As the sun goes down

Here are some pictures (may have shown some before) of a sunset on the Outer Banks.  It was really beautiful out on the beach.  We stayed out there until the sun disappeared.

Allison and her mom looking towards the water.

This seems like a lonely picture to me with the people on the skyline.

Outer Banks III

Went to see the house above on the Outer Banks.  It's it a beauty?

Another shot.

Also run upon an old schoolhouse in the picture above.

Here's Mr. frog puffing up.  This was on a nature trail that we took

Actually got to see a wild horse.  To really see them you had to drive out on the beach where there was a lot of loose sand and I just wasn't ready to take that chance because driving in loose sand can be tricky.  It's too easy to end up sitting on the frame of your vehicle and you can't move.

Outer Banks II

The first shot is from a pullover along the road.  We happened to see the bird on the nest and thought it was kind of a pretty area so naturally we stopped to look around. The rest of the shots are from a nature trail that we hiked.  It was a really enjoyable hike.

Outer Banks

Our first stop on the Outer Banks was Kitty Hawk.  It was interesting to look around and read about the Wright Brothers.  There was a museum there that we explored that told a lot of history.

This is just a shot of the beach along the way.

Another beach shot.

Allison standing in the water.

Swamp

We went to another place in Virginia after we left Virginia Beach and went for a walk on a boardwalk hoping to see some animals.  Obviously, from the pictures below it was kind of swampy and I happen to see the sun reflecting in the dirty looking water and thought it was kind of pretty.

Of course no trip to that Outer Banks would be complete without going to see the lighthouses. We  have always love lighthouses and we got to see several on this trip. These are the Old and New Cape Henry Lighthouses.  We climbed to the top of the old one (for a fee of course) but couldn't get close to the new one.  They are on a military base so we had to get out of the car and let the police search it before entering. As you can see some of the pictures are taken from the top of the old one.