OBX21 Sunrise

One final small amount of pictures from our vacation last summer in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

It's very unusual for my friend to wake up before the sunrise, but how else are you going to... see a sunrise? We're up this early, of course we're going to get some pictures to share.

Yeah, it's a little bright outside already, but that's because the curve of the Earth or something. We didn't miss it.

There were already people here to watch the show, but nobody up on the lifeguard tower, so we climbed up to get "the good seats". There's about 10 minutes left before the sunrise, so we made it out there in plenty of time.

My friend thought at first that this was some kind of lifeguard whistle, but quickly realized it must be one of those vape... things. Ugh. I'm not touching that. But still wanted to kick it down into the sand. It was easily ignorable.

A picture down the beach. So much beach! As far as you can see, in both directions. We didn't take a picture looking the other way, but it's the same.

There it is! You'll have to zoom in on the picture to see it, but sure enough the sun peeks up over the horizon. There's plenty of air in the way, but you can see it.

A tiny bit higher up, and it starts to get brighter. They say to never look directly at the Sun, but during the sunrise it's not nearly as dangerous. Feels like you are breaking some kind of rule though.

Trying to take an artistic type of picture. Do I look like I'm a My Giant Pony?

Taking time to appreciate the view, and getting a few pictures. I'm not quite sure what to say. The sunrise is a little boring but also very thought-provoking about new days and whatever. You should go see one but also you might need to be in a contemplative mood for it, too.

When you sit and watch it, it's a little crazy how fast it moves. It's only been ten minutes and already it's all the way up here. I suppose the whole sky is pretty big, but right now it seems like the day should be a lot shorter.

There were some dolphins catching the show, too! You don't even need to zoom in, they are clearly right over there. There was a small urge to jump in the water to see if we could swim out and hug them, but I'm pretty sure that would not have gone as imagined.

After a while, the Sun does indeed get too bright to look at. This is about 30 minutes into the show. Hey, I'm not looking at the Sun, the camera is! I like that cool vertical streak over the water. That's neat, right?

A picture of my hooves in the sand. Nothin' beats hooves in the sand! Errr... toes, too. I guess most of you reading this have toes. The morning sand is not all boiling-hot like it will be later.

There's a tiny crab in this photo. Can you find it? We saw it clearly, as it was moving, but in the picture it's perfectly camouflaged.

Before the trip, we had a conversation with a co-worker about the economics of renting beach umbrellas, and how instead of renting one each day, it was less expensive to just buy one and toss it afterwards. Looks like that math is correct! Someone else figured it out, and I got an extra laugh out of seeing this.

Imagine having a home right on the beach. You can watch that sunrise every day! Whatever animal that lives in this hole knows how that is. They may live in a hole in the ground near the trash cans, but it's still in a good place, kinda.

While walking back we spot some flowers on the ground and that's more for the theme of new beginnings and all, like the sunrise. Is it odd then, that this is the final group of pictures for our vacation? See ya next time, Outer Banks!