Still in New Bern, We ducked into MJ's Raw Bar and Grill and both of us ordered a crab cake sandwich. Wow, this was the real deal ... large pieces of lump blue crab meat. Was it ever good!
And outside, it just started pouring. The rain is bouncing off the roof of that car, and I can't help but feel bad for all those antique car owners who had so looked forward to the day. There was a flash of light and thunder, wind, and the lights went out. Just briefly, but it was kind of scary.
John went and got the truck to pick me up, so I wouldn't have to be out in the rain. Just as quickly, the rain stopped and the sun sort of came out!
We continue on and soon cross the Intercoastal Waterway. This is an inland waterway that goes all the way from New England down to Florida and provides safe passage for passenger boats away from the open sea.
We are back out in rural country and see all kids of houses.
Route 264 will take us up along the coast. We are going to see our friend Cedric Grgurich, who worked for us in Washington DC and then moved to San Diego to work in the solar energy business. She moved back to her home town of Manteo a long time ago and we haven't seen her in ages!
See Route 264, the long squiggly red line along the Pamlico River and Sound? It kind of starts in Washington and wraps around to the bridge to the Outer Banks.
We see signs for such places as Chocowinty, which means water, or otter. Why such a big difference in interpretations, I don't know. No wonder we had so much trouble in our relationships with the Indians! Johns favorite name for a town was Bad Tick!
In the interest of simpler telegraph communications, the telegraph operators called Chocowinty by the name of Marsden. We will see a lot of names like this from now on. They changed it back after methods of communications got easier.
We also saw a lot of Biscuitvilles, a family owned business in NC and VA where you can get those delicious southern biscuits, fixed any style. I would imagine that biscuits and sausage gravy are a huge favorite.
This is farm country, but the soil doesn't look too good to me. The corn along here is about 6 " high. I keep seeing a grain growing and it kind of looks like wheat, but not quite. Maybe rye or hay.
Still lots of wooded areas
Here's some better looking farmland.
But we are also in low lying areas, with swamps and savannah- like vegetation. We had called Cedric and she seriously told us to look out for bears, deer, alligators and otters!
Just as you are going along through swamps, then farmland, then savannah, the road takes you across a bridge and all of the fishing boats are docked up right by the road.
We go past signs for the Deliverance Temple, and signs that say "Gospel Sing Tonight."
And one saying "Hematoma Paintball...."
We finally reach the bridge across to the outer banks.
Off to the right is a replica of the boat used to bring the first settlers to The Lost Colony. This is going to be interesting!
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