Venus fly trap

 4/20- Carolina Beach 

   We took a hike today to the Carolina Beach State Park which was much closer than we thought. This is one of the only places on earth where Venus Fly Traps grow in the wild. We did meet up with a ranger and he pointed out to us several Fly Traps. Quite frankly it was underwhelming. You practically needed a magnifying glass to see them. But in an off hand comment he told us about a place near the visitor center that might have some. It turned out that there were piles of them there and they were bigger specimens. There were also pitcher plants of two different colors. There are 5 different types of carnivorous plants in the park. These three were the only ones we saw. 

   It was a busy day in the harbor with lots of runabouts just cruising around. There are many fishing charters that leave from here also. The town is starting to fill up with vacationers and was starting to get busy. There is no real town center near here. It is just a strip of stores with no real identity. I imagine it must get pretty wild here in the summer. 

   We are now in the middle of a big thunderstorm with lightning flashing all around. There is a cold front dropping down and so it may cool off some over the next couple of days. It looks like the storms will continue on into the night with the effect weather people call training. That is one storm following right after the last one. Hopefully we can stay out of the way of them. 

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