Here are some photos I've taken at the Outer Banks.
The most recent ones are at the bottom. Over the years, we've stayed in Rodanthe, Avon, Buxton, and Hatteras on Hatteras Island; and in Manteo on Roanoke Island.
The most recent ones are at the bottom. Over the years, we've stayed in Rodanthe, Avon, Buxton, and Hatteras on Hatteras Island; and in Manteo on Roanoke Island.
Bookstore in Duck.
Signed books at Avon Pier beach market.
Research trip to Portsmouth Island.
Jack & Chuck (yes, they're real dogs!) on daybreak ghost crab patrol in Avon.
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Did a book signing there.
Scott Boatyard in Buxton.
Jolly Roger marina in Ocracoke.
The quarry.
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Derelict Futuro home in Frisco. Aliens live there now & moon the tourists.
Scott Boatyard in Buxton.
Bill of fare at Risky Business Seafood in Avon.
British Cemetery in Buxton. Two sailors, one known & one unknown.
On the Avon beach each morning at sunrise.
Lost Colony outdoor play...
All that's left of Fort Raleigh...
Pea Island wildlife preserve, soundside nature trail.
Site of former lifesaving station.
The iconic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
The Cora Tree, site of the legendary Frisco witch's dramatic escape.
"CORA" was reputedly burned into the tree by lightning as they were about to light the pyre.
What's left of the derelict Frisco Pier.
Avon Pier, coming...
Lifesaving Station museum in Rodanthe.
Practice mast for breeches buoy drill.
The Old Gray House in Buxton.
The soundside Salvo Cemetery...
Our soundfront rental house in Buxton.
Our oceanside rental house in Rodanthe.
Sunsets...
Signing & selling books again at the Avon beach markets.
Dixie Browning (right) being awarded The Order of the Long Leaf Pine at the Graveyard Museum.
A mermaid I saw one night after one too many Landsharks (just kidding).
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Our view from Pop's waterfront dining in Buxton. A true local work boat.
Scott Boatyard in Buxton.
Bill of fare at Risky Business Seafood in Avon.
They washed up here after being torpedoed by a U-boat in WWII.
A real beaut.
Some sand fence used for dune building.
...at Fort Raleigh Historic Site in Manteo.
...an earth & wood fort built in 1585.
Wreck of the Oriental protrudes above the water on the ocean side of Pea Island.
Nights in Rodanthe!
Bodie Island Light.
An essential accessory on those humid soundside days and nights.
This bird is more popular among the locals than the piping plover.
Rodanthe Pier, the easternmost point in the southern U.S.
...and going.
A view from the Avon Pier.
The first post office in Salvo.
The post office had slots for 94 residents.
...is being washed away by storm tides.
Our boardwalk (not as long as it looks).
Our beach in Rodanthe.
...and sunrises.
Lantern from the Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals, donated to the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras by Dixie Burrus Browning.
Model built by Dixie Browning, at the same museum.
A painting done by my friend Dixie, a talented and prolific artist and writer.
Durant Station in Hatteras, on the site of the old Durants Lifesaving Station, parts of which are preserved in the modern structure.
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At the Cora Tree in Frisco with friends MB & Sue Sheppard from Virginia.
Signing some books for MB back at the condo. I think he might be my biggest fan!
We always visit the home of Gravedigger in Grandy on the way down. Here's traveling friend Phil posing with him.
Gotta watch your step in these parts!
Some more scenes in Hatteras (an ocean view from our condo).
Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry landing.
Chuck and I hiked along the beach every morning at sunrise, and at other times as well. Sadly, poor old Jack was no longer with us this time around, so it was just the two of us.
A few of those beautiful sunrises...
We of course had to visit the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras...
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Highway 12, the two-lane road that runs the length of Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands, is now a National Scenic Byway.
And of course, we again visited Bodie Island on the way.
And of course we also had to stop in at our favorite farm market on the way down.
Hatteras Landing shopping center.
Chuck saw some new things from time to time, which he occasionally couldn't help but marvel at.
Where a highlight of our trip was the special Dixie's World exhibit.
Dixie is an accomplished local artist and writer. I'm pleased and honored to call her my friend. Seeing this exhibit and visiting with her again was a special treat.
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A recent painting of Dixie's that I now own thanks to her kindness and generosity!
GARRETT & PHIL'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE!
We hiked from the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse beach up to Cape Point one day.
Here's where we started from.
Some more historic sites in Buxton. Conner's grocery has a spiffy new look!
Another visit to the old Avon Harbor. This is the location of the fictional Kinnakeet Boatyard in the stories I write.
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Here's Phil standing on the new Shelly Island off Cape Point.
The names of the old lighthouse keepers are inscribed on the stones.
The Orange Blossom Cafe, home of the world-famous Apply Ugly!
My fictional boatyard incorporates elements of this harbor, the Scott Boatyard in Buxton, and the old Masonboro Boatyard in Wilmington NC.
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Just north of Avon, soundside off Route 12, is the Little Kinnakeet Lifesaving Station.
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Historic restoration is underway (exterior only, so far).
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