Ocracoke Island Light (part I)

Ocracoke is home to the second oldest lighthouse in the country, (the oldest in North Carolina). See lovely Wikipedia for more historical info. Molly really wanted to get right up and touch it, but unfortunately they've fenced it off so you can't even get to the base. Back in the day you used to even be able to climb the thing. What is the world coming to?

As you'll see in another day's pictures, we even had views of this lovely light from our living room. This is the first time we've ever rented a place with such direct views of the lighthouse. Nouri described it as "mythological".

Molly liked talking about it and would comment on whether the light was on or off. We tried to explain to her that the light came on at night and went off during the day, but I think she was just excited to be able to talk to us about whether the light was on or off. She still likes talking about lighthouses and she identifies them wherever she can. This afternoon she kept insisting that the Eiffel Tower was a lighthouse (our neighbor's holiday card features a picture of their sons in front of the Eiffel Tower from their summer trip to France). She thought it was funny when I told her that "actually, that's the Eiffel Tower." "Lighthouse!" she would exclaim.