Yes Virginia, you can still find a 79 cent cone!

Woke this morning to an unconnected world. Yikes! No phones means no obsessing over the hourly weather, no email, and no news. Nothing to do for it but get on the bike and ride. Our butts soon confirmed that this would be a short ride day. We followed the 16 mile route and had a really nice ride but we were both happy to be off the bike at the end. When you’re camping you do get up with the birds so we were done riding at 10AM! Hopefully the light day will make a longer ride tomorrow a bit easier. 

After a shower we took the tablet to use the wifi at the coffee shop so we could send a couple of emails about our primitive state and look for a local Verizon store. We located a store in Elizabeth City and took a drive up there with our very dead phones. Short story is Tom got a new phone which he needed anyway and mine can be cobbled together to hopefully last another few months until I can upgrade.

Now the real fun. We had seen something about a Catfish Hunter museum in Hertford which would be on our way back so I used Tom’s new phone to do some research on the way. Turns out it is a tiny exhibit in the Chamber of Commerce and would be closed on our arrival but they also mentioned a pharmacy with some memorabilia and 69 cent ice cream cones!


Woodard’s was a classic small town pharmacy with a very busy soda fountain. Tom insisted on a Large cone so it was 79 cents for that and I had a root beer float bringing us to a total of $2.44. Not a bad deal! We walked around the block with our ice creams and ran into a couple of other NC Cycle riders that were hoping to visit the museum. Chatted with them for a while and then visited the Catfish memorial

Back in the tent, another big rainstorm just hit but it seems to have blown over. Returning to the beer garden tonight, this time for Redneck Tapas! Then it will be early to bed so we can start the ride early tomorrow – weather looks fantastic