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Well today we achieved 2 goals, we have traveled over 500 miles and we crossed over into North Carolina. What a beautiful day! When we left our smelly hotel at around 6 AM there was a little bit of rain falling and the temperature was around 70 degrees. The route today was pretty simple, east on a busy highway for about 8 miles and then a right turn south that traversed the great dismal swamp. About 2/3 of it was a cycleway and trail that was really nice, then we got spit out onto the highway with no bike lane once again. It was a 2 lane highway and 99% of the cars and trucks moved over into the fast lane to allow us some room to maneuver. The 1% that did not got some choice words from me thrown their way. Once off the highway it was once again back country roads the rest of the way that were not much better, less traffic but only one lane each way. About 20 miles out from our destination it started to rain hard enough for us to get out the rain gear. Tina was actually getting cold! Today was by far our easiest and most enjoyable day as the weather stayed cool (high around 75) and the roads were flat. We will hope for more of this as we travel south…….