The Outer Banks

It was fun to drive the length of the Outer Banks.  It confirmed how wonderful Ocracoke is, as the other famous towns - Nag's Head, Kitty Hawk and Cape Hatteras are condo clusters and considerably larger than Ocracroke.

Ocracoke Harbour

It doesn't get much better than this - no chain stores, boats of all decriptions and the traffic is mainly golf carts and locals on bikes...some riding with cell phones and/orsipping beer.

The Ocracoke lighthouse is white, without the distinctive black graphics that distinguish the other lighthouses along the Outer Banks.

Cape Lookout

We had a steady wind and 4 -6 foot seas on our jaunt out to Cape Lookout from Beaufort.  We shared the bay with a Coat Guard cutter, but even with their presence were nervous to swim as we had heard of shark attacks here a year ago.