Almost Coasting

We originally wanted to wander up the east coast, but we've seen Savannah, we've been to Hilton Head and Charleston, so in the end we decided to dash instead of coasting up the coast. Hence we made it from just north of Jacksonville to just south of Virginia in one day.

Spent the night in a Holiday Inn Express near Roanoake Rapids in northern North Carolina after a day of seeing the countryside streaming by. We haven't seen any live wildlife, but did see roadkill possums, raccoons, deer, armadillos. In Kingsland Georgia, where we spent the previous night, the hotel was full of Forest Service staff who were there to fight a fire in the swamp, hoping to prevent it from reaching private land and eventually the highway. First time I've ever heard anyone hoping for a hurricane ... best way to put out a forest fire in powder-dry countryside.

Today should be a bit more exciting. We are destined for Washington DC, and will try to drop in for lunch at Johnny Rocket's in Arlington ... not that the restaurant promises to be all that great, but it is managed by our Honolulu friend Yoko and her husband Kevin Ryder. It will be fun to sit at the counter and see the looks on their faces when they recognize their customers. We may get a chance to see the Smithsonian, and would like to take a tourist's look at the White House. Then tomorrow, we head to New York, and get to see Tristan and Olivia, and our sublet apartment in Brooklyn. It feels like our adventure is really beginning now. Up to this point, it's been more of a vacation.