Thursday, September 16, 2010
Cedar Island RV Park & Marina, Sea Level, NC - May 13-17
This is a small, out-of-the-way park with decent-sized grassy spaces. It is on a creek which leads to Core Sound & is basically an estuary area. We have been taking it a lot slower here.
Monday we took a private ferry boat over to Cape Lookout Natl Seashore to see the last of the seven NC lighthouses. We saw the four northern ones on a vacation in 1999. Cape Lookout lighthouse has a black-and-white diagonal checkerboard pattern & a light that blinks every 15 seconds. It was constructed in 1857 & began operation in 1859. Today the light is fully automated and not open to the public, as it is considered an active working aid to navigation. There are also miles & miles of pristine beaches to walk & few people. The keeper's cottage is maintained as a visitor center on the island; NPS volunteers are there to answer questions.
Tuesday we drove to the harbor town of Beaufort, the third oldest city in NC. We saw beautiful waterfront houses that were built in the 1700s. We visited the NC Maritime Museum & learned a lot about maritime history. We ate lunch at a waterfront restaurant & strolled the docks, admiring the lovely sailboats & cabin cruisers from various ports. We even saw a sailboat from Telluride, CO! He said the first 500 miles were really rough.
Today we took the ferry to Ocracoke to surprise our friends, check out our parking spot for the next 11 days & see how we thought the ferry ride would be for the cats. We rode as walk-ons as there is plenty of passenger lounge area. It was a lovely day and we are looking forward to moving there on Friday.
Monday we took a private ferry boat over to Cape Lookout Natl Seashore to see the last of the seven NC lighthouses. We saw the four northern ones on a vacation in 1999. Cape Lookout lighthouse has a black-and-white diagonal checkerboard pattern & a light that blinks every 15 seconds. It was constructed in 1857 & began operation in 1859. Today the light is fully automated and not open to the public, as it is considered an active working aid to navigation. There are also miles & miles of pristine beaches to walk & few people. The keeper's cottage is maintained as a visitor center on the island; NPS volunteers are there to answer questions.
Tuesday we drove to the harbor town of Beaufort, the third oldest city in NC. We saw beautiful waterfront houses that were built in the 1700s. We visited the NC Maritime Museum & learned a lot about maritime history. We ate lunch at a waterfront restaurant & strolled the docks, admiring the lovely sailboats & cabin cruisers from various ports. We even saw a sailboat from Telluride, CO! He said the first 500 miles were really rough.Today we took the ferry to Ocracoke to surprise our friends, check out our parking spot for the next 11 days & see how we thought the ferry ride would be for the cats. We rode as walk-ons as there is plenty of passenger lounge area. It was a lovely day and we are looking forward to moving there on Friday.
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