Thursday, April 14, 2016

Day 11 April 13, 2016 At Shallote NC

Day 11 in and around Oak Island NC

On the Ferry ride to Ft. Fisher, the Laughing Guls were with us all the way.
They may be the most numerous bird on the East Coast.

This is "Ballast St."  in Wilmington NC. It is made from the stones used as
ballast in the hulls of ships. Must be old stones?




Day 11 April 13, 2016 At Oak Island (Shallotte,  NC

The narration will be brief in this one, but  the story can best be told by the photos. So bear with me for this one

We were hosted  for the day, by our friends on Oak Island, Bill and Kathy. Although we did not have photo of the day ending lasagna dinner they provided, it was part of the wonderful day they and their son provided for us.


SO… here it is!

The Old RR Station in Wilmington, was a hubbub of confusion
when the Confederate troop retreated from the islands into this town
A distant glimpse of the USS North Carolina, battleship,
was THEE first commissioned in WW2 (1942)

Our friends home on the Intercoastal Marine Highway  (Oak Island)

A view from the porch looking out into the marsh and Intracoastal Waterway, at high tide

Taking off from Southport to Ft. Fisher Island and Fort.
It was very windy and we headed right into it.
The port for receiving Nuclear waste from other countries is in NC.
IT is buried "somewhere in the mountains".
The Condor was a blockade runner in the Civil War
(ran aground on the first try.)

The result of blockade running for many ships
Fort Fisher , an earthen island defense in the civil war

Ft. Anderson, another defensive fort in the Civil War, near the end.
The church at Ft. Anderson
































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