April 17 - 18
Traveled 44 miles today to Southport, NC and stayed at Provision Company Restaurant's courtesy dock. This was a dine and dock free and the owners could not have been nicer. Great food and the town was sprinkled with antique shops. John and Rita took us on their dingy to the remote Bald Head Island which is accessible only by boat. We rented a golf cart to tour the island which does not allow any automobiles. We climbed "Old Baldy" which is an out-of-service lighthouse. It was built in 1817 and is the oldest still standing lighthouse in North Carolina. We walked to the point of Cape Fear which is a prominent headland jutting into the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Fear is formed by the intersection of two sweeping arcs of shifting low-lying beach the result of long shore currents. The currents form the treacherous, shifting Frying Pan Shoals, known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic for shipwrecks.
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Swing Bridge opening for Loop Dreams to travel on!
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Traveling on the ICW, smooth waters compared to the Atlantic Ocean on the other side of the island.
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Ken inside "Old Baldy" the lighthouse. We climbed to the top and enjoyed the view.
"Old Baldy" the oldest standing lighthouse in North Carolina.
1903 Boathouse on Bald Island.
Standing at the point of Cape Fear an underwater labyrinth of sandbars stretches for 20 miles into the
Atlantic Ocean, varying in depths of 3 to 15 feet, causing frequent shipwrecks.
Loop Dreams docked at the Provisions Company restaurant.
One of many Southport homes dated in the 1800s . |
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