Travel Photography > Photos tagged as scenery
This was from the Cedar Island Ferry, near the beginning of the trip
On many of the NC Outter Bank Islands, it is legal to drive on the beach. 4WD and fat tires are advised as the sand can be quite soft.
The North Carolina outter banks are very long, often very thin sandy islands. This view is facing south so the Atlantic Ocean is on the left, Pamlico Sound on the right.
The main harbor at Ocracoke, year round population about 750.
This is just a sample of the many swans, egrets and ducks we saw here. There were also brown pelicans and blue herons, but I'm not sure you can see any in this picture.
I believe these are Trumpeter Swans (black beak), but have been wrong on my species identification before, so let me know
There are several ponds in the NWR, lots of birds on all of them
This bird was very close to the walk and didn't seem to notice all the attention he got from us tourists.
Mom really liked this wasp and was trying to get a closeup, so I thought I'd help also. The colors are unusual compared to wasps I've seen before.
We again decided to test the waters, this is the Atlantic side of Pea Island.
Mom is gathering sand for a friend. This is the western side of the Island, very beautiful but no waves.
This is the third lighthouse built on the outside edge of Cape Hatteras. It was built in 1870 and stands 207 feet high. It was built with a first order Fresnel lens, which has since been replaced.
This was at the Cape Hatteras Lightstation
This is a very old canal, most of the wooden sides are pretty well rotted away. Boaters use it for recreation only now.
This is the view from the RV campground
This was our first glimpse of Chesapeake Bay; however it seems misnamed. At high tide there's no beach here. There's no public access and the locals don't like outsiders.
This is the downtown section of Onancock, VA on the Eastern Shore (of the Chesapeake Bay).
This is the beach along Cape Charles, at the southern end of the Eastern Shore (facing NW)
The Eastern Shore (east across Chesapeake Bay from most of Virginia) seems rural and less built up than other area's we've been on the east cost. Of course, most aren't quiet this bad.
These guys put in about 10 miles north of Cape Charles and kite boarded here. Very difficult looking sport, sort of a cross between surfing and hang gliding.
It rained last night, so the sand had these interesting erosion patterns
I sort of prefer beaches without all the apartments up against them, but any beach is better than no beach at all.