tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28944274.post1890249099758471129..comments2023-08-10T23:28:30.929-04:00Comments on Til the Last Hemlock Dies: Counting Down...James Robert Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28944274.post-50623856733038104852014-03-28T09:51:06.268-04:002014-03-28T09:51:06.268-04:00All advice appreciated! We are going to spend thre...All advice appreciated! We are going to spend three days in a campground in the Croatan National Forest before we head to the Outer Banks. That area is actually one of the least populated in the USA. Almost no humans. Just animals. I'm hoping to be able to see a good night sky. They say it's one of the best around to stargaze.<br />James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28944274.post-83636023171208442502014-03-28T05:26:47.354-04:002014-03-28T05:26:47.354-04:00I haven't been to OBX since 1985 -- well, I ha...I haven't been to OBX since 1985 -- well, I have been to Topsail Island in 1987 and 1991, but that hardly counts. You really to drive the whole thing. You see a lot of different stuff, from the coastal jungle of Okracoke Island at the far south (and where Blackbeard headquartered) to the rolling green hills of Kill Devil. The ferry ride from Okracoke to the mainland is one long, boring-ass trip, about 90 minutes as I recall, if not more, so I'd save that for the very end, if anything. L. Roy Aikenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03299615367127357520noreply@blogger.com