Scott's NC2SD Bike Adventure: North Carolina, come on and raise up

The trip has officially begun. Friday night at about 10pm, I started to take apart my bike to but in the box to take on the plane. After breaking a wrench getting the pedal off, I finally got everything disassembled and put in the box. I toke a 4 hour nap, and after waking up at 5am, began packing for the trip - don't want to rush. We (David & I) raced to the airport and barely made the flight. The flight was mainly World War II vets heading to Washington DC to see the memorials - and after hearing this, the passengers on the plane started clapping to recognize their contribution to the country. When we got off the plane in Baltimore (lay-over), the people in the airport also clapped as we got of the plane - I am pretty sure they were clapping for the vets and not for us.

We got to the Raleigh-Durham airport and then headed over to Charlotte for the NASCAR race at Lowe's Motorspeedway. It was an interesting experience. There were so many people there. I did not get the race. For the All-star race, they would race several laps, and then reset the race so that they were all bunched up again. Oh well, it was an experience.

Drove over to the outer banks today and met up with my fellow leaders - Angela, Ben and Dan. The weather here is amazing. We are staying at the Nags Head Church - Pastor Rick is very kind and generous. I look forward to 2 days of leader orientation, 2 days with riders and then on Friday we begin riding.