North Carolina's Outer Banks | Bodie Island and Corolla

My family recently got back from our yearly trip to the Outer Banks.  This year we made a special stop at Bodie Island Lighthouse on the way down.  This was the first time we had seen the lighthouse there.  We want to drive all the way to Cape Hatteras sometime, so maybe we'll do that next year.  We're only used to seeing Currituck Lighthouse to the north in Corolla.  Heading south on NC-12 and driving along the small strip of land that separates the Sound from the Ocean is a pretty neat thing if you've never experienced it.

We were also lucky enough to see a wild horse this year.  We've been going the last nine years, and this was the first time we saw one.  It was pretty amazing!

I've enjoyed watching our daughter's progression each year we go down.  This was the year she was scared of the water, so that was fun...  Oh well, there are worse things.  I'm sure next year we won't be able to keep her out of the water.  I'm going to start preparing myself now.