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It's a Grand Old Fourth
It's hard to believe, but here it is already - Fourth of July week 2012. Where June went I don't know, but at least I remember a blur of great beach days! I know that talk of time flying makes me sound old, but, let's face it, I am old, and therefore I feel like days, weeks, months and years are speeding by. The... Read More
Wild about Horses
One of the great joys of being on the Outer Banks is seeing the Corolla wild horses roaming freely on the northern stretches of the Currituck Outer Banks. I've seen them several times, and every single time it's been a thrill and a shock to see unpenned horses frolicking in the surf, walking slowly along the beach or... Read More
The New Way to Paddle
The other night I came home from work with my head in a total computer fog and was thrilled to see that the wind had died and the Roanoke Sound was flat, or "slick calm" as they say around here. That meant one thing for me: paddleboard. As I was running out to grab my board, my four-year-old daughter came running... Read More
Outer Banks Freebies
The family vacation - it's time to empty those pockets. Of course you're going out to breakfast and dinner. Of course you're going to get ice cream and snow cones and fudge. You wouldn't think of foregoing putt-putt and mini golf or The Lost Colony, Wright Brothers Memorial or the lighthouse. And you can't go to the... Read More
Rules of the Road
Now that the summer crowds are here, we need to talk about driving. These barrier islands technically only have two main roads, so you'd think driving around here would be simple and chill. But when you pack hundreds of thousands of people onto a few skinny islands, well, it's inevitable that complications would arise... Read More