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    Wild horses on Shackleford Island
    1Panoramic view of Barden InletThe small building low and to the right is where lamp oil was stored.Light keepers house.Art work at the little concession store.Gets busy by noon with boaters sunbathing.The ferry boat that comes over from Harkers Island.A panoramic view of the ocean beach on the other side of the spit here.Sunset in Barden Inlet. You can barely make out the USCGC Richard Snyder in the sunset.Look close, and you can see the light in the lighthouse.

    Cape Lookout

    May 29, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F

    12 miles was all today. Left Middens Creek at 8am, and arrived at Cape Lookout shortly after 10a. Beautifully calm day. We anchored in Barden Inlet in front of the Cape Lookout lighthouse and kayaked and kaboated into shore to walk on the beach and visit the lighthouse and keepers quarters. Back to the boats for lunch. Bill and Mike moved across the small bay here over closer to the ocean side. I stayed here to read and watch the sunbathers. Lol. Coming into Barden Inlet, we passed Shackleford Island and were treated to the view of several wild horses. The USCGC Richard Snyder is anchored over on the other side of Barden Inlet from where I’m at. This will be the last night of our trip. Tomorrow we’ll be back at the boat ramp where are rigs are, about 10 miles away. As you look at the pictures of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse, the interesting thing about this lighthouse is that the diamonds represent direction. The white diamonds face east-west, while the black diamonds face north-south.Read more