Bodie

We had never visited any of the lighthouses in the Outer Banks and decided to change that this year. 
After lunch one afternoon, we made the trek toward Bodie Island Light Station (pronounced body).

As noted from Wikipedia:
Bodie Island was originally known as Bodies Island or Body's Island since the area was originally settled by the Body family. Folklore, however, attributes the naming of the island to the dead "bodies" of the ships that ran aground and sunk off the Outer Banks in what is now known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic.

Richard researched the information, the directions and briefed us on the twenty minute car trip to the light house.

All the while, we looked to the sky to see if we could spot the top of the lighthouse in the distance.
We had no clue that the massive cast looking thing we saw was actually the top.

When we finally arrived, the entire building was wrapped with scaffolding for restoration.  Richard claims it didn't mention it on the website, however, I can see quite easily that it is listed on the homepage.  I am not blaming though....

We were slightly disappointed.  We built up our expectations too much for our first lighthouse experience. 
I tried my best to convince them that it was cool we were there during such an important time in the lighthouse's history. 

I was only able to sell Meredith on the idea.  Because a 2-year old understands these things. 

She posed for a photo for me.  She was my cooperative child this particular moment day. 

And that is the story of our non-visit to the Bodie Island Light Station. 

You can read more about the restoration process HERE.

The lighthouse will be complete in 2011 and will be open to the public.