Below left is one of the better shots from the session - better than the cliché I think.
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Ken's Journal - Summer 2003
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Wednesday, 8/20/2003, Day 6.
Up early this morning - I want to be at Hatteras Light by
sunrise - no later than 6:30 am. Given the 30 minute trip, time for a
shower and to pack a lunch, that means I set the alarm for 5 am. I
actually hear the
alarm and get out of bed! I'm on the road by 5:45 am and get to the
Light in time for the sun to come up.
Below left is one of the better shots from the session - better than the cliché I think. |
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I make it to the ferry landfall
in Hatteras in time for the 8 am crossing. I'm third in line for
boarding. I was right - vacationers don't get up early.
The day is bright and shiny, the seas are calm and the crossing is easy!
From the landfall on Ocracoke it's 12 miles to the town of Ocracoke and
the Ocracoke Light. Above to the right is a shot of the Ocracoke Light
up close and below is one from across the
harbor.
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| Isabel Note: Both Hatteras Island and Ocracoke took a beating by Hurricane Isabel - a month after my visit. Among other things, Hatteras Island was cut in half between the towns of Frisco and Hatteras. The new "inlet" is some 200 yards wide. North Carolina State believes they will fill the inlet and restore the island to "normal." Ocracoke lost some 150 yards of shoreline on the east end and was cut in half east of the pony corrals. I've not heard what NC plans to do with that. | |
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Thursday, 8/21/2003, Day 7. This is a travel day -
Hatteras to Florida. I make it as far as the SC-GA line and spend the
night in a nice campground about 20 miles north of Savannah. Friday, 8/22/2003, Day 8. Traveling again - Make it to my sister's place located about 20 miles SW of Daytona on SR 415. |
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Weird Stuff. Found along RT 12 in Frisco NC on the Outer Banks (Roswell East?). I paused just long enough to make the shot.
The sign in the window says, "The alien will appear for photos for $5.00 - Earthling dollars - your camera, my alien." |
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| Next . . . In Brooklyn, NY, a woman saved her daughter from drowning in a backyard pool by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, which she said she couldn't have performed if she hadn't seen it on "Baywatch." -- So now watching Baywatch is good for you? | |
| Next . . . A 37-year-old man, having reported to a hospital emergency room in Wellington, New Zealand, with a knife embedded in his brain, waited, conscious, for six hours while doctors planned the complicated surgery (which was successful.) -- Is this man patient or what? |
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Ocracoke is the
only town on the island of Ocracoke. The year-round population numbers
about 750 and the economy appears to be based primarily on tourism with
commercial fishing running a distant second. Three ferries serve the
island. The one I came over on connects Ocracoke to the rest of the
Hatteras island chain and the other two connect to the mainland at Cedar
Island and Swan Quarter. Ocracoke makes a nice day visit - picturesque,
quiet, lots of outdoor activities and good restaurants. The town is small
enough, you park your car at the public parking lot and either walk or
bike around town.
After a couple hours biking around
town, I'd seen pretty much all of it and made my way back out to the
ferry. There were no crowds going this direction! I drove right on the
boat. I made it back to Waves by 2 pm, took a 10 mile bike ride, cleaned
up, had dinner and started getting ready to leave tomorrow.
