{"id":22040,"date":"2017-05-30T20:21:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T00:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=22040"},"modified":"2017-05-30T20:24:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T00:24:13","slug":"day-40-tuesday-may-30-ocracoke-to-rodanthe-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=22040","title":{"rendered":"Day 40. Tuesday, May 30. Ocracoke to Rodanthe, North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thunder, lightening and pouring rain roared through Ocracoke this morning. \u00a0Thankfully, \u00a0with a short ride today, we’d already planned a slightly later start. \u00a0At eight o’clock, though the sky was still dark, the rain had stopped and we were off.\"\"<\/a> \u00a0Still too early for vacationers to be up, we had the road to ourselves;\"\"<\/a> enjoying the quiet and watching the storm\"\"<\/a> as it went out to sea. \u00a0It was a splendid ride as the on-shore breeze moved us along with little\u00a0effort. \u00a0This\u00a0area north of Ocracoke is but a spit of sand\u00a0with a road. \u00a0A sand dune,\"\"<\/a> from large to non-existent,\"\"<\/a> is all that separates\u00a0the Atlantic Ocean from the Pamlico Sound;\"\"<\/a>can’t imagine what it is like when a storm comes through.<\/p>\n

We arrive at the ferry dock 30 minutes early, but just in time to duck undercover before another rain squall hits. \"\"<\/a>\u00a0It was still raining when we boarded the ferry. \u00a0We had front row seats as we stood on the metal deck of the ferry,\"\"<\/a> watching the lightening around us…..what is wrong with this picture?<\/p>\n

Though the distance between the two points of land is approximately two\u00a0miles, it is almost a 10 mile,\u00a0hour ride. \u00a0It is necessary for the\u00a0ferry to\u00a0make a large\u00a0U\u00a0around the constantly shifting and shallow\u00a0shoals\"\"<\/a> of the Hatteras Inlet.<\/p>\n

It was still raining when we disembarked from the ferry, but we made a quick stop with friends that were\u00a0still in Hatteras for the long weekend. \u00a0\"\"<\/a>It was great to see Chris and Sonya and their darling cottage, but we did not stay long.<\/p>\n

As we pulled away, all that was left of the storm was a wonderful tailwind, cool temperatures and a nice glimpse\"\"<\/a>of Hatteras Village.\"\"<\/a> We sailed up the road, trying to figure a way to go longer and take advantage of the wind, still enjoying\"\"<\/a> the “strange” sights.\"\"<\/a>A tasty lunch break\"\"<\/a> an hour later gave us time to find another motel further up the road. \u00a0What we had not taken into consideration is our turn in the road; we now had the wind\u00a0directly on our shoulder and not back. \u00a0So we bit off an additional twenty miles without a wind assist…..Oops!<\/p>\n

There were long stretches of unspoiled land,\"\"<\/a>clusters of homes \"\"<\/a>in the different communities and an abandoned\"\"<\/a> or storm damaged amusement park.<\/p>\n

Though the day was a bit disjointed with the ferry and original short day turning into 54 miles, our new accommodations were nice and dinner \"\"<\/a>was a short walk away. \u00a0Another good day!<\/p>\n\n\t\t