Today we drove to the tip of Hatteras Island and drove onto the 30
minute ferry to Okracoke Island, one of my favorite places in the
eastern United States. It an island with great legends about Black Beard
the pirate and his last stand, a people who have lived here for
hundreds of years isolated from the NC mainland, a quaint village with
cottages instead of beach houses, little coffee shops and beautiful
beaches. What I wanted to explore were two nature preserves where small
maritime forests have grown for centuries, some of the only forests of
their kind. These hikes were our first of what will hopefully be many
hikes in our nation's national parks this summer. While they were only a
few miles in total, the diversity was astounding for such small patches
of forest! Hear are a few photos of the trail and some of the animals
we found along the way. Help me identify the snake! We also saw crabs in
the hundreds, toads, ocean birds like egrets and ibis, as well as a few
different species of lizards and butterflies. The trees here are tough
southern pines, junipers with their pretty blue berries and Coast Live
Oaks with great sprawling branches.
Today we drove to the tip of Hatteras Island and drove onto the 30
minute ferry to Okracoke Island, one of my favorite places in the
eastern United States. It an island with great legends about Black Beard
the pirate and his last stand, a people who have lived here for
hundreds of years isolated from the NC mainland, a quaint village with
cottages instead of beach houses, little coffee shops and beautiful
beaches. What I wanted to explore were two nature preserves where small
maritime forests have grown for centuries, some of the only forests of
their kind. These hikes were our first of what will hopefully be many
hikes in our nation's national parks this summer. While they were only a
few miles in total, the diversity was astounding for such small patches
of forest! Hear are a few photos of the trail and some of the animals
we found along the way. Help me identify the snake! We also saw crabs in
the hundreds, toads, ocean birds like egrets and ibis, as well as a few
different species of lizards and butterflies. The trees here are tough
southern pines, junipers with their pretty blue berries and Coast Live
Oaks with great sprawling branches.
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