Since we got to North Carolina we have seen trucks with "funny bumpers". The have a oblong piece and a number of upright pipes. It turns out that they are for holding fishing rods. They take the trucks down on the beach up to the water and cast their lines into the water and then sit in the truck waiting for the fish to take a lure. It looks like they can have 5 or more lines in the water at a time.
A lot of the houses on the Outer Banks have either rooftop balconies and or observatories at the top of the house. I just wonder what the Saanich inspectors would have to say about some of the balconies we saw. The balconies allow the owners to see the ocean over the sand dunes.
The houses are really interesting here as there are no "boxes". Most of the houses are different, some of them have turrets, other are completely round and there are many interesting shapes. Most of them are "built" from the second story up so the storm surges don't damage the house. One even had two boats in the garage so I guess he is really prepared.
Beside the road on the Outer Banks there are loaders and other heavy machinery. They leave machinery there so it is handy for clearing off the the sand that gets blown onto the road from the sand dunes.
One of the things we have been told is the population of the Nags Head / Kitty Hawk area grows from 30,000 in the winter to 300,000 in the summer. Many of the businesses are closed or on reduced operations. It was funny to drive by the Arby's that had a sign "Closed for the season".
The other thing we noticed was a number of businesses that were closed because of hurricane damage. Near the campsite there was a Shell gas station, a restaurant and small grocery store. All were closed due to storm damage. About a third of the gas stations in the area were closed with what looked like storm damage.
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