Leaving James' house in Greenville around 8am we road through sunny blue skies with moderate temps with bouts of modest headwinds, arriving into Belhaven at 1:30. Today was our last " longish" cycling day. We have two more days until we reach Buxton. Both days will consist of about 30 cycling miles plus additional ferry rides to make our way east and north towards Cape Hatteras. Almost done!!👍
There's still a physical legacy of cotton here but we didn't see much cotton growing, at least that we recognized. 
Mostly a flat topography that we road through today with the majority of it in agricultural use , the remainder wooded.
A blue skies and smiles selfie from my cockpit. 
Finally into Belhaven, NC a small, quaint town that used to thrive as a fishing/crabbing area but has evolved into a more tourist, water recreation area. It is a well kept town from what we saw. It sits on the last wide swath of the Pungo River before it empties into the Pamlico Sound, the sound that separates the mainland from the Outer Banks. 
Apparently Belhaven is famous for its crabs too. This one in front of the town library.
We had a very nice Friday night dinner at the Tavern at Jacks Neck, the old name for Belhaven. I happened to meet a gentleman named Jim as we were leaving our B&B for dinner. Introducing ouselves we chatted breifly and said good bye. Surprised to find out he was the manager at the tavern and he got is set up at a great table and treated is to our first round of drinks!🍺 Nice people here in Belhaven!
Karen, our host at the West End B&B recommend this spot for catching the sunset. It was beautiful. 
Tomorrow we'll finally see the big water!!
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