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Off Season in the Outer Banks, North Carolina

VisualXpressionsVisualXpressions Registered Users Posts: 860 Major grins
edited December 2, 2008 in Journeys
First year for a Family vacation with my Wife's side of the Family... Parent's, Brother and Sister their spouses and kids...

The week went off like a hitch... accomodations were nice complete with jacuzi and pool...

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Beach combing and picture taking...

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And some kite surfing...

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There are suposed to be 5 lighthouses scattered throughout the Outer Banks, We visited 3 and I put together this post card photo...

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There are a few (tame) wild horses on the Island of Ocracoke...

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Ocracoke Lighthouse

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Took my Wife and her Mother to the Elizabethan garden in Manteo on Roanoke Island, North Carolina

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Everyon had fun and got along wonderfully...

Winston
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    schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2007
    Beautiful photos of a lovely-looking place! I have never been to OBX but I think I am the only one on this side of the country who hasn't. You brought back wonderfully warm colors and a taste of the end of summer. Thanks for sharing!
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    ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,910 moderator
    edited September 23, 2007
    This looks like a great place to visit off the peak season.

    The lighthouses are pretty cool. Didn't they just move one of them like a
    mile or so to protect it from the encroaching sea?
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    VisualXpressionsVisualXpressions Registered Users Posts: 860 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2007
    Yes... I think it has been a while since it was moved... it is the candy cane stripped light house on the south end of Hatteras Island... my Brother-in-law climbed it and got a few shots I stiched togeter for him, which shows the path they took to move it...

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    swintonphotoswintonphoto Registered Users Posts: 1,664 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2007
    I think the image with the fence and the sand is very interesting. Nice job!
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    grimacegrimace Registered Users Posts: 1,534 Major grins
    edited November 30, 2008
    Wonderful looking shots!! I really like the lighthouses and the crab.
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    Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited November 30, 2008
    Hi Winston

    Great details, beautiful looking locale. What counts as off season? Looks like it is nice and warm and wonderful!

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    bob swansonbob swanson Registered Users Posts: 138 Major grins
    edited December 1, 2008
    :D Great images. I live about an hour and a half from there. Where did you stay? I'm actually considering moving fairly close to there but have to figure out how to make a living. The other closer lighthouse is Corolla of which is to the north. Last time I was there it was hard to get a good picture as development has just about surrounded the lighthouse and I believe it is now privately owned and the county is at war with the present owners and clamping down with unusually harsh restrictions.
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    saltydogsaltydog Registered Users Posts: 243 Major grins
    edited December 2, 2008
    Beautiful pics, thanks for posting these. I've always wanted to go to the Outer Banks since I love everything ocean, but my husband, who's lived there for a while a long time back, keeps insisting that "there's really nothing there". I particularly like the crab shot and those beautifully rippled dunes.
    all that we see or seem
    is but a dream within a dream
    - Edgar Allan Poe

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