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Tuesday, June 10, 2008-Cape Hatteras, NC
Today we decided to stay another night
at the KOA in Hatteras. We drove to two national park campgrounds to
decide were we wanted to set up home. We liked the campground at
Frisco better. There are high bluffs in the back of the campground
that overlook the Atlantic and have incredible breezes. We have to
get lucky tomorrow and find an empty site. Otherwise, we will set up
at a lower site and try to move up when someone moves. The
campground at Hatteras Lighthouse was great, but was unoccupied. The
showers were locked and the trails to the seashore were
closed. Tomorrow we will move up the road about 20 miles and set
up.
There is no cellular coverage in Frisco
campground and we will be without cell phone coverage. We will go to
town and check each day. If you call, please leave a message.
Down at the beach today, there were two
boys in their teens surf fishing. They were following a school of
small fish that were breaking water just off shore. They tried their
best to catch a fish, but sometimes were knocked down by the surf. I
remembered how I used to want to catch a fish and tried to point to
where the school was swimming. They didn't catch anything but kept
trying and qualify as true fishermen.
Early this morning, about 6:00, when the
sun came up, I walked to the beach and saw what looked like a school
of dolphins. Offshore, the waves break over a shallow bottom and the
school was swimming parallel to the shore beyond the breakers
surfacing feeding. Frequently, I saw fins above the water followed
by part of their body. They were not jumping, just surfacing to
breathe. Hard to tell, but there must have been about six or seven
of them. At first I thought they were sharks. Just wishful thinking.
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