{"id":22146,"date":"2019-12-08T06:49:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T11:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=22146"},"modified":"2022-08-05T17:45:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T22:45:12","slug":"inner-banks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/inner-banks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Inner Banks, Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We spent the <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=22145\">first day<\/a> getting down to our base at Elizabeth City, North Carolina.&nbsp; That set us up well for Day Two.&nbsp; Now we could focus squarely on capturing some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">unvisited counties<\/a>.&nbsp; I decided to travel counter-clockwise (or anti-clockwise for the international 12MC audience).&nbsp; This map shows the actual coordinates I used to guide the drive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" 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state.&nbsp; Well, Virginia only has two natural lakes surprisingly enough.&nbsp; The other one &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mountain_Lake_(Virginia)\">Mountain Lake<\/a> &#8212; can be found in the state&#8217;s Appalachian region, although it exists only intermittently and covers barely 50 acres at its largest.&nbsp; Drummond, on the other hand, stretches something like 3,000 acres.&nbsp; Even so, it never gets deeper than about six feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final part of the drive featured several miles of gravel road through a wildlife preserve.&nbsp; We didn&#8217;t see much wildlife although we spotted a bald eagle before we got into the park.&nbsp; The road took us to a viewing platform and boat launch on the western side of the lake.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We saw only one other person this chilly morning, a bicyclist who had the same basic idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">High 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terrain.&nbsp; I think we stopped at Subway for lunch somewhere along the way.&nbsp; Eventually we returned to the northern shore of Albemarle Sound.&nbsp; There, I felt certain, we&#8217;d find something more exciting to see.<a name=\"roanoke\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Roanoke River Lighthouse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/49045588887\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49045588887_02215755c3_o.jpg\" alt=\"Roanoke River Lighthouse\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This route led us to Edenton, a place&nbsp; I would describe as &#8220;quaint.&#8221;&nbsp; I&#8217;m sure couples come here from Raleigh\/Durham or the Hampton Roads area for romantic weekends.&nbsp; It all seemed rather boutiquish and bed-and-breakfasty, if those count as words.&nbsp; 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around our hotel in Elizabeth City for the rest of the afternoon.&nbsp; Leaving Edenton and heading towards Hertford on U.S. 17, I spotted a billboard that seemed promising.&nbsp; It advertised &#8220;the oldest brick home in North Carolina.&#8221;&nbsp; I only had to turn right at the next light and go a mile.&nbsp; We figured we could detour for a mile to see an old brick home (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Newbold-White+House\/@36.1585148,-76.4543963,13z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89a560119f6d7a71:0xb297c15bcf88455!8m2!3d36.1659944!4d-76.4403201?hl=en\">map<\/a>).&nbsp; Why not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Technically, the <a href=\"https:\/\/perquimansrestoration.org\/pdf\/selfguidedtour.pdf\">Newbold-White House<\/a> was closed for the day but we could still take the self-guided tour.&nbsp;&nbsp; Quakers built the home in the early 1700&#8217;s, a pretty stately estate for that time period.&nbsp; They placed the home on the Perquimans River, a tidal estuary of Albemarle Sound.&nbsp; 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