cape lookout

we're starting the planning for rehab of the lighthouse so they can open it to the public----built in 1859 to replace one built in 1812---169' tall and 216 steps to the top, which i climbed four times yesterday----the last time was a bit of a chore, but it wasn't like a couple of years ago when i could barely make it to the top of bodie island light one time-----of course great views of the atlantic, the cape itself---the shoals arc out to the left in these images, with the bight on the right----the shoals stretch out for 15 or 20 miles and were actually just as dangerous, if not more so, as diamond shoals at cape hatteras----