Replica of the 1866 Roanoke River Lighthouse located in Plymouth, N.C...

1886 Roanoke River Lighthouse now located in Edenton, N.C.


They hope to start on reconstruction this Spring..










Replica of the Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse located in Manteo, N.C...

I had to upload the images in the hotel lobby, because the signal was very weak in our room (couldn't connect). In fact I am adding this while I eat breakfast near the lobby..

Great pics, Paul!

Bob

Thanks for the MEMORIES!!!
Rick

Nice pictures. Hope you enjoyed yourselves on the lovely Outer Bank even though weather was not the best. Have a safe trip to Florida.

Give Bodie a pat for me Paul.

Laura, Bodie is undergoing an 18 month overhaul and is covered in scaffolding and the lantern room is covered in a shroud. Upon completion it will be open for climbing, so I'm told. There is an article at www.witn.com

I've seen that Tom. I am looking forward to finally getting to climb Bodie. I guess you are right and I should know better. With the scaffold in place no one is getting near the tower.

Great pictures Paul! Looking forward to the remainder of your trip and the pictures that you take.

Sad to see nothing's been done to restore the 2nd Roanoke River Light--we were there in early March of 2008 and our pictures look no better than yours of that lighthouse. Thought they were working at getting the townspeople worked up to start the ball rolling, but it sure doesn't look like that's happening yet. Those lyrics about not knowing what you have until it's gone certainly seem fitting here.

Sandy

P.S. Paul/Sue, You're having much better weather than we had during our visit and this past weekend as well--certainly am grateful we didn't get snow, but the rains and winds have everyone describing this past weekend as hurricane-like. Hope you two are finding Florida weather better than that!!

Sandy, they are saying the restoration is to start this spring..

I finally am back online, the hotel in Buxton last night didn't have any internet access, it was the internet provider's problem not the hotel's problem but became my problem.

Tuesday Morning March 16, 2010

It was very cold and windy at Currituck and of course a very white sky.. Speaking of a white sky..












It was really overcast cold, windy and raining when we stopped at Bodie on the way down to Hatteras..

Tuesday Afternoon March 16, 2010 Sunny skies at Hatteras!!!

March 17, 2010 Wednesday Morning


Perfect weather for shooting Chicamacomico Life Saving Station..

Since we were driving back by Bodie I decided to stop and shoot a couple of images with a nice blue sky..






Fried pickles for lunch, yum!!

No turtles? Thanks for the great pictures Paul.

Great pictures, Paul. I was hoping to get to those lighthouses this summer, but instead I followed your lead and put a deck on my house. Even with all the snow this winter. The deck builder had to shovel the snow off at times to work on it.

Your pictures are fantastic, including those interesting ones of Bodie. I hope I can get to see all those lighthouses perhaps in 2011. They are on my "bucket list."

By the way, fried pickles rock!
Carol

Can't imagine the difficulty putting up or taking down the scaffolding on Bodie Island Light! Hmmmm. . . .wonder if the pieces are numbered.

Wonderful photography Paul, even if that's been your career!!

Sandy

Thanks for the kind words, folks.. We stayed in Wilmington, NC last night and will be moving down the coastline towards our destination in St. Augustine on Friday..

We are going to try and stop at a few lights on the way depending on time and weather. Fortunately we have been to them all before so if we have to pass them up it isn't as bad as if we hadn't been to them before. I enjoy revisiting lights a lot.

Great pics Paul !!!

Keep them coming, its giving me Spring fever !!!

Paul, what sort of activity was going on inside Hatteras with the closed sign, ladder, cones and what looks like an extension cord?

They were digging in the ground next to the steps when I came back for the sunset pic, in other words I don't know..

We are at Tybee Island tonight. I think somebody is doing a really good rain dance as we drove in the overcast and rain almost all day. I will post a couple of images from oak Island and a couple of Tybee, but I hopefully will get a better day tomorrow to shoot more Tybee images before we head on to Florida..

Oak Island Lighthouse, NC

Tybee Island Lighthouse, GA

Looks like a great tour, Paul! Once again, captured and shared with the folks here at the CF. Stuff like this makes the CF even more interesting. Hopefully, your efforts will encourage other people to join in.

Bob

The view from our room this morning at Tybee Island..

Wow!!!

So jealous...I love sunrise at the beach...sunsets aren't bad but sunrise is a special favorite.

Blue Skies nothing but Blue Skies!!


Tybee Island Lighthouse, GA

Savannah River Lighthouse, GA

Nice lighthouse pics Paul !!!

Love the sunrise pic too !!!

March 20, 2010 Saturday Morning


Ponce Inlet Lighthouse

March 20, 2010 Saturday Afternoon


St. Augustine Lighthouse

Homeward bound back up the coastlines..

I decided to start another thread for the trip home images of lights we visit on the way.. This thread probably was getting a little full loading up..

HLC Florida Gatherings...

Wonderful pictures Paul. Thanks so much. The only one of these lights I've seen is Oak Island. Forgot the digital and only had a film camera. The fool developers lost my film. Still have the memories though. Don't know about fried pickles. Bodie looks like it's being readied for launch. I didn't know what the first sunrise picture was until I saw the 2nd one. Thought it was a flying saucer. Your photo of St. Augustine with all the people really shows how massive that lighthouse is.

I added a 3rd image of Cockspur Light after finally getting around to downloading some images i shoot with my D2X Nikon Camera and a long lens..

All of the rest of my posted images from the recent trip were shot on my new little Nikon Coolpix P6000 that Sue got me for Christmas..

I have been using this camera for everything I have shot since I got it, except of course for the HL lighthouse images..

Here is an image I did use my D2X to capture..