Mercy is NOT a beach pup. Some dogs eat it up, but Mercy is my mountain girl, alright. She doesn't mind the soft sand up high, but whether it's the noise of the ocean or the way the water flows (she does love creeks and ponds), she disdains the flattened sand near the water. Walks with her are limited, which suits my right knee just fine.
Oh, and we're not in Kansas anymore, Toto. Just a fairly quiet, skinny barrier island just above the SC coast in NC for the week, a vacation which was well-timed from many months of prior planning. I'll need lots of energy and stamina to round out the month of August when I return as we officially put News 14 Wilmington on-line. Until then, I will remain as unplugged as possible.
This beach is fully developed residentially, but without the commercialism of high-rise hotels and mega-stores. The picture below speaks of wildness, but it's simply selective cropping. I must say, in the world of beaches, even with most houses occupied it's not very crowded here.
And while the sun began this much-needed break, there is some inclement weather coming through. Looking at storms, showers on the radar this morning almost overhead but moving east into the Atlantic. Not a sunworshipper, I, so clouds and showers at the beach are a non-issue.
Interesting, too, this section of the NC coast below Cape Fear has a concave shape, and this island (along with a few others) are much more closely oriented east-west as opposed to north-south, hence the summer sun rising not over the water but from behind the beachfront houses.
Wont' be a sunrise this morning, though...okay, there will be one, but it will be positioned on the other side of thick clouds for now. Good time to post this blog, have some more coffee, and read about some of the great Olympic competitions since I couldn't keep my eyes open long enough to see the men's 4x100 freestyle "race of races"...
Oh, and we're not in Kansas anymore, Toto. Just a fairly quiet, skinny barrier island just above the SC coast in NC for the week, a vacation which was well-timed from many months of prior planning. I'll need lots of energy and stamina to round out the month of August when I return as we officially put News 14 Wilmington on-line. Until then, I will remain as unplugged as possible.
This beach is fully developed residentially, but without the commercialism of high-rise hotels and mega-stores. The picture below speaks of wildness, but it's simply selective cropping. I must say, in the world of beaches, even with most houses occupied it's not very crowded here.
And while the sun began this much-needed break, there is some inclement weather coming through. Looking at storms, showers on the radar this morning almost overhead but moving east into the Atlantic. Not a sunworshipper, I, so clouds and showers at the beach are a non-issue.
Interesting, too, this section of the NC coast below Cape Fear has a concave shape, and this island (along with a few others) are much more closely oriented east-west as opposed to north-south, hence the summer sun rising not over the water but from behind the beachfront houses.Wont' be a sunrise this morning, though...okay, there will be one, but it will be positioned on the other side of thick clouds for now. Good time to post this blog, have some more coffee, and read about some of the great Olympic competitions since I couldn't keep my eyes open long enough to see the men's 4x100 freestyle "race of races"...
2 comments:
Very good pictures, Bob. It makes me wish I was back at the beach as that is my favorite vacation spot. I hope Mercy eventually gets used to the water and sand.
Mercy is still very tentative beyond the soft sand, but maybe one day she'll be more curious about the water itself. Did catch Chris Philips on TV last night as this place gets the Wilmington signal - threw me for a moment, his being without the mustache!
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