Way Out in the Banks

Ok, here I (Rebecca) go- I am going to write my first blog. I'm a little nervous, kind of sweaty, but ready.

North Cakalaky is the bomb! We crossed the border about a week ago and are loving our new southern lifestyle- full of backroads, accents and water. We went through the Great Dismal Swamp (you can guess how that was) and hurried right into the NC outer banks ready for the beach. Unfortunatly, we also headed into a Noreaster (also known as a big storm) and so our excitement was delayed as we pitched our tent under the bathhouse of a campsite. It was weird. Despite the offset, this actually threw us into the arms of our new friend, Freida!

Kathrin's friend, Karrie, works in the alumni department at Guildford and has been looking for people for us to stay with along the way. Well, (thank dear goodness) Karrie is good friends with Frieda who lives in Grandy, a small town outside of Kitty Hawk. Frieda heard of our distress and drove straight over to pick us up. We left the bikes at the police station and moved in with Frieda for two days (we got a little roof happy). Frieda and her husband, Ben were unbelievably kind and generous. In a fun two days of normalcy, she took us shoe shopping and we all became jelly sisters. It was wonderful.

When we got back to the Outer Banks the storm had passed and we got three days of slightly windy, but sunny, beautiful biking. We swam twice daily and I tried to fish, but it's hard to fish in the ocean with drift wood and some line. Right now we're headed down the coast for Wilimington, NC. While our plans have slowly been morphing as we realize how much this trip will cost, we're trying to focus on small goals. Wilmington in a few days, Charleston a week after that and maybe Savannah a bit after that. We'll see what happens.

Ok, that's where we are at the moment. Hope everyone is as happy as us.