Ocracoke: Day 1

Today we headed to Ocracoke. We took a ferry at 1pm across the intercoastal waterway. The night before we realized that this was my father's first time in the Outer Banks. My mom, grandfather and I had traveled here before, but we thought he and my brother had been for a few days. We hadn't planned on seeing Cape Hatteras, but decided we would see that along with Ocracoke. It was a 2 hour ferry ride over to the island. We check into our B&B called The Cove. It wasn't on the water like it had seemed on the website, but we could see Ocracoke lighthouse and it was only a 2 minute walk to get to the water. The owner Chad and Erin were very nice and accommodating. 

We stopped and got some lunch/early dinner at Jolly Rogers. Good fish sandwiches and oysters. Afterwards we rode bikes over to the lighthouse. Mom and I spent the rest of the afternoon walking around the shops in town. There were some cute galleries, one with these cool jewelry pieces made out of watch parts and navigation equipment. I bought a high waisted skirt from a surf shop. We all went out for dessert at the Atlantic Cafe, home of best desserts on the island. I had a chocolate stawberry cake. Across the road from our B&B there was a path to a small beach on the sound. We took chairs out and watched the sunset over the water. Lots of little crabs.