WISP
Getaways
uier Banks
A nice weekend getaway , but watch for hurricanes
By CHARUSMRNfiC?N
Exploring Nrthtelina's Outer Banks in
the Autumn can beun exercise in lonely con
templation and can for the weekerf&vi&
itor, a chance to
and pressures of s
to a land racel
The Bodie Island light is one of the
maining Iighthouser"5rr the rJull
as lianks
Eers off
LA
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away from the hustle
)l and city and retreat
ji in the f aU.
Particu!aff?X3firv?tin2 irvtHe Jail art
end of the Cape HaifNatW
and proceeding soutn tofcESotated i
of Ocracoke. The islands, stretching al
150 miles from the resort towfrsspf
Hawk and Nags Head to the souther?
Portsmouth Island, are a string of narrow.
sand-swept barrier islands, jutting far out into
the Atlantic Ocean and often bearing the
brunt of many fall and winter storms and hur
ricanes. ;
isjndsare fragile and are nearly
deserted in thefJuitnmn months when,thg
tourists desert the islandsndieavew4one jmg-sHiom?ftfie treacherous wa
ly beaches and Iagoonsto the iewhttrdy- the coast-Mor-tha500 ships have found-
past rive centuries,
Caps... Ha.tteras..aad-
-Bankers who Jiveandwofk off th
throughout the year. Starting at Whalebone
Junction in South Nags Head, the visitor in
search of quiet meditation and a portrayal
of raw nature would travel south on NC t2,
two-lane highway that serves as the on!.
connecting the southern Outer Bank
ainland. '
rs the Fea Island National W
RefugeTastretch of the -ape Hatter,
tional Seashore-thdt-eomes alive in t
with thousandTof migratory birds andjwuc-.
tathe
CS1 sx
frbacOa
sr-ones-.
the Banks
and the waters aro
Lookout remain tricky and deadly to the un
wary mariner.
Between the populous northern resort
reas and the Cape stretch 70 miles of de-
erted beach and two lanes of bIaoktp
Along the way, the tiny fifhing'ViJIages of
' bornify on 'Tg.the narrow strip of land, sur
vive as-fishinvHllges on the large Pamlico
Sound, which boraef54heBanks on the west.
txautiojrjJotft Autumn Outer
BankstraTtefs4.he fall is the heart of the
Jfcujuxicjmseasijn, and the tiny islands are
Avon
offer
-Roxkfrtheravesr-Salvu.
uuter banKs tnat nas oeen relatively un
touched by the past 4ft years growthof"the
tourist industry further to the north. These
often buffeted by high winds and flood wa
ters during bad weather. Should bad weather
descend during a weekend study break to
the beach, it would be best to move inland.
Jyst tobe safe.
CapeTHatfeTSts ties 70 miles. south of Nags
Head and: w.oulcke weftavorth the trip for
Xfie XTaeJtferlightooWse, standing
208 feet above uieowidt: is' presently being
life. Pea Island (which is really not an isafi4 ' weather-beaten old village clinging stub-
at all), is shadowed by the black-any-wbitf
ringed Bodie Island Light House.
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SEPT. 26
Tlac Portbole PicEic tho ACC
A Weekly Feature Predicting The Outcome i
' Of The Week's ACC Football Games.
"We Know More About Good Food
Than We Do About Football
Can Wake pull off two upsets in a row? We doubt it.
VIRGINIA TECH OVER WAKE FOREST BY 9
Everybody needs a Memphis State on their
schedule
GEORGIA TECH OVER MEMPHIS STATE BY 14
Well one of these two "teams" has to win:
DUKE OVER VIRGINIA BY 4
When was the last time the Terps started a season
at 0-3?
IIC STATE OVER MARYLAND BY 7
The Heels keep on rolling along, but the numbers
may hot be as high this week.
UNO OVER BOSTON COLLEGE BY 17
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