: About Me

Hi I am Ric Hylton. I currently reside in the state of Virginia. I have a passion for travel and writing about it. I try to find the unusual even in the common places. I much prefer being a traveler to a tourist. Writing helps me to observe more deeply. It gives a pathway from the mundane detail to the mystical event.

My passion is ...

Travel

I know too much about ...

Roads in the United States

My parents always told me ...

You should try harder to be like everyone else.

My childhood ambition ...

was to make childhood last as long as possible.

My favorite memory ...

is hopefully one I'll have from tomorrow.

Why I write ...

Every story I write means one less voice in my head.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Listening to my heart.

My first job ...

On a farm.

My best moment ...

I hope I haven't had my best moment yet....gee that would be depressing.

My inspiration ...

Charles Kuralt and Hunter S. Thompson....I may be their love child, DNA is inconclusive.

Travel > Kansas Destinations Travel destinations: Ocracoke Island, NC

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I find myself always searching maps. Searching for the places where the road ends. So when I noticed on the North Carolina map that several roads ended on their journey to this little island town, I was hooked. Add in a ferry ride and the fact that the most famous pirate in the world actually meet his violent end here and the seed of a road trip was planted. It seems I just had to go to Ocracoke, the most secluded and least developed town on North Carolina's Outer Bank. Any trip to Ocracoke will either involve a ferry or a plane. There are three ferries serving the island. The most popular...

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