June 9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th Ocracoke Island National Parks Campground

June 9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th Ocracoke Island National Parks Campground

Leaving Two Rivers we headed south on 158 to the Outer Banks, traveling through Kitty Hawk, and then the route 12 ending at Cape Hatteras and the ferry to Ocracoke. The ferry is free from Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke, evern for RV's.  We had started coming to Ocracoke back around 2000.  It is a gem of a campground which is adjacent to the Ocracoke beaches.  No electric hookups, but the breeze of the ocean was constant and refreshing. And an added bonus was the mosquitos were non existent which was a pleasant surprise.  On the first full day there we got our bikes out and biked 5 miles into the town of Ocracoke. We re-acquainted ourselves with all the great craft shops and ice cream parlors!. On the next two days we spent the first half of the day at the beach and the later half of the day in town at Ocracoke.  We left Ocracoke on the morning of the 13th on the south end of the island via ferry for Cedar Island. 

Here is a good view of our RV on the ferry leaving Hatteras landing for Ocracoke, which is about an hour and 15 minute journey.  It always amazes me how rv's  and big trucks fit in fine with cars on these ferries. 

Elaine and I on the upper deck of the ferry to Ocracoke.

Elaine enjoying herself on the beach on Ocracoke.  The great sun hat is a gift from Kim's Aunt  Diane.

So I travel with may tools on our trips.  And here I am repeating a task I did out in Arizona two years ago at Will and Nancy Blevins kitchen: taking Elaine's cell phone apart.  It just stopped working.  I saw nothing obviously wrong, put it back together and it still did not work.  A few days later when we were back on the mainland Elaine became the grumpy owner of a new iphone SE. 

We went to dinner twice in Ocracoke and here is a sign I liked at the Ocracoke Oyster Company.  We both had soft shelled crabs and they were delicious!

Here is our campsite at Ocracoke campground.  the beach is about 100 yards to the left .

Here is a view of our campsite looking from the top of the beach berm.

A break in the berm shows the view of the beach.

A view of the really crowded beach at Ocracoke.

A view straight on at the beach coming down the berm.  Again note the crowds.

We left Ocracoke on the morning of the 13th for Cedar Island.  We arrived from Hatteras on the northern part of the island and left on the southern part of Ocracoke island for Cedar Island.  This is a good view of harbor at downtown Ocracoke.  The ferry ride was $30 and took 2 hours and 15 minutes.