Walking Around Ocracoke Village After the Rain

The sun came out...  Eric and I decide to take a walk around Ocracoke Village.

 The harbor. The ferry sits at the dock.

Wheelie Fun
Scooter Rentals

The Anchorage Inn &

Marina advertises with

a stuffed Blue Marlin.

 Businesses are starting to open for the season.

An eclectic mix of services:

TJ Outfitters:
Hot Dogs/Walking Tacos
Bike Rentals

The Wocokon is named for the

site where British landed

ships in July, 1585.

The ships expected to land at Wocokon, which is identical to what is now known as Ocracoke Island. This historical factoid is a bit confusing. 

Hotels look out onto
the harbor.

Ocracoke Harbor Inn

Irvin Garrish Highway &

Silver Lake Drive both

turn at this intersection.

A large sailboat in
the harbor.

The Ocracoke

Water Tower

The Ocracoke

Lighthouse

A cat takes a walk

down the middle

of the street.

Albert Styron
General Store

The Castle B & B

Everyone on the second

& third floor gets a

view of the harbor.

A Mallard & his mate
swim in a puddle.

DAJIO isn't open

yet.

The cats caught my eyes
& then I read the sign.

Private Residence
Privacy Please

Canada Geese sun

themselves.

The Scarborough 

Family Cemetery

The Scarborough Great
Grandchildren restored
the cemetery in 2003.





In the small village of Ocracoke, tourism and hard work, life and reminders of death are close at hand.