We were working our way south to see Josh and Athena in Ft. Benning, GA so decided to spend a little "alone time" on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, since we had never been there and always wanted to go. With perfect fall weather everywhere we went and following us on south, we decided on a spur of the moment beach vacation (yes, another one). We stopped briefly to see Kitty Hawk and an exhibition about the Wright Brothers and then made our way down the coast to a sleepy little town called, Buxton, right by the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. It was a delightful couple of days, as you can see.
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The Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kitty Hawk, the
site of the first airplane (heavier than air) flight by Wilbur and
Orville Wright, December 17, 1903. What we found interesting
about them was how meticulously they studied, designed
and re-configured their plans to achieve their success. |
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| A replica of their plane |
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Chicamacamico Life-Saving Station (in Rodanthe)
was the forerunner of the modern U.S. Coast Guard.
The men who worked here patrolled the beaches along
this treacherous stretch of land to save ships in distress. |
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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and Boo trying
to crawl out of our doggie pack |
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| Entrance to our favorite beach |
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| We had it all to ourselves |
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| Look at that sky! |
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| The light at the end of the day |
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| Our best buddy loving the beach |
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| Jim-on the phone!!!?? at Okracoke |
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| Biding our time while waiting for the ferry |
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| The ferry to the mainland |
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We love ferries! Jim is showing you a business card from
our friend, Cha Cha, who JUST HAPPENED to be at
"our beach" and left her card on our car because it was
from Boulder. Neither of us knew the other was there.
SERENDIPITY!! |
We drove down to Wilmington, NC but were too tired to see anything of that area and we were anxious to see our Athena and Josh the following day.
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| Sleepy boy in bed with Mom in our "dog friendly" hotel |
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