They have to pay a ton of actors and actresses for their continued performances throughout the night. After seeing everything they do and have to offer I can see why the price tag is so high. It is a bit expensive but was money well spent. This is perfect for tweens and teens who have gotten to old for classic trick or treating. The attractions were very scary and I would suggest not to bring to many younger kids. We went to the haunted Halloween event last night and it was so, so, so, much fun! There was a lot of people but despite that the lines moved pretty fast. Seems more like a $5 charge would be better. I liked supporting the military so we didn’t mind the fee to look at the lighthouse but if this was just some ordinary place and charged 10/per person I wouldn’t have done it. There are plenty of places off limitsġ0) the whole experience was cool and nice to pass the time but not sure I would personally want to come again. You are pretty much looking at water one way and then the tops of building the other way.ĩ) you can walk to the gas station, the memorial, chapel and overlook. They keep it while you are on base.Ģ) you drive to a parking lot near by and get screened by a military personnel and given some laminated paper as your “ticket” you will have to return this in order to receive your ID afterwards.ģ) you take a shuttle for a quick ride to the old light house.Ĥ) you can not go to the new light house, just look at itĥ) it is 10/person to climb the old light house.Ħ) there are a lot of stairs if you do thisħ) inside the lighthouse at the top it is pretty hot up there if it’s warm outside.Ĩ) the view is ok. Here are some key points to the visit ġ) once you arrive at the base gate they ask you some questions and take your ID. The ranger did give my younger kids props for making it to NC and gave them honorary junior ranger pins. We spent 7 hours just trying to make it to NC and back to the car in back bay wildlife refuge. We would probably visit again and try more of the branch trails and take more time exploring. they also have a bike repair station outside which was great and flushing toilet with running water. The vistor center had some nice merchandise that we bought because only way to buy it was to hike or bike all the way there. We were a little jealous on the people sitting on it just driving past us. There was a tram that was opertaing at the same time while we were riding. It had nice benches and picnic tables and we were the only ones there the whole time. We did stop at the currently closed education center to eat lunch. We did the whole trip, about 27 miles, with our 12, 9 and 6 year old.
He said he has seen some very physically fit adults not able to complete the entire trip. He said when he first talked with us he had his doubt with our 6 year old that we would make it. He gave us tips on getting to the state line. Vistor center was nice and ranger was super helpful. We had to hike our bikes for a quarter of a mile on wash woods to get to the nice sand on the beach.
We took sand ridge trail down to wash woods trail and took it down to the beach. We biked all the way to the NC state border from the beach in eaely April. You can only get here by going through back bay wildlife refuge.
A mountain bike would be useful as the trails/service road has varying degrees of graves, potholes, and puddles. They had lots of recommendations and were very welcoming and engaging. So much undeveloped coastline! Also, the greeter and ranger at the VC were a-maz-ing. It's the lookouts and end points that are the reason for visiting. Again, the road isn't exciting, but there a few beautiful groves of live oaks. Once in False Cape, there's a lot of beautiful speckled shade on the trails that are mostly under pines and live oaks. You might get lucky with animal sitting - I saw a deer grazing, a turtle crossing the road, and a raccoon wandering about.
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And then you have to walk back! A nice glimpse of Back Bay along the way, but it's in full sun with often a stuff breeze. You can walk, but it's a long, unremarkable gravel road. And another mile to the sandy Atlantic beach. Don't forget to BRING A BIKE! Parking in Back Bay leaves you 4.2 miles from the False Cape Visitors Center (3.5 to park +0.7 to VC).
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