If you live in the state of North Carolina and have not visited the two scenic sites I am about to discuss get off your rear end and get there before you are pushing up daises. Above everyplace else in this state these two places stand alone in my opinion. They rival the Redwood Forest, the Grand Canyon, and any other place in this country scenic wise.
The Cape Hatteras seashore is glorious in it's spaciousness and isolation. You can walk and ride for miles and miles and see nothing but the glorious coast , beach, and sand dunes. If you want to see how small you really are be sure to park your car somewhere along the way and walk the beach. Beautiful from end to end, just no place like this anywhere anymore in the United States. Ships and others have tried to tame this place for years and utterly failed. The sea, hurricanes, and moving dunes can not be tamed and can not be owned. Sunsets and sunrises take your breath away. Be sure to climb the Cape Hatteras lighthouse highest on the Atlantic Coast. This is what beaches looked like before development. I am not against development, but I am happy some of our forefathers noticed what anyone who comes here will immediately notice the incredible glorious spectacular natural environment and saved it. You should take at least one trip in your life over the Bonner bridge or Cedar Island ferry and enjoy.
The trip in North Carolina I enjoy the most is the trip to the LInn Cove Viaduct which wraps around Grandfather Mountain. This little engineering marvel is courteous of the late great Hugh Morton. You might not know who Mr. Morton was, but trust me no greater North Carolinian ever lived and we are the receipt of his love of this state in many ways. But none greater than the Linn Cove Viaduct. Mr. Morton refused to allow the Blue Ridge Parkway to blast their way around his mountain to complete the road until the early 1980's when the French figured out how to build a road on the side of a mountain. Thus the Linn Cove Viaduct around Grandfather mountain. I will leave the particulars here for you to discover, but the result of this viaduct is here for all to view. If there is a more glorious beautiful God given place to be on Fall days in October than the Linn Cove Viaduct you will have to show me. The tapestry of colors laid out before you in the valley below the viaduct make me tear up just thinking about it. How someone can come to the viaduct in late October , view the marvelous display of leaves on mountain trees and not see the handiwork of God is beyond me. Animals are mostly colorblind, so why would nature put on a display such as this if there was not a God who created it for man to see. I can just envision Hugh Morton seeing this the first time and his reaction. Fortunately for us his next reaction was to preserve this place for posterity so we all can make the Fall pilgrimage and behold the wondrous artwork of God himself.
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