Our Outer Banks Vacation: Day 4
On our fourth day of vacation (Tuesday, September 18) Bob and I went to the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, located on the Dare County Mainland only a few miles from Roanoke Island.
Map obtained from Fish & Wildlife Service website
We had hoped to see a bear. All we saw was a turtle crossing the road, one great blue heron and lots of butterflies. Bob enjoyed the off-road driving. We decided to make our way back to U.S. Route 64 when we had no signal on our cell phones and the GPS didn’t show us on a road. What “roads” we did travel and were on the GPS looked like tractor routes through a hayfield!
Turtle crossing road (Bob took this picture)
The type of “roads” that we drove on
Could this possibly be Alligator River?
By the way, there are alligators in this wildlife refuge. I saw photographs of them on the Internet. We didn’t see an alligator in person though.
The Beauty Around Us 
4 Responses to “Our Outer Banks Vacation: Day 4”
Very nice photos, Linda. I am glad you didn’t see any gators. 🙂
Hi Linda, your trip photos are bringing back many memories of my trip there. We also went to this Alligator River refuge also hoping to see a bear. I was a little upset all we were seeing were hunters. I think we went the wrong time of year. Loved the photos, especially the turtle.
Sounds like some fun driving
I enjoyed reading about your trip and seeing the beautiful photos, Linda.