Ocracoke Island

Cape Hatteras National Seashore stretches over 70 miles of barrier islands from Bodie Island to Ocracoke Island and is part of the Outer Banks along North Carolina’s Atlantic coast.

The family lived for a time at a Coast Guard facility on Ocracoke Island, near the south end of North Carolina’s Outer Banks.

Just 60 miles to the east is Ocracoke Island, where as a child he had spent so many happy days.

Operated by the National Park Service, this area is the country’s first national seashore and extends from Bodie Island to Ocracoke Island.

Our boat captain, Donald, grew up on Ocracoke Island and had an accent I instantly recognized as the Ocracoke brogue.