On the beach at Avon, NC

Aeden and August enjoy the surf and sand...

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

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Light House, overlooking diamond shoals. Aeden and I climbed to the
top. Here are the pictures

Raleigh Museum of Natural History

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capital and museums.

Look what I found lying in the road

Found this guy lying in the road just up from our house. I'm sending the pics off to Ed's brother, Mac, for forensics - his doctorate in zo0logy and multiple snake bites make him the closest thing I have to an expert. I'll post the findings, but that head looks pretty triangular to me. He's only 8", but check out thee spread on this guy - I'd hate to meet up with him at 6'. Cathy's placing her bets on a copperhead.

Hawk Bill Hike

Picture of the Hawkbill Rock itself and some turk's cap along the trail.

Hawkbill Hike

Well, the third time's the charm. We finally made it the short stretch across the ridge from the downcomer on Snowball Mountain to Hawkbill Rock. The hike took a total of 4 hours including a nice 30 minute respite for lunch on the hawk itself. After lunch, we explored along the trail toward's Little Snowball Mountain. The total trip was probably 4.5 miles, with the trip between Potatoe Field Gap and Hawkbill being about 4 miles of it. The views were awesome and weather - incredible.

We also saw interesting flora and the blueberries should be ripe in just a couple of weeks.

 
 
 
 

Hawkbill Hike - Set 1

Pics from the hike

August's First Haircut

Amazingly not a tear was shed. I wish I could say the same had been true
for Aeden.

Jones Mountain

Nice hike at Jones Mountain on Sunday, June 28th.