As we traveled north during the summer of 2019, we went to North Carolina and stayed for a week along the Outer Banks, a narrow strip of land with only a two-lane road running about 70 miles from end to end.  We went during off season, which was great as I could not imagine being there in the summer. Our campground was right on Cape Hatteras National Seashore with two places to walk straight onto the beach. As an added benefit, dogs were allowed on the beach, which was unusual.  I took the above picture off the Outer Banks while staying there.

​Blackbeard & Queen Anne's Revenge ~~ April 6, 2019
​Cape Hatteras Lighthouse ~~ April 12, 2019
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum ~~ April 12, 2019
Monument to a Century of Flight ~~ April 12, 2019
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge ~~ April 14, 2019
Wright Brothers National Memorial ~~ April 15, 2019
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site ~~ April 16, 2019
Wheels Through Time Museum ~~ May 11, 2019
Mingo Falls ~~  April 15, 2019
The CCC in the Smoky Mountains ~~ May 15, 2019
Doll & Toy Museum ~~ May 18, 2019

Our next trip to North Carolina was in 2021 after visiting with friends and family in Florida, South Carolina, and Georgia. We came up here to visit with a young lady who used to be a student of my oldest friend, Karen.  We had become friends on Facebook and we wanted to come to meet her.  While in Mocksville, we made some trips to a couple of museums.

North Carolina Transportation Museum ~~ May 2, 2021
Andy Griffith Museum ~~ May 6, 2021

We traveled east again in late 2022 and into 2023, and since we are in the east, we stopped in Maggie Valley again.

The Blowing Rock ~~ April 4, 2023
Museum of the Cherokee Indian ~~ April 13, 2023
American Museum of the House Cat ~~ April 15, 2023