Sunday Stills: Straight
Straight is this week’s theme for Sunday Stills photo challenge. Thank you to Graham of Graham’s Island for the theme idea!
On Aug. 28, 2005, Hurricane Katrina became a Category Five storm, with winds blowing at about 175 mph (280 kph). The storm turned north toward the Louisiana coast. The storm weakened to a Category 3 storm before making landfall along the Louisiana-Mississippi border on the morning of Aug. 29 with sustained winds of 120 mph (193 kph).
Hubby and I planned a trip to North Carolina in mid-September. Even though the storm didn’t hit straight through, the damage was significant. Hubby had diving in mind and he didn’t want to cancel the trip, so we proceeded. The hotel we booked was near Beaufort, closed to the waterfront. After we got there, the hotel owner said the building was leaking and asked us to go inland seven miles before checking any hotel availability. We followed his advice and found lodging. The weather was pleasant. We visited Fort Macon, the Historic Museum, and Cape Lookout. Hubby even booked a diving trip.
The Battle of Fort Macon was fought there during March and April 1862. The canon points straight toward the possible battle ships.
The Fort Macon was constructed with red bricks, curves, and straight lines.
We went Straight across the bridge and straight up the lighthouse.
The Cape Lookout Lighthouse is 163 feet high with 207 steps to climb to the top. It’s pretty hard to climb straight to the top. We went to the upper level of the visitor center.
The Showers of Blessings 
Very nice. 🙂
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Thank you. 🙂
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It’s one of my goals to get to Fort Macon! It’s so close, and yet I’ve never been!
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That’s right, it’s very close to you! Have you been to Cape Lookout?
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Nope – have actually only been on the outer banks once, and to Wilmington only four or five times. I grew up on the opposite side of the state, and every time I decide to go to the beach I end up just going to the USS North Carolina, haha!
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Haha, add it onto your bucket list!
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The lighthouse photos are my favorites! (My husband and I have made many lighthouse climbs in our travels.)
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We only visited two – the other one was a lot smaller and lower. Did you plan to visit the lighthouses or they were among the features where you traveled?
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Both! We were able to climb to the top of Portland Head Light last November, which was a real treat, as it’s very seldom open for visitors to go inside.
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That’s great, Liz. I just did a quick check. It’s 80 feet high. It’s interesting to read about the lighthouses.
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It was so much fun to be able to climb to the top. That lighthouse had been an important part of my childhood, and I never thought I’d be able to go inside.
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It must be a great memory to you and it meant a lot for you too go inside. Certain places I had been as a child still show up in my dream.
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Yes, certain places never leave us.
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You’re right, Liz. Those places made deep impressions in our brain.
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Marvelous pictures, Miriam and nice to see you and your husband going often on holidays. It is so much fun and joy.
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Thank you, Kamal. We go on international trip once a year and go within the US several times a year.
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Wow so nice to hear that, Miriam and it is so much a pleasure to see beautiful and wonderful places. You are always welcome dear.
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❤ ❤
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🌷🌷🌷♥️♥️♥️
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What a great adventure, Miriam! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you for your comment, Jan!
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Nice blog 😇
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Thank you for your visit, Saania!
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My pleasure, followed you 💓
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Thank you for your follow. Are you in school. You sound like more mature as a 15 years old. ❤
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My pleasure, yes I do go to school 🤗
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Good for you. You seems to spend a lot of time blogging. What school are you in?
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Haha no, I only post once a week and sometimes even later…I’m in grade 11 (my school’s name is Gems Wellington international school).
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That’s good to know you’re blogging once a week. We encourage high school students to blog. I hope you do well at school.
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What great photos, Miriam, and accompanying explanations. I loved the journey! Thank you. 🙂
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Thank you, Gwen. It was fun looking back at those photos. I was going to cancel the trip, but then I would have missed the journey. 😊
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I love lighthouses but I’d never be able to climb one. The few I’ve been in had winding open stairs with a view to the bottom, which totally freaked me out, LOL.
Beautiful photos, Miriam!
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Thank you, Mae! I’ve never climbed one with open stairs. I’m afraid of height, that would freak me out also! The stairs in Cape Lookout have walls on both sides so we climbed several levels.
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Walls on both sides would work for me. I’m afraid of heights too!
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Yeah, it worked for me, Mae!
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I like looking around the inside of lighthouses. For some strange reason I find them fascinating. Great pictures Miriam.
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Yes, Stevie, it’s interesting inside the lighthouse.
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This looks like a great place to visit, Miriam:)
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Yes, Denise, thank you. I don’t mind going back to do more.
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🙂
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One hundred sixty-three feet high sounds impressive, but I didn’t even notice a person until you pointed it out. That helps get a sense of how big the lighthouse is.
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Yes, Pete. I don’t know what determined how high they built the lighthouses. I didn’t feel like taking 207 steps that day. Probably it can see quite far out to the ocean.
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Great pictures, Miriam. You visit some awesome places.
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Thank you, Robbie. We travel quite a bit. I hope we can do it again soon.
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Miriam, it’s so great to see your fab images for Sunday Stills this week! I can’t believe Katrina was in 2005, seems not that long ago. That lighthouse is incredible!
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Terri, I used to do many photo challenges, but I slowed down a couple years ago. Right now I only do one or two posts a week. I can’t believe it either that it was 2005. Did you see me at the bottom of the lighthouse? I just made a point of how high it was!
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It’s hard to follow too many, Miriam. Yes, you looked like a cute little ant next to that lighthouse, which is one of the things I like about the photo 😁
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Haha! Exactly. 🙂
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