Time Just Slips by so fast

So after 30 years of Court cases there is finally going to be a new Bonner Bridge .

I have been on a number of good sized jobs over the years , but this one is just amazing .

We all could all retire quite nicely for what the Crane Rental would be for one week. There are 13 large cranes and 6 small ones on this project .

Forgot to mention the Barge Mounted units . This is our view every  time we go to the Pea Island VC .

Some of this looks like something out of Star Wars some days .

They are working the Bridge in three separate sections . If I had a dollar for each time I heard at the VC , we sure hope all the pieces line up , it would be a tidy sum.

Cape Hatteras light house. We did do some sight seeing .

Just another Sand storm on Highway 12 in the Refuge .

Not a blurry picture . Just blowing sand

We did a trip over to Fort Raleigh to see what was new .

Not much has changed , but always a pleasant day .

If you make a trip to the Outer Banks in Season , we recommend you try to see this play .

This Stage is full of life during the production .

The Beach at the Forts water front .

A view of Jockeys Ridge State Park from the Forts Beach

A cool looking tree growing on the Beach .

So many Squirrels at the Forts many walking trails .

We had a good many Monarchs pass through this season

They loved the Indian Blanket flowers

Some angry Sunrises during the Hurricanes

Angry Ocean

The waves washed away the Dune that protected the Refuge entrance

Just so awesome and scary

The State removing the four feet of sand from the Refuge parking lot and rebuilding the dune

So many Beautiful Sunrises

Where we Volunteer

One of the many fishing boats off shore

Love the Pelicans

To think that 30 years ago the Brown Pelican was almost lost to the world . They are majestic birds

Love Sunrise at the Refuge

The start of the Tundra Swans coming into the Refuge .

And the Swans start to arrive in numbers

More Swans

And of course with the Swans come , the Bald Eagles

So many Swans

And a young Eagle has also arrived and they just love the Osprey stand

At this point there are about 5,000 Swans and 10,000 various ducks of many species .

I have many excuses for not doing a post for a couple of months. But there is so much to do in the area and so little time to enjoy long walks on the beach and many places to visit .