in this video we show you a whole bunch of free things that you can do on the Outer Banks in a day...
Hey you guys! Thanks for joining us on another journey. Today we're exploring the Outer Banks
of North Carolina. If you're new to the channel, this is April and I'm Wayne. So sit back, relax
and enjoy the journey! in 1999 lighthouse move path approximately a half a mile they moved the whole
lighthouse how do you do that in 2014 these foundation stones were moved to protect this important piece of heritage
from the encroaching sea they now form this amphitheater those rocks there yeah that thing's
huge huh way bigger than the other ones in Maine yeah even the one in Lubec wasn't that big this
thing's doubled the size of everything we saw in Maine triple the size of Squirrel Point yeah right
card above for the Maine lighthouses kind of bummed out about the covid thing you can't uh go
up the lighthouse because of stupid covid messing everything up everywhere yep it keeps hindering us
wanted to go up top would have been a gazillion stairs but it would have been awesome
what are we doing April? we're on a ferry Wayne
Ocracoke Island Outer Banks North Cackalacky first time on a ferry isn't for you i think so
if i've ever been on before i don't remember not on a car on a boat
uh accounts of horses on Ocracoke Island go back to the 1730s they descended from
domesticated Spanish horses and they helped shape the island's history they assisted U.S.
life-saving service and U.S. coast guard patrols and rescues and carried the Ocracoke boy scouts
once rearranging the horses were corralled to protect them from automobile traffic in 1959
the national park service has cared for the herd since the early 1960s they are often called Banker
Ponies due to their Outer Banks range and their small size well we didn't get to see much of them
yeah that's okay got it hey how you doing doing well nice camera thank you what you painting
all right just uh this scene here that's nice yeah the ponies uh i think where did you see them down
there yeah we saw some down there we were kind of hoping this would go in a circle
yeah it's much better than our paintings yeah way better than my painting let's not a quantify
just enjoy what you're doing right that's true my stick figures don't even look good
when people used to say that to me about stick figures i said if you've been to a museum of
contemporary art it's all stick figures it's true they don't have they don't have uh sort of realism
anyway you know modern art if you can if you can't paint a stick figure yeah you're a real artist
that's true you helped me pay my student loans yeah
yeah that's awesome if you enjoy it dude if you don't do something else god bless you yeah we're
at the okachoke wait oka okra okra coke we're at the ochre croak okra coke we're at the okra coke
lighthouse if you uh rv and you want a cool place to come spend the weekend come check
this island out you can take the ferry ride it's about an hour ride out in an hour ride back so
a little bit of a haul but you can take your rv onto the island and
do some camping what you think about the lighthouse April? i like lighthouses
i know lighthouses are cool each one is unique and has its own character
1823 the first lighthouse at Ocracoke Inlet was the 1798 Shell Castle Rock Lighthouse located
on an island in the inlet but in that location the lighthouse was often inoperative when needed most
so in 1823 it was replaced by this one which is the nation's second oldest still in use wow bet
you didn't know that this would be the lighthouse keepers home but now it's a private residence
it's free to ride the ferry but it takes about an hour each way
it takes you to the awesome island of okra choke okra coke poker okra choke
yeah you got it right you can take the free ferry to the island of Ocracoke
it takes about an hour ride each way plus sitting in line so it could take up to two hours to just
get on and over there yeah depending on when you hit the line but the island's awesome it's
got lots of little restaurants and bars on it got some places you can probably rent it's got
you can even take your rv over there and go rv camping fishing
lots to do yeah it's still primitive i like that it's not all developed with condos and stuff
so it's a good place to spend a weekend i'd like to come back and check it out definitely
Bodie Lighthouse but it's spelled Bodie yeah
it's really cool even if it is foggy fog gives it a cool element i think yeah
during normal times without covid you can actually walk up to the top but can't do it now
look at the lighthouse
that is cool you would think it's early in the morning but it's like 4:30 in the afternoon
i can't even hardly see the lighthouse it's kind of like San Francisco you know
with some little bits of plan in here and there you know we'll try that plannin' thing next time
no seriously like we can fly by the seat of our pants to some degree--keep in mind we didn't
even plan on coming to the Outer Banks i know we just said hey you know what let's just go to
the Outer Banks because we're driving across the country i know it's only four hours out of the way
you have a problem with that no
now we roll it was worth it but we have run into a couple of hiccups along this whole trip
what's the name of this lighthouse the Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse
this one's tiny
i don't think i've ever seen a lighthouse like this before yeah it don't look like a
house with a light on top yeah it's a lighthouse it's it's an actual lighthouse...
we got our airbnb for tonight
where are we at April? Outer Banks North Carolina woohoo and how much do we pay for the Airbnb tonight
just under a hundred which is good cause we're on Outer Banks and we're a quarter mile from the
the beach a little bathroom looks like yep definitely not fancy oops
whoa camera's freaking out
not fancy but it'll get the job done...
we went for a walk oh-so romantic it was amazing it's been a long time
since i've been on a beach and there was no one on the beach there wasn't any houses inside just
sand dunes and waves and sea oats and lots of rain and a little crab
oh yeah it's a little crab a little fiddler crab that's what it's called yep we use them as bait
oh you use them for bait when you fish yeah i was like huh? see the card above for the fishing trip we're i
i wouldn't even say it's a quarter mile it's like literally we're just well maybe by the time that
we well once you trudge through the sand dunes and all that it probably is a quarter mile to the actual
sand but there's it's not all built up out here it's part of the national park and so it's not all
built up with high rises and it's nice it's not a fancy place but man i'll tell you what it brought
me back to my childhood i grew up my second place on as an adult 18 living on my own wanting to surf
every day lived on Ninth Avenue North and Jax Beach that was literally two blocks from the ocean
with all the other poor kids now it's full of rich people and can't even afford to go visit the place
did you have a roommate then yeah Izzy he helped pay the bills
except for when he ate my groceries
i do miss the beach then oh hell yeah i love the mountains but i am and will always be
a beach gal always
yep i love love the beach! We want to thank you guys for watching our video all the way to the end. If
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