Loftin Family Vacation
Table of
Contents
Elizabethan
Gardens
Manteo, NC
NC Lighthouses
Outer Banks, NC
Currituck
Beach
Lighthouse
Bodie
Island
Lighthouse
Cape
Hatteras
Lighthouse
Cape
Lookout
Lighthouse
Wright
Brothers
Memorial
Kill Devil Hills, NC
2001
Beach Trip
Outer Banks
Kill Devil Hills, NC
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LOFTIN
GENEALOGY
LINE
The
LOFTIN
Family
Tree
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Philip
Daniel
Loftin
(1978 - 20??)
Curtis
Dean
Loftin
(1953 - 20??)
Sam
William
Loftin
(1918 - 1979)
Alonzo
Lester
Loftin
(1876 - 1937)
William Alexander
Loftin
(1851 - 1939)
James
Franklin
Loftin
(1827 - 1864)
Thomas
Loftin
(1798 - 185?)
James
Loftin
(1768 - 1836)
John
Loftin
(1740 - 1793)
Cornelius
Loftin III
(1714 - 1785)
Cornelius
Loftin II
(1675 - 1735)
Cornelius
Loftin I
(1648 - 1735)
Leonard
"Laughton"
Loftin
(1610 - 1678)
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FAMILY
NAMES
LOFTIN:
Beatty
Corzine
Cranford
Fisher
Givens
Harwell
Kaiser
Lanier
Lomax
McCorkle
Rudisill
Sherrill
Upright
Washington
Work
SETZER:
Aderholdt
Barringer
Bovey
Bushart
Deal
Heavner
Herman
Ikert
Miller
Motz
Rankin
Witherspoon
GOBLE:
Babst/Bobst
Douglas
Faber
Fink
Fulbright
Hefner
Meinhert
Miller
Muller
Pabst/Bobst
Robinson
JOHNSON:
Corzine
Fink
Hamilton
Kaiser
Leslie
Lewis
Moore
Sherrill
Upright
Wilkinson
Additional
Family
SURNAMES
The Outer Banks
Lighthouses, Gardens and Museums
Curtis & Carolyn Loftin
16 - 23 Jun 2001
Our entire family did a summer beach trip to the North Carolina Outer Banks from Saturday June 16 to Saturday Jun 23 in 2001. Not only did we enjoy the beach, but we visited the Elizabethan Gardens, saw The Lost Colony drama, visited the Wilbur & Orville Wright Brothers Museum as well as the various Lighthouses on the NC Coast. On 16 June 2001, as we were going through Manteo, we decided to stop and tour the Elizabethan Gardens. It cost $5 each for entrance, but the gardens were absolutely beautiful. Fanciful and elaborate gardens were kept to entertain Queen Elizabeth I during her reign. The Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, NC, was created for your enjoyment, and as a living memorial to the time when Sir Walter Raleigh’s lost colonists lived in this very place over 400 years ago. Curtis gets a photo of the family outside of the Elizabethan Gardens The English-Style Gardens had beautiful flowers, shrubs , trees and statuary Brad, Beth and Savanna 
Philip and Leslie 
This beautiful blue-lace hydrangea was one of my favorites - so I had to buy one for my own garden 
They say "the apple don't fall far from the tree" - but I don't know about this The gardens were beautiful, but we had to eventually move on to the purpose for the whole trip - the beach 
Currituck Beach Lighthouse
Sunday afternoon, 17 June 2001, Carolyn and I drove through Duck, NC, and headed to Corolla to see the Currituck Beach Lighthouse. Both Duck and Corolla were extremely nice communities, but Corolla was definitely for the elite.
Currituck Beach Lighthouse When we were there (2001), the Currituck Beach Lighthouse is the only lighthouse that was still open to the public so that you could climb to the top. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse had been closed to the public the week before we got there.
Carolyn snaps a photo of Curtis 
Carolyn didn't want to climb to the top of the lighthouse, but I did. I paid $5 and headed toward the top. After I had climbed the first few flights of stairs, I looked up toward the top, and then back down toward the bottom.
I didn't care if I had paid $5 for the opportunity to climb to the top, I wasn't so sure that I could do it.Climbing to the top of the Currituck Lighthouse 
Finally, however, I pulled together enough courage to continue on to the top. I finally made it and the view was beautiful.
Even though I did make it to the top, I still had a hard time making myself get out on the deck around the massive light.
Visitors can still climb the winding staircase, 220 steps in all, to the top of the lighthouse for a panoramic view of Currituck Sound, the Atlantic Ocean and the Currituck Outer Banks. Inside the lighthouse, at the base and on the first two landings, there are lighthouse exhibits. On the way up or down, you can stop to learn about the history of the coastal lighthouses. The Currituck Lighthouse Caretaker's House 
Like the other lighthouses on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, this one still serves as an aid to navigation.
The beacon comes on automatically every evening at dusk and ceases at dawn.
Bodie Island Lighthouse
On Monday June 18th, we all decided to check out Bodie Island Lighthouse and Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. It was about an hour drive from where we were staying in Kill Devill Hills, NC, to the lighthouse.
Everyone, except for me, posed while I got a group of them with the lighthouse and keeper's quarters (Left) Philip & Leslie; (Right) Philip, Leslie, Beth & Savanna, Brad 
I (Curtis) manage to get a photo of my with the lighthouse, too 
Checking out other parts of the Island Bodie's Island Lighthouse is an exact duplicate of the Currituck Beach Lighthouse and were both built by the same architect.
The only difference is the fact that Currituck kept its brick veneer while Body's Island Lighthouse was painted with black and white stripes.
The current structure was erected in 1872 - Seven years after the end of the American Civil War.Chart from www.nps.gov A few final photos of the lighthouse before we leave 
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
After visiting Bodie Island Lighthouse, we moved on to check out the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Humidity was extremely high during the Hatteras tour. We were also disappointed that we couldn't go inside either.
Brad, Beth and Savanna at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse 
Curtis poses for a photo
Philip, Leslie, Brad, Beth and Savanna 
Post Card: Cape Hatteras before the move Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is the tallest brick lighthouse in the US. 
Cape Lookout Lighthouse
We didn't visit Cape Lookout Lighthouse on this trip to the Outer Banks. We did a beach trip with Dennis & Pat Hass in March 1998 and visited this particular lighthouse at that time. The following photos of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse were taken at that time.
We drove to historic Beauford, NC, to catch our boat to Cape Lookout We rode the Crystal Queen to get to the Cape Lookout Lighthouse Cape Lookout National Seashore preserves a 56-mile long section of the Southern Outer Banks, or Crystal Coast, of North Carolina, running from Ocracoke Inlet on the northeast to Beaufort Inlet on the southeast. The seashore includes Shackleford's wild horses and the Cape Lookout Lighthouse, which has a black-and-white diamond pattern. Built in 1859, the Cape Lookout Lighthouse is located on the Cape Lookout National Seashore.
There is a Light Station Visitor Center and Keepers' Quarters Museum also on the premises.Our first look of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse as we approached the island 
Enjoying the other sights before we head back to the Beauford The wild horses of the Outer Banks are North Carolina's official state horse. These mustang ponies are descended from horses brought here by Spanish explorers of the New World and have lived there, stranded, for more than 500 years ago. It's because of this desolation, coupled with the help from the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, that the wild horses are able to thrive, relatively undisturbed by the limited development that has sprung up around them. It is illegal (and dangerous) to approach within 50 feet of the horses. It is also illegal to feed them. Wild horses have a very different diet from domesticated animals. Fruits and vegetables can cause serious injury or even death to the horse. Wild Spanish Mustangs on the Outer Banks Wilbur & Orville Wright Memorial
On Wednesday, 20 June 2001, we decided to visit the Wilbur & Orville Wright Memorial where we were staying in Kill Devil Hills, NC.
Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft on 17 Dec 1903, four miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. In 1904–05 the brothers developed their flying machine into the first practical fixed-wing aircraft. Although not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft, the Wright brothers were the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing powered flight possible. It was a VERY long walk to the top of the hill where the memorial is located Curtis poses for a few photos with the memorial in the background 
Bust of Orville and Wilbur Wright outside the Wright Brothers Memorial 
Curtis mages to snap a photo of Carolyn 
Curtis snaps a photo of Beth atop Kill Devil Hill with the Atlantic Ocean in the background Moving inside the Visitor Center The Visitor Center is home to a museum featuring models and actual tools and machines used by the Wright brothers during their flight experiments including a reproduction of the wind tunnel used to test wing shapes and a portion of the engine used in the first flight. In one wing of the Visitor Center is a life-size replica of the Wright brothers' 1903 Flyer, the first powered heavier-than-air aircraft in history to achieve controlled flight (the original being displayed at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.). A full-scale model of the Brothers' 1902 glider is also present, having been constructed under the direction of Orville Wright himself. 
Hill Devil Hills Beach, NC
For most of the time, our family has typically gone to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina when we wanted to got to the beach.
In 2001, we opted to go to the North Carolina Outer Banks.Philip, Leslie, Brad, Beth, Savanna and Carolyn Beth, Savanna, Leslie & Philip To See All of the Beach Photos - CLICK HERE SOURCES
All photos by Curtis D Loftin
Bodie Island Lighthouse - National Park Service - Click Here
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse - National Park Service - Click Here
Cape Lookout Lighthouse - National Park Service - Click Here
Cape Lookout Lighthouse - visitnc.com - Click Here
Corolla's Wild Horses - outerbanks.com - Click Here
Currituck Beach Lighthouse - Click Here
Elizabethan Gardens - Manteo, NC - Click Here
Wright Brother's National Memorial - Wikipedia - Click Here
