{"id":2437,"date":"2022-08-15T14:19:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/?p=2437"},"modified":"2022-08-15T14:19:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:19:59","slug":"a-visit-to-the-coast-part-1-cape-lookout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/a-visit-to-the-coast-part-1-cape-lookout\/","title":{"rendered":"A Visit to the Coast \u2013 Part 1 – Cape Lookout"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Liz points out the location of their boat business, DownEast Marine, on a large map!<\/p><\/div>\n

Last weekend we got to spend a weekend with our daughter, son-in-law, granddaughter and grandson-in-law, and great-grandson on Harker\u2019s Island, near Beaufort, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

We had a wonderful time, checking out Beaufort, having some great meals, visiting the NC Aquarium at Pine Sholls. More on the Aquarium trip later in the week.<\/p>\n

There were a few extra little moments \u2013 getting to hold and cuddle my great-grandson, passing the giant Blackbeard statue at DownEast Marine (the boat business owned and operated by daughter and son-in-law), and seeing a family of bears (mama and two cubs) run across the road in front of the car. Unfortunately, I couldn\u2019t whip out my phone fast enough to get a picture of the bears. They were moving fast and disappeared into the underbrush quickly.<\/p>\n

We also had a chance to cruise the area in daughter and son-in-law\u2019s own boat.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Once the boat was launched into the sound off Harker\u2019s Island, we (four of us; the family with the young baby decided he wasn\u2019t quite ready for his first boat trip) headed for Cape Lookout and its most famous landmark, the lighthouse there. It\u2019s a quick twenty-minute jaunt in the boat, but navigation is tricky because much of the water is shallow, no more than a couple of feet deep in places. There are channel markers, but they can be hard to see.<\/p>\n

Cape Lookout is an island that marks the southern end of the Outer Banks. It\u2019s accessible only by boat, but there is a ferry (people, not cars) that runs from Harker\u2019s Island.<\/p>\n