Our slice of sand between the house and the waves was delightful and kept beckoning for us between classes and meetings.
We obeyed well.
And while finding a shark tooth (another for Darcy and a first for Ian) was on the mind, we also wanted to do a little further exploring of the area.
So we loaded up and headed as far as you can go on Hatteras Island without actually getting on the ferry to Ocracoke ~ the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum.
It's not a huge museum and while it had more (super interesting) reading than artifacts there were some really cool things inside, including the original Fresnel lens from the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
Even cooler than that, there were two glass display boxes with items that came off the Queen Anne's Revenge (our Pirates of the Caribbean fans totally geeked out over those, but they were in a 'no photos' zone). We spent about an hour viewing, reading and trying to locate all the items on the scavenger hunt list. The littles even learned that there have been several modern shipwrecks that spread interesting cargo on the beaches of the Outer Banks...once a ship carrying bananas from the tropics and once a giant tanker laden with Doritos littered the shores with unopened bags of Cool Ranch and Nacho Cheese Dorito bags.
Of course we had a lovely beach back up in front of our house, but we decided to check out the dangerous Diamond Shoals area. From our vantage point on the beach where we played frisbee, tossed a football and tried to decide if we really wanted to see just how cold the water was, it looked not so intimidating.
Our eldest loves to tell us that we're not millennials and therefore shouldn't be taking selfies. But our ability to catch quirky angles begs to differ, yes?
After causing many groans while we took a few pictures, we all shook off the sand and began the journey back north to Bros Sandwich Shop (Kylie's choice of grub for her birthday dinner). But along the way we told the kids to keep their eyes peeled...a UFO had been spotted in the area.
Several responded, "Oh yeah, I saw a UFO on our way down to the museum." Funny that not a word was spoken about it then. Literally right on Hwy 12, you can't miss this 'must see' tourist stop while in the Frisco area on Hatteras Island.
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just because we're 'cool like that' we laughed as we elicited groans while grabbing a selfie in front of the futuro house
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Last stop before dinner, just because we could. To me there is simply something nostalgic about the time of lighthouses and so we drove onto the grounds, left the kids listening to music in the van and took a quick stroll over to stand in the shadow of the tallest brick lighthouse in the United States.
Our adventures delivered us back into Avon right at 5:30, a respectable time for some delicious sandwiches for dinner...we were thankful for the warmer temperatures so we could eat at the table instead of in the van!
Hatteras just keeps offering more cool things to explore!
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