Day 6: Wednesday June 3

This is the first time in the trip we are staying two nights at a campsite.

We woke up early to watch the sunrise from our campsite.

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse – they are refurbishing it. Due to erosion they moved the lighthouse inland 800 meters.

Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum

The houses are all on high stilts and look like fancy treehouses.

Isla and Caleb will have a collection like this one day! All different Junior Ranger badges.

We went back to the Cape Hatteras Light Station to do the Junior Ranger Program

The roads especially from Bruxton to Hatteras has drifts of sand that they use a loader to clear

Driving around OBX has lots of variety. The more south we go the more I like it.

Bodie Lighthouse

We climbed Bodie lighthouse. They only allow 8 people every 20 minutes because only 1 person can be on each set of stairs.

Fort Raleigh: England’s First Home in the New World

“Amongst the shallow blue waters of the Outer Banks lies Fort Raleigh on Roanoke Island. Shaped by constant winds of change, Fort Raleigh has become a focal point of American history. From the first Algonquian-speaking people to the first English colonies, from formerly enslaved people starting anew to an inventor testing new radio technology, this island continues to be a place to forge new paths.”

We think we must be missing something about “The Lost Colony”. The majority of the museum was devoted to the mystery behind the lost colony in the 1585-1590. There was a group of over 100 people who “settled” the land by murdering the North Carolina Algonquian people and taking their land. Then when the main guy went back to England for a supply run and came back everyone left behind had disappeared. They either changed their ways, became good neighbours and tried to mend things with the locals OR they kept trying to murder people and the locals won.

North Carolina Wildlife Refuge

We didn’t have enough time to explore Alligator River in the refuge but we checked out the visitor center.

Jockey’s Ridge State Park

Jockey’s Ridge State Park is home to the tallest living sand dune system on the Atlantic coast.

Isla has become the best at finding where to eat! She researches the area and reads reviews to find the best local food. For supper tonight she found Kill Devils Frozen Custard and Beach Fries and it was so so good! Kill Devil Hills is the name of the town.