The best way to catch the babies' journey is to sign up for a nighttime turtle walk on Bald Head Island, North Carolina. Thirty miles south of Wilmington, this privately owned island is a sea turtle sanctuary. The southeastern United States is home to nearly 40 percent of the world population of loggerhead turtles. About 60 days later, hatchlings begin to emerge and are drawn to the sparkle of moonlight on the sea. Once the turtles have emerged, you'll follow them slowly cross the sands and watch as the surf lifts them out to sea.
All ages are welcome.
Bald Head Island is reached by passenger ferry from Southport, North Carolina. Standing in a shallow bog was a massive bull moose with a long, wrinkled snout and antlers dripping with stringy, wet weeds. We watched him for several minutes before he lumbered off into the northern Maine woods. We paddled the kayaks a few more minutes and around the next bend discovered a mother and her calf. But we like the Moosehead Lake kayaking safaris.