Washington NC - Waves NC 5/18/2011

We left Washington NC early this morning anticipating a long drive and wanting to get to the beach early enough to go for a walk upon it.  We really liked the small town - Old Town atmosphere of this town.  They must be hitting hard times because there were tons of houses for sale!

We drove east on Hwy 264.  This is probably the most beautiful drive we have been on in a long time!  It was almost all farmland.  Growing mostly corn, Irish potatoes and white winter wheat.

  The farm houses all looked like they have been there for a long time.

Here is a field of wheat.

 And another old farm house.

We love the red 2 lane roads!  They take more time and use more fuel, but they sure beat the freeways!!!

  Interspersed amongst all the farm land is lots of water!

  And in the southeast, where there is water there are lots of turtles!  Unfortunately, they try to cross the roads and sometimes get hit.  Wayne stops for each turtle that is crossing the road and helps them to the other side.

  Sometimes they are injured from being hit by a car.  Sometimes they are dead.  But many times they are just dazed and will make it okay if they get to the other side.  This one was dazed.  You can see the marks on his shell.  When wayne put him on the other side in the grass, he slowly poked his head out and began to move.

 But when I got the camera out he got shy.  But this one will make it!

 We got to Englehard on Hwy 264 and were turned back because there was a bad fire and the road was closed.  So, we turned back and drove to Hwy 94 and drove up to Columbia on Hwy 64 where we headed east towards Nags Head and the Cape Hatteras National Sea Shore.
 Crossing over the sound to Roanoke Island, there was a draw bridge opening for a boat to pass.  We watched it go in one side....

 ...and out the other side.  You grand kids, look up Roanoke Island and the lost colony.  It is interesting to learn about!  You can tell your teachers that your Grandpa and Grandma Cowley were there today!

 We hit the Atlantic Ocean and turned south on Hwy 12.  We drove down a very narrow spit of land to our campground.

 Arriving in the beach town of Waves, we found our campground.

 We parked the rig in our space and then immediately went for a walk on the beach along the Atlantic Ocean.

There weren't a lot of people, even though the weather was beautiful. 

 We love to walk in the surf as we explore and.....

 ....watch the birds dig for crabs.....

 ...watch the sea gulls try to figure out how to steal the crabs the other birds caught......

 ....watch the kayakers maneuver the waves....

 ...and watch the reluctant dogs be drug out into the water.

 After an hour of beach walking, we climbed the fore dune and headed back to our camp.

 Home Sweet Home!!!!

 We enjoyed the good weather, only in the high 70's and relaxed after our walk.  Ann sewed.

 Wayne did a couple blog entries.

 But ya know, there is one thing we have not gotten used to on the east coast.... the sun doesn't set in the ocean!!!!!