The Outer Banks are a string of barrier islands off the North Carolina coast.
Beautiful, rugged, and individual,they are to me about as creative a hotbed
as Key West. In fact, it is on these islands that I wrote my first book.

Each island has its charm and beauty and I love each one, but it's Hatteras
Island and Ocracoke Islands that I love the most.

Hatteras Island is home to the Cape Hatteras LIghthouse and is depicted
in several adventures in my first book. Just off these shores is The Graveyard
of the Atlantic. So treacherous are these waters that many ships have
been lost.

Ocracoke Island, called the Jewel of the Outer Banks is a stunning strip
of land 14 miles long by half mile wide. All but a small part is designated
as National Parks land which means no condos on the beach and no
billboards on the roads. Lots of the Pug adventures were
written here. Ocracoke is also famous for being the stomping grounds
of the infamous pirate Blackbeard.

It's been a while since I've traveled to The Outer Banks but I thought you'd enjoy
these photos from my last trip there in 2006.

   

 

   

 

 


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Copyright 2009 Diana Taylor, Pug At The Beach
Photo credit: All photos by Diana Taylor taken on Ocracoke and Hatteras Islands, North Carolina

For copy & paste:
http://www.outerbanks.org/ (The Outer Banks)
http://www.facebook.com/pugatthebeach#/album.php?aid=2009866&id=1449573827 (my Key West photo album on Facebook)
http://www.nps.gov/caha/parknews/nps-offers-july-full-moon-tour-of-the-cape-hatteras-lighthouse.htm (Hatteras Lighthouse - full moon tour in July)
http://www.graveyardoftheatlantic.com/ (Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum ~ excellent and well worth the trip)
http://www.nps.gov/caha/ocracoke-island-lighthouse.htm (Ocracoke Island Lighthouse)
http://www.ncmaritime.org/blackbeard/default.htm (Blackbeard)
http://www.ocracokeislandrealty.com/ (Ocracoke Island, this site is from the Realty office by the same name.)

Captions for the above photos:
Ocracoke Island Lighthouse
The beach at sunrise
Shrimp boat
Pamlico Sound, as seen from the Salvo Recreation Center, Salvo, Hatteras Island
On the ferry
Hatteras Lighthouse
Ghost crab
Boardwalk to the Ocracoke beach
Last 3 photos are of Ocracoke beach