Mike setting up camp on Cedar Island.

One of a family of otters on Cedar Island. The light was bad. I shot a lot of frames- this was the best one.

In the Tacoma, on the ferry. That’s sea water all over the window.

Paddling Pamlico Sound during a small craft advisory.

We explored tiny creeks to get out of the wind. Photo courtesy Mike Conneen.

We explored tiny creeks to get out of the wind.

Photographer at sunrise, Okracoke Island.

Hatteras Inlet from Okracoke Island.

Hatteras Light.

Dawn at Bodie Island.

Sea oats at dawn.

Sunrise with gulls.

Exploring an uninhabited island inside Oregon Inlet.

Near that same island.

Near that same island.

Participants in the Nags Head Surf Fishing Tournament.

Mike and River go flying with Wilbur Wright.

Bodie Island Light.

Inside Bodie Island Light.

View from the top!

Chatting with locals, Nag’s Head Pier.

Surf’s up!

Not everyone is paddling. Oregon Inlet fishing center.

Sunset, Oregon Inlet.

Green anole, Elizabethan Gardens, Manteo.

Sea oats, Oregon Inlet campground.

Flying at sunrise.

End of the road, Gull Rock Game Land.

The catch of the trip. Mike caught this red while sitting in his kayak, still on the trailer, at the Gull Rock Game Land.

Mike caught this red from his kayak, Newport River.

I caught this red from my kayak…

…fly fishing, Newport River.