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My trip was 34 days and yes I missed my wife.  I had 25 nights at campqrounds, $794, averaging $24 daily for the total trip.  (the free nights at my sister's helped the average - thanks sis) Total spent on gas was 997.63 for a daily  average of $29.34.  I climbed 12 lighthouses.  4 were free.  The other 8 averaged $5 each.  I did 8 cycling trips, including over 100 miles of the C&O canal towpath.  Five hiking trips, hiking around Williamsburg, St

Mary Historic City, Cold Spring Historic Village, some of the Appalachian Trail, and the Beaufort historic district.  Many things were free.  Roanoke National Park, Williamsburg if you don't get a ticket to go in the homes, 4 lighthouses, 2 historic districts, the C&O canal museums and cycling the towpath, valley forge, Harpers Ferry, walking the Appalachian trail, Washington DC mall, maritime museum, and Ft Macon.  7 museums had a charge averaging $9 each.  Of the total fees for climbing and museums, it averaged $3.28 per day.  Food was just groceries as I ate in the camper or from my cooler or backpack.  I got stickers of some of the places I had been (such as "I climbed the -- lighthouse " ) and put them on the back of my camper.  They averaged 2.99 each.

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Beaufort has a state maritime museum that is free and covers the fishing industry, shipwrecks, and Blackbeard the pirate who frequented the area and was killed near here.
After the war of 1812, the US realized that its harbors were vulnerable to enemy attack, so the US started building over 30 forts on the east coast and southern coast.  Ft Macon near Beaufort was completed in 1834.  In 1861 the confederates took over the fort at the start of the civil war.  In 1862 the Union attached the fort in  an eleven hour bombardment causing the confederates to surrender.  As a result Beaufort was occupied by the Union for the rest of the war.  The fort was again used during the war of 1898 and during WWII to look out for enemy subs.  Ft Macon State Park is free and guided tours are given throughout the day.  Throughout the fort museum displays guide the visitor through the years of the fort.  A visitor center next to the fort also has a museum and a film to see.

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the town of Beaufort, NC (pronounced Bowfort, whereas Beaufort, SC is pronounced Beuwfort)  was founded in 1709 and has many homes from as early as 1709.  Each home in the town built before 1900 has a plague next to the front door with the date built and the last name of the original owner. I followed the walking tour of all the old homes.
Near Beaufort is Cape Lookout National Seashore and the Cape Lookout Lighthouse.  To get there you need to take a passenger ferry from the Visitors Center on Harkers Island to Cape Lookout.  You are able to climb the 207 steps to the top of the 163 foot lighthouse.  It was built in 1859 of brick with iron staircase and painted in a black and white diamond pattern.  Today it has a modern electric beacon with a flash every 15 seconds and is maintained by the coast guard. The keepers house is a museum and there is also a museum at the visitors center on Harkers Island.