據說北卡的Outer Banks地區是雪雁冬天裏的家,這次利用聖誕節短暫的假期驅車前往以探個究竟。正好也可以逃避俺們屯兒裏的冰天雪地,尋求一下柔和卻又不是那麽熱烈的溫暖,何樂而不為!Outer Banks地區是一個狹長地帶,雙麵臨海,The New York Times是這麽描述的:"THE Outer Banks, those long, skinny barrier islands just off North Carolina, have long fired the imagination"。 小城Kill Devil Hills坐落在它的中間部位,是我們此行的落腳點。
我們的旅館就坐落在海邊,漫天絢麗的朝霞是一天最好的開始
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Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse, 白房紅頂,在聖誕花環的裝點下非常養眼
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Pungo Lake,沒走多遠就聽到成群白天鵝的鳴叫,very loud!真沒想到這麽優雅的生靈也能排演出這麽嘹亮的合唱:)。
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看成群的雪雁展翅飛起,很是壯觀
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Turkey vulture at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dy-0wjxaBts/WmPhIppow4I/AAAAAAAALrc/bOKJhEUkhfIbwGEjYj30zvweYN4RTYzpgCPcBGAYYCw/s640/_WSU8985.jpg)
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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
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Bodie Island Lighthouse,黃昏的餘暉給燈塔增添了一絲嫵媚
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喜歡這個不太長的步道
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Outer Banks地區有許許多多形態各異的棧橋,可能是當地人喜歡在上麵垂釣,或者像我們一樣喜歡在海麵上眺望。
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Nags Head Fishing Pier
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Cape Hatteras Fishing Pier
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Jennette's Pier,夜色給它增添了幾分靜謐
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不知是誰把這隻高雅孤獨的小灰貓留在了這裏
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又是新的一天,天上下起若有若無絲一般的細雨,首先驅車來到Nags Head Woods Preserve,漂滿浮萍的池塘,青翠欲滴,真是一個清幽的好去處。
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Jockey's Ridge State Park,先走過一段木板路,旁邊的樹幹上長滿青苔
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沒走多遠一大片沙丘就呈現在眼前。蒙蒙的細雨給沙丘塗上了一抹薑黃,遠處有兩個人在沙丘中行走,一會兒也不見了蹤影,整個沙丘似乎暫時被我們擁有。
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枯樹,增添了一種淒涼的美感![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T1RxbGnXNPY/WmPh7FJGRLI/AAAAAAAALsQ/PqJRl4qYI2oOyvsQohPCeR2dmJ-MYeXegCPcBGAYYCw/s640/_WSU9516_1.jpg)
Currituck Beach Lighthouse
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玩具般的小房子很可愛
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Historic Corolla Park
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Wild Horse Statue at Town of Duck
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The little town of Duck, 有一條長長的沿水而建的木製步道,旁邊有很多裝飾賞心悅目的禮品店,正值聖誕前夜,基本都不開門。除了幾個遛狗的本地居民,好像隻有我們獨享這風聲雨聲,和這份濕潤的愜意。水中不遠處有一隻嘴裏叼著魚大藍鷺,看到我們仍很淡定,不慌不忙地把魚吞入囊中。
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回到旅館所在的Kill Devil Hills,事先調查好的幾個餐館節日期間多數都停業,幸好Captain George聖誕夜還在運營。我們選擇了海鮮自助餐,每位$34.99,有雪蟹腿,扇貝,Oysters,等, 豐盛美味,值得推薦。
回家的路上首先來到Virginia Beach,那天風很大
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下一個目的地是維吉尼亞首府Richmond,圖中建築是Dominion Arts Center
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George Washington Statue
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Old City Hall
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Virginia Civil Rights Monument
St Paul's Episcopal Church
War Memorial at Richmond, Virginia
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Maymont at Richmond, Virginia
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Maymont Mansion
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離開Richmond後,繼續前行,黃昏時分來到在Arlington訂的旅館。華盛頓特區的National Mall隻有一河之隔 ,於是驅車去那裏觀賞夜景。那天正值聖誕節,街上的人三三兩兩,寒風清冽地吹拂著臉頰。National Mall裏的建築在夜色中閃爍著莊重大氣的光芒,美麗凍人。
傑弗遜紀念堂 (Thomas Jefferson Memorial),為紀念美國第三任總統托馬斯·傑弗遜而建,1938年在羅斯福的主持下開工,1943年落成。
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華盛頓紀念碑 (Washington Monument)
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國家二戰紀念碑 (National World War II Memorial),用以紀念在二戰期間服役的1600萬美國軍人
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林肯紀念堂 (Lincoln Memorial),為紀念美國第十六屆總統亞伯拉罕•林肯而建,館內林肯的雕像高19英尺,出自於丹尼爾•查斯特•弗蘭奇之手。1963年,馬丁路德金在這裏做了著名的“我有一個夢想”的演講。
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美國國會大廈 (United States Capitol)
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第二天上午又到以前錯過的國家動物園轉了一下,天氣寒冷,很多動物都躲在戶內。
可愛的大熊貓,玩得正歡
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黑熊,睡得正酣
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撚角羚,在專心吃草
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Cheetah, 不要太帥,好不好 !
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華盛頓特區就這麽匆匆地閃過。在這新年伊始,希望大家該耍就耍,該睡就睡,該吃就吃,該裝就裝:)。Happy New Year!
第二天回家路過賓夕法尼亞州的Erie時,天上飄起了漫天的雪花,到處都是白茫茫的一片,讓人神經高度緊張,感覺進退兩難,隻好硬著頭皮繼續往前開,進入紐約州收費站時,那裏的工作人員告訴我們路況很快就會好轉,果真,地麵上的雪越來越薄,最後終於完全消失,平安地回到了溫暖的家。現在回想起來,那撲麵而來的漫天飛雪,在車燈的照射下,給人一種不真實卻又是夢幻般的感覺。
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