Cape Hatteras
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One of the first adventures that we had was climbing Cape Hatteras together. Early on Columbus day we decided to drive down to Hatteras and climb the lighthouse. They are replacing the bridge that takes you over to Hatteras. Let's just say the new bridge will be huge. It is so tall and gave me the hebie-jebbies (yes I spelled that out) as we passed by the men and women working on the section that was not closed off on either side standing alone in the inner-coastal with a barge that gets them up and down from the area. It was crazy. We made it to the lighthouse and with ironic timing we found out that Columbus day was the last day open for climbing of Cape Hatteras and Bodie Lighthouses.
Each lighthouse has a fee to climb and this goes to the maintenance and upkeep of the lighthouse and the grounds. We paid our fee and we waiting as Hatteras has specific times you can climb to limit the number of people that are in the lighthouse at once and limit the people on the steps at a time.
So we waited our turn with 15 or 20 others. It was not to hot and we were smart enough to go back out to the car and switch our tennis shoes.
According to the National Park Service Cape Hatteras has 257 steps which almost the height of a 12 story building. It has landings so you can stop and rest or let others pass you or whatever needs to be done. There is not any air conditioning but could you expect that. The first lighthouse built in this area was completed in 1803. A really neat timeline of the progression of how the lighthouse was started and then how it moved along and new lighthouses were built and replaced and repaired is listed here.
Once we got to the top of the lighthouse it was great to see the view. The wind speed was about 30 miles an hour at the top of the lighthouse. Needless to say I had to stand a certain direction to keep all my hair out of my face.
We then were able to check out the really neat house outside the lighthouse and explore the grounds. Andrew is a sign reader and he loved seeing all the different areas of this park and not super packed with people so we enjoyed our space and had a great time learning some history in the process.
One of the first adventures that we had was climbing Cape Hatteras together. Early on Columbus day we decided to drive down to Hatteras and climb the lighthouse. They are replacing the bridge that takes you over to Hatteras. Let's just say the new bridge will be huge. It is so tall and gave me the hebie-jebbies (yes I spelled that out) as we passed by the men and women working on the section that was not closed off on either side standing alone in the inner-coastal with a barge that gets them up and down from the area. It was crazy. We made it to the lighthouse and with ironic timing we found out that Columbus day was the last day open for climbing of Cape Hatteras and Bodie Lighthouses.
So we waited our turn with 15 or 20 others. It was not to hot and we were smart enough to go back out to the car and switch our tennis shoes.
According to the National Park Service Cape Hatteras has 257 steps which almost the height of a 12 story building. It has landings so you can stop and rest or let others pass you or whatever needs to be done. There is not any air conditioning but could you expect that. The first lighthouse built in this area was completed in 1803. A really neat timeline of the progression of how the lighthouse was started and then how it moved along and new lighthouses were built and replaced and repaired is listed here.
Once we got to the top of the lighthouse it was great to see the view. The wind speed was about 30 miles an hour at the top of the lighthouse. Needless to say I had to stand a certain direction to keep all my hair out of my face.
We then were able to check out the really neat house outside the lighthouse and explore the grounds. Andrew is a sign reader and he loved seeing all the different areas of this park and not super packed with people so we enjoyed our space and had a great time learning some history in the process.
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