Today is our last day of the North Carolina Border Tour. Tomorrow morning we head home.
It was a good traveling day. We split into two groups as Dick, Beth, Steve and Paula wanted to go to Bath, NC, and then travel Hwy 264 to Manteo. The rest of the group elected to travel Hwy 64 to Manteo. One of our comfort stops was at Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. Stopped mainly so that Trip could purchase Bertie county peanuts that Ron had introduced to him. There was no car to fix so the guys thought it would be good to give me a "butt" shot for the blog - even though their butts were not bent over an engine. I took the pic and here it is!
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| The guys posed for an obligatory "butt" shot |
Our second mission today was to get a picture of the car at the Manteo sign to record our having reached the sea. We took the Murphy (mountain) picture on Day #3 and here we are on Day #10 with our Manteo (sea) sign - SUCCESS! I thought this state highway sign was on state property. But....the driveway that allowed our little cars to drive to the sign was NOT on highway property. However, we were able to very quickly get our individual pictures and a group picture before we scurried off the grass (as the homeowner came out of his house to say something to Kimi) and back onto the road to drive over the bridge to Manteo. Whew!
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| Pat and Ron at the welcome to Manteo sign |
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| Cars: Ron, Gary, Dennis, Trip, PJ, Paul |
We had lunch in Manteo at a restaurant on the intracoastal - windy and sunny day.
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| View from our table at lunch |
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| Gary, Dennis, Pat, Gerogia, Trip, Wayburn, Jordan, Ron, Pat, PJ, Kimi, Paul |
Just as we finished lunch, the rest of the group caught up to us. They had been delayed to make a fix to Steve's car. We all headed back on the road, drove ver the bridge to the Outer Banks and to the Wright Brother's Memorial and Museum. Here we are lined up in front of the Memorial.
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| Cars: Dennis, PJ, Paul, Gary, Steve, Trip, Ron, Dick |
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| Ron and Pat at the Wright Brothers Memorial |
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| View from our hotel balcony |
Then we headed to the hotel.
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| View from the hotel pier |
After walking on the beach and the pier and kite flying, we went to dinner at Rundown Cafe. Great place to eat. My cohorts, Dick and PJ on behalf of the group, presented me with the Tour banner. What fun!
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| Dick, Pat, PJ (photo by Dick) |
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| Paul, Jordan, Pat, Kimi, Ron, Wayburn, Gary, Pat, Dennis, Paula, Steve, Dick, Beth, Trip, Georgia, PJ - (photo by Dick) |
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STATS: Drove 165 miles on Day #10
SPECIAL THANKS TO: The hearty travelers for presenting the Tour banner to me.
Poor Pat is with that strange man again ... he is definitely stalking her!
ReplyDeleteGreat wide angle of the cars.
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