2012 2 4 T H - 2 7 T H NOVEMBER

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THIS WOULD BE LIKE IN THE PEAK OF FALL COLOR

SKYLINE DRIVE

ONE BEAUTIFUL VISTA AFTER ANOTHER

NEXT STOP IS THE

CAROLINA OUTER BANKS

WE COULD NOT DRIVE TO HATTERAS DUE TO SANDY’S ROAD WASH OUTS THE POLICE STOPPED US AND WE TURNED AROUND AND EXPLORED

ROANOKE ISLAND AND NAGS HEAD

GARY WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE WILDLIFE AND TWO DEER JUMPED OUT IN FRONT OF US

SURF IS UP

ON

NAG’S HEADSANDY COVERED THE BOARD WALK OUT THE

BEACH WITH SAND

LIFE

IS

GOOD

ON THE BEACH

WE HAD AN OUTRAGEOUS SUNRISE AT THE LOCAL WALMART

WE TOOK A FERRY TO OCRACOKE AND WE MADE A SECOND TRY FOR HATTERUS

WE BLEW IT BY NOT CATCHING THE EARLY FERRY AND ENDED UP NOT HAVING ENOUGH TIME TO GET TO HATTERUS AND BACK IN TIME FOR THE LAST FERRY TO THE MAINLAND

ON THE LEFT ABOVE THE WATER ARE MARKERS OF THE HURRICANE TIDE LINES OF OCRACOKE

THE BUILDING WHERE THESE MARKERS ARE LOCATED IS IN THE CENTER OF THE ISLAND

SANDY

WHAT WE SAW

1. MILES OF COTTON FIELDS

2. A MENAGERIE OF BIRDS

3. DOLPHINS

4. LLOYD WATKINS FROM WILMINGTON NC WHO TOLD US TO MAKE SURE WE SAW A PLANTATION BEFORE LEAVING THE SOUTH