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Yes, the beach, but which one?
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Los Outer Bankstros, yes. I went running this morning after inexplicably waking up at 6 am on my vacation. Where we always rent a house, there's always the same pier off in the northern distance. It belongs to the Corps of Engineers, who have a research and preserve area on the island. Part of the reason for the reserve is we polluted the Outer Banks with unexploded ordnance by having a bombing range on the island...oops.
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The pier turned out to be 4.6ish miles from our house, so I figured I may as well finish out the last little bit to make it an even five. When I did, I found something I've never seen here before: a puffer fish!
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I always feel a little morbid taking pictures of dead things, but this fascinated me. I didn't realize they were found this far north. Apparently the Outer Banks is the very northern edge of their range.
I saw another rarish sight around where I found the blowfish:
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I believe they usually put these signs up when they spot a rip tide. This bodes well for my surf aspirations.
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