MST Trek Day 76

Right now, I am at the Oregon Inlet Campground, 21.2 miles from the end of the trek.  This morning when I woke up, it was amazingly cool and windy, and the rain was gone.  We started off the morning with a nice layer of cloud cover and the miles ticked off quickly. Before we knew it, we had crossed over the 900 mile mark.  It is still hard to believe that we are so close to the end.  Around 11:00, the loud cover had lifted and the sun came out, but it was still rather pleasant.  A guy pulled over on the side of the road, gave us water, and told us he was Scott from the Coast Guard. He said he thought what we were doing was amazing, and that he and the rest of his unit had been following us online.  We had to walk on Highway 12 for most of the day because there were many more beach closures.  The woman at the Pea Island Wilderness Reserve also heard that we were coming, and told us that there are 3 different endangered birds nesting on the beach.  When we start tomorrow, we will have 5 miles of clear beach to hike.  That will be great! We made another  18 miles today and could have gone further, but decided to stop so we would not run out of miles before Saturday.  We have a great campsite right on the beach, and if we can ever get a fire started, Jef is cooking pork chops, baked potatoes, and corn on the cob.  We are looking forward to meeting us with Jesse and his family after we hike tomorrow.  They are coming from Durham to watch us finish the trek on Saturday.