NEVER TAKE FAMILY FOR GRANTED

Got off in the morning to stop by my cousin's house and see family I haven't been around in several years. It was perfect timing as the family was all visiting due to a 60th birthday party for my cousin. We got caught up on how everyone was doing and while I have loved to stay a couple days I had to get back on the open road.

Easier said then done. I went to start the bike and there was no juice. This was the second time it happened. Thankful that the guys at Cycle City threw a travel charger on her. We tried that for a bit an finally had to use a jumper battery. Good part was I got to stay a few extra hours and break bread. Off to higher places.

NOT MUCH RIDING. BUT STILL ADDING MILES

So after taking the first ferry I found out there is only 2 other ferries to get me off the island and I missed one and just made it in time for the second one which only by the grace of riding a motorcycle did they get me in. The bad news is I would be on the water for 2 hours before hitting the mainland. Half way across things turned dark, not because of a sunset but rather a storm moving in. When we hit Cedar Island and unloaded it was raining at a good rate. Being I still had 3 hours to get to Clayton NC to see some family I suited up in the rain gear and plowed out.

It was some of the darkest and hardest rain I have been in and called it any early night in Wilson NC. About 40 miles short of my destination.

100 YEARS AND SOME TECHNOLOGY HASNT CHANGED

It's amazing that given the timeline of human life we have only experienced flight for the last 106 years. That is the same time Harley rolled out their first motorcycle and the first automobile was launched. I remember the awe and inspiration the first time I visited Kill Devil Hills in the Outer Banks to see where the birth of flight took place. Two brothers hatched an idea to put a Machine in the air. The story and success is something worth exploring. The memorial is only 2 blocks from the ocean. The one picture looking down onto the field is where the brothers made their actual attemps and finally made the first controled flight over a few football fields. At this point in the trip I am making a change on the fly and heading further down the Outer Banks to Hateress.