Our final visit will take us out of Dare County and into Hyde County to Ocracoke Island.
Ocracoke Island is the Outer Banks getaway spot. People who live on the Outer Banks go to Ocracoke for their own vacations, and that says alot about the character of this island. This area is absolutely beautiful.
From Hatteras, you take a 45 minute ferry boat ride to arrive at Ocracoke Island. Once on the island, you drive past 13 miles of open beaches, dunes, and marshland. The entire 13 miles of oceanfront is undeveloped...no buildings in sight. Just miles of clean beaches and sand. Oh, by the way, Blackbeard the pirate roamed these areas and eventually was beheaded in Ocracoke.
Once you are in the village of Ocracoke, there are a variety of stores and shops. The Ocracoke VFD is in the village and runs from one station. When my family visited, we drove by the station and no one was home. One truck sat outside. I did not have the opportunity to find anyone from the FD. When we returned home to Hatteras that evening, I called the station and found that someone was actually there. I was told I was fortunate because it was rare to find people at the station unless there is a call or station function. He was cleaning the apparatus bay floors. When I told him that I was interested in photographing the apparatus, he invited me to come the next morning. I had no problems enjoying the ferry boat right again and the nice scenery.
First photo is the station sign. The lighthouse on the picture is the Ocracoke Lighthouse, built in the 1800's and is the smallest lighthouse on the Outer Banks. That is also their old firetruck, which was sitting under numerous tarps near the station.
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
Ocracoke Island is the Outer Banks getaway spot. People who live on the Outer Banks go to Ocracoke for their own vacations, and that says alot about the character of this island. This area is absolutely beautiful.
From Hatteras, you take a 45 minute ferry boat ride to arrive at Ocracoke Island. Once on the island, you drive past 13 miles of open beaches, dunes, and marshland. The entire 13 miles of oceanfront is undeveloped...no buildings in sight. Just miles of clean beaches and sand. Oh, by the way, Blackbeard the pirate roamed these areas and eventually was beheaded in Ocracoke.
Once you are in the village of Ocracoke, there are a variety of stores and shops. The Ocracoke VFD is in the village and runs from one station. When my family visited, we drove by the station and no one was home. One truck sat outside. I did not have the opportunity to find anyone from the FD. When we returned home to Hatteras that evening, I called the station and found that someone was actually there. I was told I was fortunate because it was rare to find people at the station unless there is a call or station function. He was cleaning the apparatus bay floors. When I told him that I was interested in photographing the apparatus, he invited me to come the next morning. I had no problems enjoying the ferry boat right again and the nice scenery.
First photo is the station sign. The lighthouse on the picture is the Ocracoke Lighthouse, built in the 1800's and is the smallest lighthouse on the Outer Banks. That is also their old firetruck, which was sitting under numerous tarps near the station.
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
Mike Sanders
Winchester, VA
Winchester, VA
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