The girls and I had a fun weekend spending time with our family in Salter Path, as well as riding a ferry, swimming in the Sound, climbing Cape Lookout Lighthouse, and exploring the island!
After school on Friday, the girls and I drove three hours and spent the weekend with Grandma Barbara, who lives along the coast of NC. Cousin Harper stayed at Grandma's house, too, and the three girls loved having cousin sleepovers on Friday and Saturday nights:
Cousins Hadley (3) and Harper (5) have the same smile and head tilt (as well as the same blue eyes and strawberry blonde hair):
On Saturday morning, the girls and I (along with Grandma Barbara, Harper, and Uncle Benny) got up early for a day trip to visit Cape Lookout Lighthouse:
From Grandma Barbara's house, we drove an hour to Harkers Island. We parked our car at the ferry terminal and took a 20-minute ferry ride to Cape Lookout:
On the ferry ride, we saw some of the 100 wild horses that roam freely on Shackleford Banks:
All seven lighthouses along the coast of NC have different daymark and light signal patterns to warn ships. Cape Lookout is made of 1 million bricks and is known for its black and white diamond or checkered pattern:
Savannah (9), Harper (5), and Hadley (3)
The cousins played in the sand:
Savannah climbed her first lighthouse! Grandma Barbara, Savannah, Harper, and I climbed Cape Lookout, which has a spiral staircase and 207 steps (which is equivalent to a 12 story building).
Views from the top of the lighthouse
After climbing the lighthouse, we walked to the beach and went swimming in front of Cape Lookout:
Hadley was too small to climb the lighthouse, so she enjoyed playing in the water with Uncle Benny:
After swimming for a little bit, we waited for the ferry at the dock:
On our ferry ride back to Harkers Island, the captain allowed Hadley, Harper, and Savannah to drive the ferry:
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