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Originally Posted by Velvet
I wish I could have seen the “white tornado”. Hurricanes yes, every year late August The Outer Banks were evacuated. Only the most stalwart resident stayed, boarded up, through serious hurricanes. And the flooding after each hurricane, the reason why most houses are built on stilts.
The Cape Hatteras lighthouse has been moved inland in 1999 because after years of trying to shore it up with sandbags it was impossible to keep it from the ocean’s erosion. Before it was moved I had a chance to climb all 257 steps and saw the gigantic Frensel lens close up.
The huge sand dunes at Jockey’s Ridge would get hot in the summer, but would be super fun. We’d climb up to the top and slide down just like tobogganers but on our rears. My small Welsh terrier would tumble paw over head all the way down, then quickly climb up again. While beside us the hang gliders would be learning to fly their kites at ground school.
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What I remember most about those fun sand dunes was how painful it was on my little legs when the wind really picked up. Have been back a few times over the decades and can tell that I'm conflating and mixing up memories, but during one trip to those dunes I swear there was a little pond down at the bottom somewhere that had large goldfish swimming in it. I think. :-) Don't think I was ever there with the hang gliders, but knew folks who had tried it there. It's a magical area to me.