Friday February 25. Our drive from Chapel Hill took us through Eastern North Carolina, over much flat agricultural land, then rivers, bays, inlets, and swamps and a long bridge over Croatan Sound, part of Albemarle Sound, to Roanoke Island where Tom’s sister Pam, Ray, Darren and Snickers live in Manteo. After a nice visit with them we all went to dinner at a famous beach place known for seafood, of course, Tortuga’s Lie, then to our incredible condo on the ocean in Kill Devil Hills.
Saturday February 26. The
condo was generously offered to us by Ray’s mother Ina. We could hear the waves crashing all night, just forty yards away. Then we awakened to stunning views of the ocean from the top floor bedroom and the second floor living and dining room. Pam came over (we’re about 16 miles from their house) and we took a long beach walk, had dinner, hung out and caught up on family and friend news. [Our front yard at sunrise, at left] Sunday February 27. The weather is warm one day, then very cool and windy the next. Sunday was nice, about 60 degrees. Monday looked about the same, so we planned our first coastal golf outing for then. Today we went with Pam to what seems like an ano
maly on this stretch of beach, the Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve, “one of the best examples of a maritime forest remaining on the eastern seaboard”. It is a Nature Conservancy project. We took a trail through the woods for a hike of about four miles and only got lost once taking us a mile off our intended path. [Photo: Swamp in the woods]
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