Day 11: Somewhere in North Carolina

Jim's e-mail updates are beginning to sound
more & more like excerpts from Kerouac's On the Road.  :)

Don't forget to check the Snapfish album for all of the
latest photos.

Here's the latest e-mail update from Jim:

I just lost my entire email and three attachments in
the slowest library system so far on tour, so I'll
just talk here and send Michelle the photos
separately.

Haven't been able to do much communications lately.
No internet and no cell service for two days.  Left
Avon, NC yesterday and crossed a 40 minute ferry from
Hatteras Island to Ocracoke Island.  Ocracoke is
mostly barren with a few towns scattered.  That was
the day we made only about 35 miles due to outrageous
winds.  We decided to take the 3:00 ferry from
Ocracoke to the mainland when we learned that there is
a motel at the ferry dock.  The trip is 2-1/2 hours
and we (me and Jimmy Griffin) met more interesting
people.  Oyster researchers from UNC and a retired 50
something guy who does "seasonal work" to take him
everywhere in the world.  Not counting the ferries, we
road only about 35 miles.

I'll send a photo of the flags waving
(wind starched) at the Cedar Island end of the ferry
trip.  Brutal.  We left Cedar Island this morning and
have reached about 50 miles to Newport, NC.  We also
learned that we have to change our route as the road
through Camp LeJuene has been closed to civilians by
Homeland Security.  50 miles so far today.

Look for photos of a beautiful Belgian girl and her
Basque boyfriend.  Three years on the road.  They'll
be in NYC in ten days, but I won't be there to host
them.

Hoping to get another 10 to 15 miles in today, but
hotels are scarce in this area, so that's the
determining factor.

Love from NC,
J