Cape Lookout

Friday, March 25

The weather forecast for today hadn't been encouraging, and there was some occasional rain squall overnight. I had planned to stay here the day and, if the weather permitted, go for another walk.

Shortly after breakfast, the predicted thunderstorm approached:



A quick drenching and then it was already over and the day brightened. I decided to do some work on the computer and remained on board until lunch, which was a big salad.
It was pretty windy, but the temperatures were nice and the sun was out, so I rowed ashore and walked the other way past some derelict buildings and a pier, to the lighthouse. Along the way I tried to find oysters, John had told me about them being here and I wanted to eat some. But I'm clueless about where to look for them, and as I wanted to take a long walk I didn't want to have to think about keeping them fresh if I found any.

At the light house I finally started encountering other people and a very friendly volunteer manning the visitor center. The light house was unfortunately not open yet for the season, so I headed instead to the ocean beach and headed to the the actual Cape.


The area is gorgeous. I really enjoyed my beach walk, and found that the tip of the land doesn't quite match the satellite picture anymore. After 9.7 miles (!) of beach walking I completed the circle and returned to the Caprice.