Outer bank Island was the last stop of my vacation. We stayed in Hilton Garden Inn again in Kitty Hawk. It is right on the beach. My room is on the top floor, having two large windows facing the Atlantic Ocean. So when I was in the room, I could hear the sound of ocean while doing my own thing, sometimes I looked out of the window and could see the people on the beach and the waves. In the morning, I usually took a long walk along the beach while picking up pretty shells. The first day, I was very curious about those big holes (around 1 or 2 inches I.D.) and those tiny little holes like 1 cm I.D.. I finally figured out after observing for a couple of days. The second day, I saw so many little crabs on the sand. They all rushed into their holes while I approached them. That answered what the big holes are. I was amazed how fast those crabs can run. It also reminded me what my mom used to say about me. She said I walked like a crab, horizontally like a crab when I was acting like a boy. As for the little holes, I was more amazed when I found out the truth. The second day, I was playing on the beach. I saw those little tiny clams on the sand when the water went down. They were so tiny like 2 or 3mm. This did not answer what those tiny holes are until we walked on Nags head beach. We were playing, walking on the beach. All the sudden, I saw hundreds of much bigger size clams standing in the sand trying to hide back in when the water just went down. I could not believe my eyes. They looked like new baby bamboo after a good rain. Now I knew what those tiny holes are. But something made me sad was I saw so many tiny fish left on the sand when the tide went down. Most of them died or were eaten by seagles or peletons.
On the way to Nags Head beach. We visited Wright Brothers National Memorial, the brothers who invented first power flight in 1903. It is amazing and inspiring.
I tried to upload some pictures here. But I am not smart on this. Maybe next time.
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