…takes place on the bike.

I was knocking sand off my shoes the other day when I was getting ready to leave Oregon Inlet campground.  This caught my eye.

I called a bike shop: Island Cycles, down the Outer Banks in Avon, North Carolina.  John, the proprietor, said he was closing early to clean up damage at home left by the recent hurricane, but would leave a replacement screw on his porch if he wasn’t going to be there.

He hadn’t left by the time I arrived, and so I bought three of these.

He installed the screw, made sure all the others were tight, and I was on my way.

I’m heading for Wilmington, North Carolina today. It’ll be my last full day in this great state.