Bodie Island, Nags Head

We had intended to go to Cape Hatteras to see the lighthouse there but as the road is only one lane each way and the traffic would be really slow we decided to go and see the one at Bodie Island instead. Tickets for the climb to the top were all sold out (only one person can climb at a time) which was probably just as well as I don't think I could've done it. The lighthouse is still used and the keeper's cottage is now the Visitors Centre. Lighthouses each have their own pattern of blinking lights at night, which tells mariners where they are. During the day they can see the patterns on the lighthouses which also tells them where they are, hence the different swirls, stripes etc on them. The one on Bodie Island dated back to 1872 and the building at the base was marked 1871.
Some shots of the lighthouse, with the Visitirs Centre in the fifth and looking up the staircase inside the lighthouse in the fourth.Read more