On the warm and mostly sunny afternoon of November 5, Janet Smith and Bob Laney pedaled our e-bikes the length of the Wilmington City to Sea Trail. The trail mostly follows Eastwood Road (US Hwy 74) from the eastern side of Wilmington to the Intracoastal Waterway on the mainland side of Wrightsville Beach.
The trail has several distinct sections. The western part is an asphalt paved trail running between a major traffic street and developed houses mixed with shopping centers. Then it joins city sidewalks for a number of blocks. Several places require crossing small side streets. One major intersection requires crossing a major highway of about 10 lanes. Fortunately, a stoplight helps with the crossing.
The eastern part of the trail ducks down into shaded woods on another asphalt paved trail winding between a forest and a wooden fence protecting the upscale Land Fall housing development. This trail opens out of the woods onto a quaint street of small houses looking over an estuary to the Intracoastal Waterway.
Most of these houses have a small yard across the street adjoining their boat docks. Janet and I had our picnic lunch on a wooden bench in one of those yards. A good time was had by all.
