Today I was finally going get to the northern end of the Outer Banks. We were going to bike from Kill Devil Hill to the Currituck Light House. I had ridden to Kill Devil twice before, but was never able to go further than Kitty Hawk so I was looking forward to the morning ride.
The ride started with a slight south western wind which was more cross than anything and never really brothered us on the ride up. The ride was over roads, paths and bike lanes. We rode through the towns of Kitty Hawk, Southern Shores, Duck and Corolla. It was really quite nice and we were surprised at the different look of the Outer Banks here than at the south end. It was much more developed and commercial here than across the bridge over the Oregon Inlet. Before long we pulled into the Currituck Park for lunch under the view of the Currituck Light House.
Tonight we were on our own for supper so a group of us headed to the Full Moon Caf� for black and bleu cheese burgers, and a couple of beers. We strolled through town and back to our B&B. Susan�s back was still sore so we decided call it a night. Little did we know that the crash of a few days back was not through with us just yet.
Today was the last day of our �bike vacation.� There was another short shuttle over a couple of bridges and we started biking to Columbia, NC again. The Carolina folks were going to drop off our trailer and panniers for us at the B&B so we got to enjoy one more day of ridding �unloaded�. As we were riding along Susan went to put on her brakes and the front ones no longer worked. A quick check showed us that a piece had broken and I had no way to make a repair on the road. Anne, one of the owners made a call to the van support and before long there was the van waiting for us. Her husband Greg took a look and quickly got a part and had it fixed better than new. There�s a lot to be said for having a support team. Especially one as good and nice as Greg and Anne of Carolina Tailwinds! Thanks.
We rode the short way back to town to eat and then back to our room. We walked to a pharmacy and got some pain pills and a chemical heating pad. Those seemed to help and later that evening we walked to eat at a local oyster bar. It was a good meal shared with some local folks and we enjoyed the evening. We even got to meet the sheriff. When we left everyone wished us well on our trip.
