On the Road with T and S

We left the Outer Banks on Sunday and headed back to the mainland. We had planned to continue south along the coast but due to the effects of hurricane Dorian we were unable to get to the Ocracoke which was very badly affected. We spent Sunday night in Greenville, NC and drove on to Wilmington, NC on Monday. We stayed right on the riverfront and we were able to enjoy walking along the Riverwalk with great views of Cape Fear river and the WWII  Battleship, the North Carolina which is moored across the river.  Tuesday morning saw us drive back to the coast, stopping for a walk on Ocean Isle Beach and an overnight stay in Myrtle Beach, SC - another lovely beach. We were pleased that it was off season and very peaceful as it gets so crowded in high season.  On Wednesday morning we drove to Charleston, stopping for lunch in T.W. Graham & Co, in sleepy McClennanville, SC.  We had read that this was where you could get the best fried ve...

We left Dublin on Tuesday, 17th September and flew to Charlotte, NC via New York. The next morning we picked up our car, a Chevrolet Equinox. We drove to Raleigh, NC for an overnight stay and then on to the Outer Banks the following day. Our journey took us through lovely verdant countryside. Our first experience of the Outer Banks was the quaint town of Manteo on the island of Roanoke. We had lunch in the Lost Colony restaurant, which we discovered was named for the 115 English settlers, men, women and children who disappeared without trace in 1587. We then walked around the town and visited the Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse.  We then drove over the causeway to Bodie Island and up to Kill Devil Hills where we stayed for 3 nights. It was extremely windy when we arrived and the ocean was very rough. On Friday morning we visited the Visitors Center at the Wright Brothers National Memorial where we saw exhibits that reveal an intimate look at the life of Wilbur an...