Wednesday, August 28 – Sandy loves lighthouses, so this
visit was pretty exciting too. The Cape
Hatteras Lighthouse is tallest in North and South America, and we climbed all
the way to the top – the equivalent of 12 stories. And it’s pretty windy up there!
The most amazing thing about the lighthouse is that they
moved it about a ¼ mile back in 1999, since the shoreline had changed and had
gotten within 175 feet of the lighthouse.
When it was built back in 1870, it was about ¼ mile from the shoreline,
so it is now back at a distance safe from the sea for a few more generations.
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