2018 Oct 10 Outer Banks

Above the historic Cape Hatteras Light House.  It's got to be the best known and most beautiful in the US.

Below the marina at Hatteras, North Carolina at the south end of the Outer Banks.  It must be pretty good fishing with as many fishing boats as we saw.

Above these very large homes with beautiful views on the Outer Banks coast.  Below is the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum.

The Civil War ship USS Monitor and the WWII merchant ship Mirlo both sank along the coast near Hatteras.  These are two of many ships that have gone down in this area.  The Monitor due to a storm and the Mirlo by a German submarine that torpedoed it.  The Mirlo sank near Nags Head and is a popular diving spot.

The predecessor of the US Coast Guard was the US Life Saving Service founded around 1874 .  

Below the first US Life Saving Service in Chicamacomico, North Carolina, not far from our campground about 30 miles south of Nags Head.

Above the cook house in the Life Saving Service Station.  They quickly out grew the station above so moved to the building below in just a few years.

Their proudest history of the Life Saving Service is the many sailors they saved when the Mirlo was torpedoed by the German submarine.

Below the sunset from our campground in the Outer Banks.