darkness they brought out the troops and punctured very vein of blood warm and flesh that was available.

During the middle of the night, besides waking up scratching my war wounds, an intense thunderstorm rolled off the coast and into islands. It sounded as if the thunder would flatten everything down as a train does when running over a penny. We stayed nice and dry in our tent with our extra tarp over the top – I just wish we could have watched the lightening. It sounded amazing and made me feel like a kid again jumping at the sound of the thunder.

Master Jedi (aka The Tortoise, not referring to his speed but his hardshell and cleverness!) & April at the beach campsite

Aug 7 – NC

Saturday, August 13th, 2005
Day Six – We crossed into North Carolina and the roads in that area immediately changed to a less cared for country road. The fields starting showing tobacco being grown, watermelons, and something else with really pretty flowers on ... [Continue reading this entry]

Aug 5 & 6 – VA

Saturday, August 13th, 2005
Day Four - We slowly drove our way south through the Shenandoah National Park at 35 mph, that is the limit for twisting roads on the top of the ridge. It is strange to think that we were ... [Continue reading this entry]

Aug 4 – PA/VA

Tuesday, August 9th, 2005
Day three - Getting our last minute tasks taken care of yesterday helped us feel like we are not just on vacation or going to see someone, but on our path of a vagabond life across the states. We ... [Continue reading this entry]

Aug 3 – NJ/PA

Tuesday, August 9th, 2005
Day Two - Our next day was not really one of being on the road exploring the states and freedom of not living in a permanent dwelling, but more of one that was spent with four hours of finishing last ... [Continue reading this entry]

Aug 2 – NY/NJ

Tuesday, August 9th, 2005
Day One - Leaving New York City (NYC) proved to be a lot harder than one would expect. We had some best friends come down from Montreal to spend our last weekend in the city with us, and most ... [Continue reading this entry]

How much can we cram into a VW Golf??

Tuesday, August 9th, 2005
Packing… I think we have everything we could possibly think of from the mini-ipod to a few pillows. Hey, when you going to be living on the road for two months – one wants to have a few ... [Continue reading this entry]

Goodbye for now, Mo

Tuesday, August 9th, 2005
Leaving our cat… We have an awesome cat named, Mo (full name Gizmo), that we had to reluctantly not bring along with us on our road trip. Along with the fact that he does not fancy car rides, I ... [Continue reading this entry]