{"id":21798,"date":"2017-05-26T20:14:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T00:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=21798"},"modified":"2017-05-26T20:14:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T00:14:30","slug":"day-36-friday-may-26-surf-city-to-sneads-ferry-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=21798","title":{"rendered":"Day 36. Friday, May 26. Surf City to Sneads Ferry, North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

So close to home and chomping at the bit,\"\"<\/a>this does not help!<\/p>\n

We left today, about the time we are usually stopping for lunch. \u00a0With only 14 miles to bike, we were trying desperately to\u00a0forestall and slow down the ride. \u00a0A morning walk to the beach was shocking!\"\"<\/a> \u00a0The sand dune had been washed to the crest;\"\"<\/a> beach-goers had just enough room to spread a towel.<\/p>\n

The late morning was still cool and the traffic was negligible,\"\"<\/a> but you can only take but so many pictures\"\"<\/a> of homes,\"\"<\/a>interesting churches\"\"<\/a>and sand dune walk-overs \"\"<\/a>where sand dunes no longer existed; it all seemed very sad.<\/p>\n

It was 11:00 in the morning and no one was around; locals\"\"<\/a> obviously lived here,\"\"<\/a> but it seemed very desolate\u00a0to us.<\/p>\n

At our snails pace (which is Really, really<\/em> slow) it was dreadfully boring, we could not even break a sweat.<\/p>\n

Of course, it was a\u00a0beautiful day\"\"<\/a> and there were a few interesting things to see. \u00a0The house,\u00a0that was not,\"\"<\/a><\/em> that had a great view of the sea and sound, \"\"<\/a>the white elephant on the beach \"\"<\/a>and an interesting bar.<\/p>\n

Can’t complain about having to\u00a0once again<\/em>\u00a0cross the Intercostal Waterway,\"\"<\/a> since we’d\u00a0barely biked ten miles. \u00a0But we were<\/em> a bit surprised to find our hotel at the\u00a0bottom of the bridge, as we came to a screeching halt; we had severely\u00a0underestimated our already short 14 mile ride.<\/p>\n

This is one of our sacrificial days necessary to slow our arrival to the Outer Banks. \u00a0There was only one hotel with vacancy<\/em> to choose from and we were in the middle of nowhere, not in Sneads Ferry as expected. \u00a0We did have a beautiful view of a golf course, unfortunately we would have to bike to dinner.<\/p>\n

Sad as it is to report, it was less than a ten mile ride to our destination, today. \u00a0But, with a ride to the grocery store and then another ride to dinner,\"\"<\/a> we managed to squeeze out 16 miles……we hang our heads in shame.<\/p>\n\n\t\t