Day 1 (Tuesday) -- Arrived at the check-in station in Salvo to pick up our sheets and keys. The thumbnails on this page average 10 KB (KiloBytes); the big pictures average 100 KB. The original pictures average 400 KB, and are available on request.
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Day 2 (Wednesday) -- Took a bird walk on the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge boardwalk. This is a little blue heron.
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Day 2 (Wednesday) -- Immature little blue heron.
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Day 2 (Wednesday) -- Judi on the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge path.
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Day 3 (Thursday) -- At 8am, we took the guided tour. Our leader is a bird-o-thologist with a high powered scope. We identified 25 species.
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Day 3 (Thursday) -- We saw a lot of rubble along the side of the road; including boats, RVs, and wood. Note the house in the background that is tilting toward the ocean. This is the aftermath of hurricane Isabel.
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Day 3 (Thursday) -- Birds on the beach.
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Day 3 (Thursday) -- Hatteras Lighthouse with the sun behind it.
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Day 4 (Friday) -- Jellyfish at the Oregon Inlet.
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Day 4 (Friday) -- Fishing at the Oregon Inlet.
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Day 4 (Friday) -- Driving on the beach with tires at 20 psi.
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Day 4 (Friday) -- Betty and Mike Bar-B-Qing oysters.
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Day 6 (Sunday) -- The porch picture.
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Day 6 (Sunday) -- Another horse sculpture. We saw 4 or 5 of these horse/unicorn statues on the Outer Banks; they must have had a contest or something.
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Day 6 (Sunday) -- The Wright Brothers mural in the Centennial Pavilion.
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Day 6 (Sunday) -- The Wright Brothers monument.
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