Longish day today started with our ride out of Washington, NC down to the Pocosin Lakes and Alligator River National Wildlife Refuges.\u00a0 I wasn’t expecting farm land down here so close to the ocean, but there’s a lot of it.\u00a0 Mostly corn and wheat – I’m thinking that must be a good crop rotation since that’s about all we saw. The road wasn’t all that good but we had it to ourselves for the most part.\u00a0 I expected to see some wildlife in these wildlife refuges but there was none to be seen.\u00a0 Could have had something to do with the evidence of fire all around.<\/p>\n

$\"Amber$ <\/a>

Amber waves of grain – didn’t get any pictures of the corn though<\/p><\/div>\n

$\"Pocosin$ <\/a>

Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge – not much wildlife, lots of burnt trees<\/p><\/div>\n

When we got to the Alligator River Refuge there was some wildlife, turtles.\u00a0 I should have stopped to take a picture – these guys were crossing the road for greener grass I’m guessing. They were about the size of a bowling ball cut in half.\u00a0 Their almost black shells were highly visible against the light colored asphalt but in the dark you would never see them.\u00a0 If you hit one of those turtles on a motorcycle, you wouldn’t have any idea what happened until the paramedics told you.\u00a0 Glad our trip through was made in day time.<\/p>\n

$\"In$ <\/a>

In front of the Black Pelican – one of the Diners Drive-Ins & Dives featured restaurants<\/p><\/div>\n

Time to get something to eat, then head over to the Wright Brothers Memorial.\u00a0 I always look for one of the Diners Drive-Ins & Dives places to check out.\u00a0 I saw this one and we headed over.\u00a0 The food was not inexpensive but was good so we didn’t leave with hurt feelings.<\/p>\n

$\"In$ <\/a>

In front of the Wright Brothers Memorial atop Kill Devil Hill.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Wright Brothers National Memorial is worth the visit for all you aviation buffs out there. Neither of us are really enthralled by aviation history but this place was quite interesting.\u00a0 We took a bunch of pictures and even got souvenirs (which is rare).<\/p>\n

$\"One$ <\/a>

One of the later gliders used to learn about air flow and the principles of flight<\/p><\/div>\n

$\"From$ <\/a>

From the starting point to the farthest point, first powered controlled flight<\/p><\/div>\n

From Kitty Hawk to Yorktown was an easy ride until we got into the city.\u00a0 The GPS hasn’t fully recovered from its exposure to the rain so the screen is kinda dim and difficult to read.\u00a0 That makes using it to get around a little “interesting”, but we made it. $\"33$ <\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"