TUESDAY, May 20, 2008
The Cape Hatteras stands in it's current location about a half mile from it's original location closer to the beach. The fantastic feat of moving this light intact (like picking up a house and moving it to a new foundation) was accomplished in 1999. Prior to that the Atlantic Ocean was undercutting the beach where it was located, and was seriously close to swallowing up this beautiful historic monument. We watched a film called "Move of the Century" - amazing.
The day that we visited the light it was cloudy and windy. In fact, with gusts to 51 mph at the top, the National Park Service had closed the light! We were unable to climb! That feat will be saved for another day!
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