Day 32:
Yesterday we visited one of the most pirated places back in its day: Okracoke Island in North Carolina. It was very attractive to pirates such as world renown Blackbeard, or Edward Teach. We took a 45-minute car ferry from Cape Hatteras, which was really fun! It made me remember the time I once drove a ferry like that with my mom's cousin, Jeffrey who is a boat captain. Once we got to Okracoke, the sun was blistering at a high 90 degrees, but the experience of being on a pirate-infested island was really cool! There were tons of ponies and a lot of info about Blackbeard. He suffered about 25 mortal wounds before being beheaded, and the actual battle was about 6 minutes. They were defeated by being outsmarted and outnumbered by the British. We got a neat book for me about the history of the island and famous pirate tales. Speaking of British, did you know we actually visited Great Britain, while also visiting the U.S.A today? It's true! During the second World War, a British naval force was destroyed by a German U-boat, and about only 4 of the bodies were recovered and identified, leaving many of the crew unidentified. A cemetery was built to honor the fallen soldiers and the cemetery is technically part of Britain and a British territory. We visited the site, so I guess we have bragging rights to say we were in another country this summer. We have about 2-3 more days left! Today we are driving to Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia and will spend at least a day there and leave the next morning and be home in time for dinner. Milford, ready or not, here we come!
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