All the years I've/we've been coming to the Outer Banks, we've never checked out the Currituck Beach Lighthouse. I've seen the one in Cape Hatteras, but this is the first one I've actually walked up. I find these lighthouses amazing. I mean, how did they build these things back in the 1870's? The walls are over 5 feet thick in some places. And they were originally powered by oil and wicks! Crazy.
Up the 214 narrow, spiraling steps we walked and it was so much fun! Bode is just so happy to be physically active and CLIMBING anything. It was a relief to step out from the muggy heat inside the lighthouse into the ocean breeze. The view from the top was gorgeous, with the ocean on one side and the sound on the other.
Up the 214 narrow, spiraling steps we walked and it was so much fun! Bode is just so happy to be physically active and CLIMBING anything. It was a relief to step out from the muggy heat inside the lighthouse into the ocean breeze. The view from the top was gorgeous, with the ocean on one side and the sound on the other.
After our lighthouse adventure we grabbed some lunch at the Tomato Patch and enjoyed chocolate dipped cones for dessert. Yu
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4 comments:
What a neat adventure!! You guys are doing so many fun things and I'm so glad you had a lovely lighthouse day!! :)
Oh, that looks heavenly! I've always liked lighthouses, but I've never been up one either!
Yummy pics, Ashlee-glad it's all been fun. I really like the new Udvar-Hazy center (air and space museum). I will email you my photos from the park day. Corinne took some beautiful ones of Keegan.
I love that lighthouse! I have a picture of me and Xavier at the top when he was about 18 months old. I think I carried him most of the way. That was a lot of steps :)
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