Dear hubby and I decided we would make this vacation fun and educational. We planned a trip to Cape Lookout. We drove out to Harkers Island and caught the Calico Jack ferry. They took us by Shackleford Island, where the wild horses live. We got a little glimpse of them, our guide said they had done DNA studies on these horses and they are not related to any horse in North America. It is believed that they were on some of the ships from Spain that Black Beard sank. The ships sank and the horses swam ashore. They do send the vet out to check on them and make sure they are healthy, they don't get much more human contact.
They docked at Cape Lookout and let us out, we stayed for about two hours, we packed water and lunch for a picnic on the beach. We looked for shells and sharks teeth, dear hubby found many sharks teeth but only one conch. The weather was great, it was a little overcast with a good breeze. The ocean side of the Island was quite rough, we did not get out more than ankle deep. The inlet side was much more calm we could walk out forever with the water only coming up to our waist and only a ripple in the water.
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