Sea oats and marsh grasses are part of what makes eastern NC special. #crystalcoast http://ow.ly/nyBfA Read more at the link or click on the picture.

Sea oats and marsh grasses are part of what makes eastern NC special. #crystalcoast http://ow.ly/nyBfA Read more at the link or click on the picture.

Wave Catchers, An Anachronism in the World of IPhones #crystalcoast http://ow.ly/nw3mX
How can you go to the beach and not take advantage of your senses to appreciate our wonderful natural world?

Click the following link or on the picture of Sassy, the owner, for a Dining Along Side Roads Post about a great new restaurant in the Swansboro, North Carolina area.
This is a map to the location if you want to skip the review and just take my recommendation.
Ruffled waters with a sea breeze is a lot nicer than a world of asphalt and concrete buildings #beaches #travel http://ow.ly/nbbBr
For more information click the link or the picture.

The best way to avoid morning traffic.
In some ways, memories are like small towns along a highway. You’re in the dark until all of sudden, you round a corner onto Main Street, where the memories are waiting for you like the inviting lights in a late-night diner.
For more click the link or the picture http://ow.ly/n9bgf #TheRoadToMyCountry

This passage sets the stage.
It’s often late at night on a dark country road when people and places, both remembered and imagined, become the sparks that light the memory defining our lives.
As my wife and I glide through the black night on Union Cross Church Road, we cross a small creek, and it hits me. I see the long-gone millpond, the house with five fireplaces, and the mill itself. I see the shadows of three young girls, my mother and her two sisters, picking beans in their garden. Next, I remember the place as it was when I was young, an old, crumbling concrete dam with trees growing in the former millpond.
The memory fades as fast as it comes, and the dark road continues on into the night.
There is more information about our upcoming book at my View from the Mountain site.

There are plenty of places you can go to find crowds on the beach and a hectic beach vacation. If you want to relax and enjoy reconnecting to the natural world, maybe you should visit the Crystal Coast where the beaches are family friendly and the crowds have room to spread out. Check out this link for more information or click on the beach picture.

Want some sand where you neighbor isn’t just a few feet away. It is possible on North Carolina’s Crystal Coast. You just have to know the right spots. #beach #crowds http://ow.ly/mEIFx

Communities are big reason I’m growing fond of Google+ but there are several other reasons that I am giving Google+ more of my bandwidth. #google Read my article at ReadWriteWeb http://ow.ly/mtnQB or even better if you are a Google+ user and interested in North Carolina’s Crystal Coast visit my Crystal Coast Community on Google+.
