The peak of hurricane season always reminds me of the first hurricane my wife and I experienced on the Outer Banks. In August 1998 my wife, Bonnie, had just given birth to our first child. Less than 10 days after being born, Hurricane Bonnie (no relation to my wife) made landfall near...
In mid-October my wife and I decided to create a short adventure. We rented e-bikes for the day and took them to the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge on the mainland side of Dare County. On the way to the Refuge we stopped by the Gateway Visitor Center, ...
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There's a country song by Toby Keith called As Good as I Once Was and one particular line has a meaningful refrain as I get older,
"Now my body says 'You can't do this boy',
But my pride says 'Oh yes, you can.'"
A long time ago I used to play football and lacrosse in college. Early on I...
Second Summer
If you get the chance to visit the Norris Baum Cemetery (Off of Ocean Acres Drive in Nag Head, there are no marked trails leading directly to the cemetery.) you’ll notice David Baum’s headstone. The ncgenweb page says he was probably a black slave and local stories confirm it. His...
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