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No matter how hard
And all of a There were some beautiful
Lyle checks ouch ... a good time
to be
I tried, Bubba Love
sudden the boats docked at
Murrell's out a
out of the water! I've
wouldn't believe my
"REAL" Bubba Inlet ... but my favorite
Jellyfish
always wondered how
fishing tale.
comes walking was this old tug
that had swimming just
Jellyfish navigate.
out and agrees to had seen some serious
off the dock in
pose by his statue. tours of
duty.
Murrell's Inlet
Awesome!
Lyle stands in
The level of detail is I can't
quite Just off Route 17 buried
... an era when travelers
front of a quilt
amazing. Lyle also figure it out,
but behind some old oak trees
on Route 17 kept such
he made
teaches quilting at something
about are the remnants of an old
establishments busy. The
(mounted on
Island Threads
this fishing boat at
motel ...
introduction of Interstates
wall)
Murrell's Inlet
drove many of these family
reminded me of my
owned motels into extinction
beautiful wife
Off to Ocracoke and
The two hour ferry ride from Approaching
Ocracoke Weather was not optimal
the Outer Banks of NC
the mainland makes you
Island
for camping, so we
(Yes, that's driftwood
appreciate just how far away
checked into the
in our Window)
the Outer Banks are. Before Pony Island Motel
ferries, Ocracoke Island
residents
were
very isolated.
No ... we will
I ran into the owner The perfect climbing
Pelican Single's
Ocracoke Lighthouse
NOT be buying
later on. He told me
tree!
Bar
was built in 1823 and
one for the
he welded this bike
is the 2nd oldest
yard!
out of old parts from
operating lighthouse
bicycles and cars.
in the US.
Off to explore the
There are 257 steps Hatteras is
My beautiful wife at Ed (who does not
Outer Banks of NC.
to the top of
the world's the top of
Hatteras like heights) stands
First stop, Hatteras
the lighthouse
tallest brick
Lighthouse
briefly at the edge
Lighthouse
lighthouse at
pretending to
198 feet
enjoy this!
Bodie Island
Ryan and I took a
Rita practices a
And she's airborne!
Rita poses with
Lighthouse
Hang Gliding Lesson at
takeoff with her
Everyone run!!
her Hang Gliding
Kitty Hawk about 10
instructor
instructor
years ago. Now it was
Rita's turn ...
There is nothing so
Cape Hatteras National
There was no one
This little crab was
relaxing as a walk along Seashore is an unspoiled
one around us for
almost perfectly
the beach. Wind, surf, view of what our beaches
miles
camouflaged in the
and hunting
for would look like without
beach sand
shells all the coastal development
The Outer Banks were beautiful ...
We'll definitely be back
sometime!
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