Driving on OBX down at Hatteras, NC just got more complicated…and expensive. Yet, the Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet has a rating of 2, and could fall into the inlet, which most days is less than ten feet deep. Evidently, policing beach driving is more important. Don’t you just love government bureaucracy… http://outerbanksvoice.com/2012/02/01/park-service-sets-beach-driving-permit-prices/

Here’s a pic from the good old days (1977) when driving up and down Penny’s Hill was a Sunday outing.