Vacation Time

The wife and I took last week off and went to Hatteras Island.  We stayed in a nice little house in Salvo which is just south of Rodanthe.  This year we also took my Mother along who really enjoyed herself. The ride down was especially long thanks to an overload of traffic on 95, but once we got there I forgot all about it.  Here we are crossing the Oregon Inlet Bridge.

Once we got settled in, Donna and I did the celebratory shot of Tequila.

We had a great view from the top deck of the Ocean and Dunes.

I started surf fishing with the hopes of catching a shark or something with some size but the first couple days only yielded a croaker and a clearnose skate. I would end up catching about 10 skates and a few more croakers.

I went and fished under a bridge and caught some cutbait (spot) and a few for the pan.

That night I went back down to surf fish and BAM!!!!!!!!!! 
I caught my first shark.  I know, its a small one but I was fired up.  I caught my first shark a 12" sandshark.

I actually did catch another one the next day, a 24" dogfish shark but I didn't have a camera, but Donna was there and saw it.

I went down to the bridge again and caught some more croakers and spot for bait and the pan the next morning.

I decided instead of throwing away the waste I would go down to the beach in the rain and feed the gulls.  They appreciated it very much.

There is a ship wreck, or some kind of boat part sticking up out of the surf that Donna got a picture of. It is  part of the paddle wheel from the ship "Pocahontas" which wrecked during the Burnside Expidition during the Civil War.  Kind of a cool sight to see.

It was a fun trip, and I can't wait to get back down again.  Now do we go the Colorado next year, or back to the beach.  I know what Donna's vote is......

Here are a few more random pictures.