So we set forth September 4th on our summer/fall road trip, stopping first to see Rebecca, Jeremy, and Penelope in Cary, and then proceeding on to North Carolina's Outer Banks, and specifically Cape Hatteras. We camped a couple nights on the beach at the Oregon Inlet, drove as far south as possible, saw the Graveyard of the Atlantic museum (separate post), then north to Kittyhawk and the Wright brothers museum there (ditto), and then to Duck for a stroll on its boardwalk. All of this are was new to us.
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| Welcome to Cape Hatteras! |
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The dunes and beach beyond our encampment; note cars parked all
over the beach, a National Seashore |
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Surf; at this point we are beginning to remember that we are not really
beach people, despising a) the sand, b) the wind, c) the scorching sun,
d) the icky sticky water, e) the stinging/biting insects, f) the sting/biting
denizens of the deep (and shallows), not to mention the ones that want to
eat you... |
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| Our encampment |
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| Cape Hatteras lighthouse |
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| Tiny (rental) houses |
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So one of the sights to see are all the houses at risk of
being washed away...many have been lost in recent years...
storms, current changes, rising seas... |
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Efforts are underway to rebuild some of the beaches and dunes
in order to save the houses; note dredge off shore...of course, dredging
out there is just going to further change the currents in soon to be
discovered ways... |
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| Needs a lot more sand |
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| One of the sleek curvy bridges in the area |
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| At the Oregon Inlet "fishing center" |
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| Important information |
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| Fixer-upper bird house on the Duck boardwalk |
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| At an impressive glass store on the boardwalk |
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| And the usual tourist fare |
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