An Autumn trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina is always a treat.

The sand is shifting west, and the older beach cottages are swallowed by the Atlantic, one by one.

Classic Outer Banks cottages, boarded up for the Winter.

Empty until next year.

Sanderlings.

Jockey's Ridge.

A hang-glider on Jockey's Ridge.

Kitty Hawk Kites.

Parasurfing.

A cloudy sunset.

Bodie Island Lighthouse.

Bodie Island Lighthouse.

Sunset.