The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-08-03
MORE TO BE SEEN
ON THE SIDE ROADS

roads to get better acquainted WIN
our state. | know of nothing more
interesting than a drive through
new and unaccustomed roads. The
change in scenery is restful to the
spirit and helpful to the mind.
In this age we are all hell-bent
to get nowhere in particular when
we start out from home. We de-
eide we will take a trip to the
mountains apd get there as quick
as we can, all worn out and both
cred. We have usually missed
thousands of mighty interesting
things that could have been OBJ
served on the way, If not on the
road we travelled, then on nearby
roads.
l have long been converted to the
idea of travelling all the roads pos
sible. have been across the state
several times to Mount Mitchell,
and to Murphy, our most western
county-seat. In all my journeys, ]
have never travelled the same roads
twice on the same trip. By taking
new route on my return, | get
double the worth of my trip.
Often, in going to Norfolk, | take
the road through TuIl's Creek, in
Currituck County. This road is
particularly interesting because it
traverses the part of the county
settled and developed first, and was
long an important road before the
wide concrete road was built.
Along the Tull's Creek road are
beautiful old farmhouses, and
well kept farms, and now, of course
since power lines have been built,
many expensive modern homes are
being added. And we see new bus
inesses established for the conven-
fence of the growing number of
fishermen and hunters who enjoy
this area.
On my journeys to the state
Capital, l have travelled all the
roads l know of that exist between
Manteo and Raleigh in the area
between New Bern and the Virgin
ia line, and l have found some of
the least used roads to be most
interesting of all. The interesting
homes, the numerous occupations
of the people who live along them,
all seem most educational, and l
would consider myself very poor
indeed if all l knew about eastern
North Carolina is what might be
seen on only one of the roads
that cross the state.
Riding does not appeal so much
to me as an outing because l ride
most of the time in my travels
through the Walter Raleigh Coast
land. Any ride to me can be druid
gerry; and, as most anyone tries to
do, | have learned how to make
necessary labor as easy as posi-
BILE. So long ago I learned to
avoid becoming tired of the same
old scenes time after time; l have
learned to make most every trip
a pleasant one.
When one travels through Hyde
County, he misses a great deal
that is enjoyable if he fails to
make a trip through the commun-
tiles of Middletown, White Plains,
Nebraska. Or through the Oyster
Greek and Tiny Oak sections, and
a ride around the rim of Lake
Mattamuskeet on both the north
and south sides is fully as inter
esting as the main travelled high
way. l have also travelled through
Sladesville, and Germantown, and
even been to the end of the New
Lake road, with it's interesting
and deserted village.
If one is going to Columbia from
Hyde County there is very little
to see on Route "a, but by turn
ing off through Gum Neck, the
farms and community scenes that
meet the eye are delightful indeed.
And if one has time, it is good to
drive the roads in the Creek sec
tien, up Frying Pan way, and
around the shore route to Fort
Landing.
The other day 1 was coming
from Plymouth, so / took the time
to drive most interesting newly
paved road between Pea Ridge and
Creswell. This road is far to the
north of us. "a, and one sees
along it more scuppernong grape
vines than anywhere else in the
world.
There are many time-saving
short cuts between Belhaven and
Washington, between Washington
and Wilson, and it is interesting
to travel these roads as well as
the most used routes. Likewise it
is interesting to go the new road
between Camden and South Mills,
on a journey across the northern
part of the state.
AS mentioned before, Sunday
ride doesn't appeal so much to one
who travels most of his time, as
it does to those whose only oppor-
tunity to get out is on Sunday. For