Entry #26 Day 19

I am writing this blog from the relative safety of my tent, currently there are about 6 mosquitoes inside my tent, which is nothing compared to the swarms of mosquitos outside waiting to get in, if you see no further posts from me it is because they have breached the perimeter and have removed all my blood. I am camped out at Frisco Woods and have a beautiful site right on Pamlico sound, unfortunately I cant leave my tent to enjoy it.





One nice feature of this campground is I finally have a place to bring all my dirty fish.





Speaking of dirty fish, because I still can’t find a gas cylinder for my stove I was unable to make my delicious Mac and cheese so I had to eat my last package of foil bagged Tuna, this would not have been so bad if the bag had not been packed away in my trailer and heated up to much more than room temperature and to make things worse I only had a box of red wine to wash the Tuna down with, you should never have red wine with fish, especially a hot bag of tuna fish.







On the plus side I did stand knee deep in the water while I ate dinner, nothing like a nice view to help improve the meal.




I also had a visit from a neighbor named Peter he stopped by to ask about my trip, he brought me a cold beer and offered to drive me to Raleigh NC if I was unable to get a ferry ride off the Outer Banks, there is so much truth to Southern Hospitality.



My morning had started out so good at Ocean Waves Campground, after a night of heavy winds and a morning down pour I was treated to a beautiful sunrise, followed by breakfast and coffee at Steve and Sue’s campsite. I knew it was going to be a low mileage day so I left around 11 AM to give my gear a chance to dry and to just hang out and talk.








This was my view for 10 plus miles in 85 degree heat with a head wind.




I finally made it to Hatteras Light and paid the 8 dollars for the privilege to hike up 250 plus stairs, the view was totally worth the money.








I used Google maps for directions to the campground, sometimes google maps sends you down some dumb roads.



Sometimes some really dumb roads.



But sometimes you see some cool stuff like this little lady on Deer Circle of all places.



I have to admit it was all worth it today, now I just have to hope and pray that the ferry is running tomorrow to Ocracoke Island otherwise I might have to make other drastic plans.





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  1. UnknownSeptember 28, 2018 at 4:07 AM

    so glad that I am on your life after retirement so I can see how you are doing on your adventure just stay safe

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    1. UnknownSeptember 29, 2018 at 4:20 PM

      Thank you I am trying my best glad you are following.

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