View from the balcony
Showing Grumps the fish
Walking with Memaw
Okay so a little history for you...Cape Hatteras Light is a lighthouse located on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks of NC and near Buxton [where we stayed]. We could literally see the lighthouse from our house. AMAZING! Anyway...over 1 million bricks were used in the construction of this structure in 1868-1870 and the lighthouse is still considered "operational" although modern GPS makes it easier to navigate the ocean without. It stands at around 200 ft naming it the tallest lighthouse in America.
Back to the beach...Water was super cold so only the feet came in contact [for me personally]. Daddy and Grumps were the brave ones and jumped in with Sampson. Unfortunately, Sammy had to learn the hard way NOT to drink the salt water. We sure felt bad for the people swimming upstream...ICKY!!!
And lastly, we took a ferry to the island of Ocracoke where we saw the Banker Ponies. The legend says that the ancestors of the ponies seen there today came from shipwrecked vessels in the Graveyard of the Atlantic or from Spanish explorers. Historians think the ponies came with Raleigh expeditions and were left on Roanoke Island. Bet you didn't think you were going to get a history lesson today, eh? Anywho - Sophie LOVED watching these ponies.
That's our trip in a nut shell. Had so much fun and very much loved the visit Grumps and Memaw. Thanks again for making the trip!!!
Hope everyone reading had a great holiday weekend. Happy Memorial Day, again, to ALL our soldiers!!
Love, love, love.
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