The Hatteras Inlet ferry coming into the northern most tip of Ocracoke Island. Some ten miles of sand flats and dunes separate the ferry landing from the village of Ocracoke which is clustered around Silver Lake, an inlet from Pamlico Sound.
The poggie boats coming in from a days fishing for menhaden. This fleet of boats uses Ocracoke as a base during the months of December, January, and February.
The poggie boats coming in from a days fishing for menhaden. This fleet of boats uses Ocracoke as a base during the months of December, January, and February.
Poggie Boats. This fleet of boats fishes Pamlico Sound and the surrounding Atlantic waters for menhaden during December, January, February, making there base at Ocracoke.
Ocracoke bus backing off the Hatteras Inlet ferry. When word comes by the Coast Guard phone that there are too many islander for the mail truck to carry, Jack Williams, the bus driver gets his bus out and goes over for them. Sometimes its two or three weeks between trips for him.