Touring, lighthouses and Wright Brothers Museum

Back again today over the bridge and realize that it is over the Oregon Inlet, named for a ship, not the state and on to Pea Island, part of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Our guide tells us that the Nags Head/Rodanthe area has about 30,000 full time residents but in the summer it swells to over 400,000 people.  WOW. Would hate to see the two lane road then. That means that most, more than 90%, of the houses are just rentals, they are huge, mostly 4-5 bedrooms starting at about $800,000 to buy and about $4000/week for rents.  There is one house that is apparently 20 bedrooms and rents for $20,000/week.  We did much better in Kona, right on the beach ! ! !   Raining on and off again today but can't believe how warm it is, about 80 with the rain!!

The only house left truly on the water.

Last night we saw the movie "Night in Rodanthe" starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane.  It was a great romance filmed mostly here in Rodanthe.  The house that was the center of the movie was located on a spit of sand where four or five houses washed into the sea right next to the movie house so it has now been moved about half a mile away from it's original site. Also, the woman who dies in the movie lives in Rodanthe and runs the Rescue Center Museum.  She was happy to tell us that she still belongs to SAG and gets residuals.  She was selling the DVD and autographing it. Great "chick flick" movie, my favorite type. 

A little blurry as we were in the bus

We stopped at two different lighthouses.  This one is the tallest brick lighthouse on the east coast.

Ken thinks he is smiling! ! 

 This is Bodie Island Lighthouse.  Pronounced "Body", not Bodie.

There was a warning at this lighthouse to watch for snakes, even on the walkways.  I didn't leave the area of the bus! !   LOL















The predecessor to the Coast Guard now has a great museum here too.

The missing shingles are the result of Hurricane Arthur just this past July 4th.

Did you realize that Kitty Hawk is in North Carolina, on this tiny spit of land?? This is where the Wright Brothers did all their work with the first planes.  Their Museum is here.