{"id":21481,"date":"2018-07-12T01:33:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T05:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=21481"},"modified":"2018-07-02T15:41:01","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T19:41:01","slug":"cape-lookout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2018\/07\/12\/cape-lookout\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Lookout"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2018\/07\/2018-06-19-14.29.44_preview.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2018\/07\/2018-06-19-14.29.44_preview-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21487\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the famous lighthouse on Cape Lookout. The diamond pattern is meant to be more visible from afar, for it is here that the cross currents and sandbars become so dangerous to ships. <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2018\/07\/2018-06-19-14.14.00_preview.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2018\/07\/2018-06-19-14.14.00_preview-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21493\"><\/a>   The little island where the lighthouse is is well maintained, indeed there is still a caretaker of the island and a caretaker\u2019s cottage\u2014-<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2018\/07\/2018-06-19-14.30.31_preview.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2018\/07\/2018-06-19-14.30.31_preview-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21496\"><\/a>  Yes that\u2019s my 91 year old Mom, Joyce, walking up to the house.  There have been horses on this island as well\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2018\/07\/2018-06-19-14.44.14_preview.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2018\/07\/2018-06-19-14.44.14_preview-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21499\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No one is quite sure how they got there, but it goes back at least to the 17th-18th century, so perhaps it was the Spanish, or some of Sir Walter Raleigh\u2019s explorers. We can\u2019t say for sure.  Here\u2019s a shot up the coast of Cape Lookout\u2014-<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2018\/07\/2018-06-19-14.45.47_preview.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2018\/07\/2018-06-19-14.45.47_preview-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21502\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is interesting flora as well on these islands, including these flowering plants\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2018\/07\/2018-06-19-14.13.55_preview.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2018\/07\/2018-06-19-14.13.55_preview-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21505\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All in all, this was well worth a day\u2019s drive to see the tale end of the Outer Banks. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the famous lighthouse on Cape Lookout. 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