Silver Lake

Ocracoke Coffe Company and Java Books
No LL

We are beginning to see why Les and our other friends speak so highly of Ocracoke. It really is a lovely place.

The village in Silver Lake is clearly built up around the tourist industry. Most of the houses around are motels, or inns, or B&Bs, or rentals. There are gift shops, art galleries, coffee shops, fishing charters, bike rentals, and restaurants all around. There is a small grocery store, but only the kind one goes to to fill in forgotten items.

In fact, the description of Silver Lake and Ocracoke is very similar to my description of Hope Town and Elbow Cay in the Abacos, Bahama. Naturally,. the personalities of those two places differ greatly, but the similatiries are also strong. This looks like a great vacation destination.

Yesterday, we walked the nature trail to Springer Point. It was great, but then it started to rain heavily. By the time we got back to the boat, we were soaked. Today however, it is sunny and warm, although very windy.

The storm is proving to be less severe than forecast. (Ha, since when has the weather bureau every been wrong before.) Instead of 30 gusting to 35 it is blowing 20 gusts to 28. There's a very large difference.

Libby is back on the boat baking rasin nut bread for me. Yummy.

I'm thinking that this afternoon or tomorrow we might take a round trip on one of the ferries just for fun. The price per pedestrian for a 2.5 hour ride is only $1. That's a bargain that can hardly be beat.

It reminds me of the poor man's cruise on the Port Kent ferry from Burlington, Vermont. Sunsets in Vermont can be very spectacular with the Adirondack Mountains to the west. For only $2, one can ride the ferry from Burlington, VT to Port Kent, NY. Take a lawn chair with you and a cooler with drinks, sit on the forward end of the ferry deck, and you have an outstanding milieu to enjoy the sunset. Then, it only costs another $2 to ride home again after dark.