North Carolina Outer Banks

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	North Carolina Outer Banks
	This is a shot of some of the historic houses that line Beaufort's (NC) historic district. Founded in the early 1700s, Beaufort has many intact historic homes, all of which have long porches lining both floors allowing breezes into every room. I took this from a boat on the waterway.
	This is a banker pony. A descendent of Spanish mustangs that escaped when their ship wrecked on the shoals of the Outer Banks. Its head is about as high as mine -- 5'4".
	This is the tallest brick lighthouse (180') in the U.S., Cape Hattaras. Like Cape Cod's, it had to be moved one quarter mile from its original location to avoid a topple into the ocean. As you may know, lighthouses have three distinguishing characteristics: the paint design of its tower, the frequency and pattern of its light, the pitch of its horn.
	This is a huge sand dune in Nags Head at a state park. It is the largest I've ever seen. While you're walking on it, it is easy to see how people could get lost in the Sahara. The wind blows away your tracks very quickly making it impossible to even return the way you came.
	Despite the sand dune's size, it has surprising little, and therefore precious, beach fauna keeping it in place.
	This is the watershed area of the Intracoastal waterway which runs from NJ to Florida, providing slow-going but calm passage south.