Bald Head Island

Tory and I just returned from our weekend getaway (minus the kids!) at Bald Head Island. We were officially celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary, which was in May. We had the best time and I just fell in love with the island, so of course that means you're going to have to endure the photos. :) Let me preface this by saying that I make no claims to be a nature/landscape photographer but I did try to capture the trip for memories sake.

We stayed at a lovely bed and breakfast on the harbor called the Marsh Harbour Inn.

The rooms were very cozy with real beds and hardwood floors.

We had a little balcony that overlooked the harbor.


As I'm sure you all know, you reach Bald Head Island by a 20 minute ferry ride and there are no cars on the island. Everyone travels by golf cart (and wow did we see some awesome looking golf carts!). We spent lots of time cruising around the island on the golf cart stopping at whatever interested us.
We relaxed on the beach.

Whenever we called home they asked if we had bad weather, but it was beautiful there!


The unique thing about Bald Head (besides the lack of cars) is that in addition to miles of unspoiled beaches there is a huge forest right in the middle of the island. There are beautiful homes tucked into the forest along with nature trails and golf cart paths.

We walked a few of the trails.


We also stopped at the lighthouse "Old Baldy" and walked all 180 steps to the top.

Tory looking out the window about halfway up.


Saturday evening we decided to have an early dinner and then try to catch the sunset at the mouth of the Cape Fear river.
We had a little fun with our evening shadows while waiting for the sun to go down.

We also tortured a few fisherman packing up for the day.


Then the sun started to dip in the sky and I tried my hand at sunset photos.



The last shot before it dipped behind a cloud and set.


And the last shot today as the ferry was taking us back to Southport.


I thought the island was wonderful and so relaxing. I am determined to take the kids there for a vacation one day! If any of you out there have a house on Bald Head and want photos...call me. :) I hope all of you had a wonderful weekend as well. I have more sessions this week and I'm sure will be sharing some new client photos very soon.