Since this was a shorter leg, I decided to take all small back roads. I'm glad I did, but it certainly made for a long day: 9 hours of riding for only 300 miles. I had wanted to stay in the Outer Banks, but North/South travel is pretty complicated to do that, so I had to stay inland slightly. Inland where it is hot and humid.
Immediately prior to the state change, there was a sign noting cars to the presence of bears (similar to the deer signs). I was very surprised to see this because I was unaware of a heavy bear population in the NC/VA region. I was also concerned because I needed to get my state change sign. Now you should all know that not all of these pictures are easy to get. For this one, I had to park the bike about 50 yards from the sign and then walk to get the image taken. Of course my eyes were wide open for any bears. Below is the obligatory state change sign self portrait:
Oops - forgot to download from phone - will revise and include at next download.
Since the roads were all smaller I decided to take more pictures while traveling. Every now and then I get some cool shots:
Wilmington, NC is a nice town with a lot going on. I'm not sure if this is a big college town (UNCW?) or if it's all just coastal tourism, but the population is very young. This young thing was in my room when I checked in and am happy to report it will not be reaching old age:
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