Not a lot of folks on the ferry from Cedar Island to Ocracoke Island on the day we made the two hour crossing to one of North Carolina's Outer Banks. For that matter there weren't a lot of people on Ocracoke either. We had the beaches pretty much to ourselves and watched dolphins, or maybe porpoises, feeding along shore at the surf break. It was miles and miles of beach as far as we could see in either direction, with no one else in sight in most cases. It isn't bathing suit weather, but we don't need hats, mittens and jackets either. It makes a great switch from the cold and snow of home even in the off season.