OBX Lighthouses

When we went to the Outer Banks, we went with some friends who go there every year. They've already done all the touristy stuff, but this was my 2nd time there and Dave had never been there before. So we went to 3 of the lighthouses on the Outer Banks.

First, we went to Currituck in Corolla.

Currituck Light House

Dave climbing the stairs

View from the top

That same day, we also headed to Bodie Island Lighthouse. We didn't realize it was under construction, which really is something you're not going to see very often. When this construction is done, you should be able to actually walk up it (they haven't allowed tourists to walk up because of structural problems).

Bodie Island Lighthouse

This lighthouse is right next to marshes and they had a little walkway to go out over the marsh.

Dave walking back towards the lighthouse

And another day we went to the Hatteras Lighthouse. This is the one you will generally see when you see a picture of a lighthouse in North Carolina. The drive to get there was nice, too. We were out of the commercial area and there were some places where you could pretty much see the ocean on one side and the bay on the other. Just beautiful.

The view from the top. They had to move the lighthouse because the sand is moved more towards the mainland and the other end of the parking lot is where it used to be.

Looking over the other side

I angled the camera down to get this one. This is the highest lighthouse on the eastern U.S. shore if I remember correctly.

Shot from right below

It was actually raining as we were driving and cleared up just as we got there, which made for some beautiful cloud cover.  I took this picture with my cell phone.