Gallery | Trips with the Family | North Carolina Beach Vacation: May 9-17, 2009

We spent a week on the Crystal Coast of North Carolina with the Calders. The ocean was beautiful, the sun was intense and the wind was blowing.
Mark checks out the view of the Peppertree resort
We're staying in the "Penthouse", which is the top floor of the round buildings
Love the white sand beaches
North Carolina beach view
Dunes, sky, water
Afternoon on Atlantic beach
Crystal clear water
What I did on my vacation
Low, slow, waves
The Atlantic Ocean
Rocks and Sand
Mark and Bruce
Waves
Reflecting the evening sky
Sun over the water
Bruce and Mark on the beach
Bruce is contemplative
Looking down the beach road in the evening
These flowers smelled sooooo good
Mark and Kate sit on the beach at night. The distant white light is the Cape Lookout lighthouse
Early morning views of the lighthouse
Sand fences and dunes
Dunes and Clouds
Flat, calm water
View towards Cape Lookout in the morning
A pelican skims over the glassy waves
Surf
Glassy waves
Smooth surf in North Carolina
A beautiful morning on the coast
Slow moving surf
Beach Bird
Beach birds in the morning
The Atlantic Beach Pier
Sandpipper and his morning catch
Porpoise in the morning
Evening on the coast of North Carolina
Atlantic Beach Sunset
Cape Lookout Sail Map (Google Earth)
Mark and Kate instantly adapt to the nautical life
Looking out at fisher-people on Shakelford Island
Hauling up the mainsail for our big Catamaran
Mark and the boat mascott: a pocket pomeranian we called "Mr. Muggles"
Kathy and Jeff enjoy a day on a sail boat
Sailing in the Atlantic
Big sails for a big boat
The crew and other passangers for our big Cat
Looking out at Shakelford Island and the Cape Lookout National Seashore
Passengers hang out in the netting
Bruce taking a few pictures
What a way to spend the day!
Watching the waves below the netting
The cat's hauls slide through calm waters
Laying on the nets, looking up
Sails and rigging
Jeff takes a pic of a passing shrip trauler
View off the front
Little boat, big ocean
Big sea birds dot the shore of Cape Lookout point
Wild pony in North Carolina
More wild horses grazing as we sailed by
Wild horse grazing on the seashore
Bruce takes a postcard-perfect shot of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse
Mark gets his land legs back at the Cape Lookout Lighthouse
The watcher's quarters, I think this is my Mom's perfect house
Mark watches for ship wrecks
The path leading to the light house from the watcher's quaters
Looking up at the big, brick lighthouse
Views of little trees on Cape Lookout
The Cape Lookout Lighthouse (still in use!)
Old shells litter this part of the island - maybe an old trash pile?
These pretty flowers were everywhere, I don't know what they are
Sea grass in the sand
A North Carolina beach dune
Cape Lookout seashore
Lots of broken shells
View of the Cape Lookout lighthouse
A North Carolina Landscape
Passengers are tired and chilly on the sail home
Looking across the bow on a cloudy evening
A great spot on the cat - I had fun
The jib sail and clouded-over sun
The front bar and nets on the Cat
Sailing home under cloudy and breezy skies
Kate had a fantastic day on the high seas
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