We packed a lunch and drove down the length of Cape Hatteras National Seashore down to where the car ferry takes you to the next island. We did not get to the car ferry until 4 PM so we decided to turn around there. We stopped at the Bodie Island Lighthouse and visitor center. After exploring the exhibits and walking out to the lighthouse (it was closed for renovations) for some good pictures. We then drove down past the Soros area of the park and found a place where we could walk to the beach and enjoy our picnic lunch on the beach. The view was beautiful. Then we continued on south to the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. There we went through the museum which explained to role of the light house during the civil war, WWI and WWII. Both light houses were built during the early 1870s after there predecessors had been destroyed by the Confederates. Both were electrified in the late 1930s but manned through the end of WWII. The drive down the island is on a scenic byway, but with large sand dunes on the sea side and heavy brush on the leeward side, there is really not a lot of scenery to see from the road.
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