Mad Hatteras

Driving down the outer banks today to our next camp site in Ocracoke. Memorial Day weekend so weve had to be organised for a change and actually book somewhere!
Took a crazy little ferry half wayもっと詳しく
Driving down the outer banks today to our next camp site in Ocracoke. Memorial Day weekend so weve had to be organised for a change and actually book somewhere!
Took a crazy little ferry half wayもっと詳しく
Ocracoke island is beautiful! The other outer banks are nice, but have strip malls and chains. Here, there is just beach and not much else :)
Cycled into Ocracoke town and milled around, ending upもっと詳しく
A couple of relaxing but uneventful few days. We took a 2 hour ferry off the Okeycokey Island (as we renamed it) and then drove a couple of hours to a free little campsite by a boat launch. Bitもっと詳しく
We had our first really lazy day, just mooching around the campsite and doing a few chores. It's hard work this travelling malarkey! We spent the next day exploring Charleston. Highlight was the slaveもっと詳しく
Next stop was beautiful old town Savannah, think gorgeous town houses around immaculate squares with knarled old trees dripping with Spanish moss- oh yes we are in the South! Although instead of goodもっと詳しく
It was brutally hot in Savannah so we headed for the hills for some relief. We got as far as Elijah Clark State Park, which is the US's second largest man-made lake. It was bliss to douse off in theもっと詳しく
We had planned well the night before but I had a real hankering to get back on the Blue Ridge Parkway, even if it meant adding extra miles, and at one point I suddenly pulled off the road and had toもっと詳しく
We FINALLY made it onto the Blue Ridge Parkway (3rd time lucky) and it was absolutely glorious with blooming rhododendrons lining the roadside. A quick restock in Waynesville - the name says it all,もっと詳しく
We decided it was time to test our overnight gear (& ourselves) by doing some proper back country tramping (aka hiking to any non-kiwis reading). Once our permits were in order drove up to the top ofもっと詳しく
There wasn't much to be said for the town on the edge, but we did emerge reinvigorated and significantly less smelly. It was really nice to have wifi after the best part of a week with no signal, andもっと詳しく
Regina Young
I love lighthouse. Did you go to the top?
Regina Young
Nice!
Regina YoungLove lighthouses.