tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48608778593226843142024-03-19T21:41:46.523-07:00THE STORY OF USWe, be Peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15286774536040117386noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860877859322684314.post-50252318935474449842010-11-16T21:00:00.000-08:002010-11-22T12:43:04.896-08:00B.C. OBX CIRCA DREAMT 1984<div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFaV6mxwY0Dulm87IfKR2lsDElwFEwsQDFTsmTVSR3zwn5XuwJ2VLmgIE2ot6vuPs4I_ocTgRqMAfizkezwFgrYd8Pmd1MvqFzhJQDNF4DcHhRxxwcTEqnQU8Izbs9wU-ng-ITBNdDgA/s1600/IMG_3761.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFaV6mxwY0Dulm87IfKR2lsDElwFEwsQDFTsmTVSR3zwn5XuwJ2VLmgIE2ot6vuPs4I_ocTgRqMAfizkezwFgrYd8Pmd1MvqFzhJQDNF4DcHhRxxwcTEqnQU8Izbs9wU-ng-ITBNdDgA/s320/IMG_3761.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><b><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">we both were in awe of lighthouses -- when dating had many conversations, bought books, pictures -- even decorated with lighthouse miniature replicas and pictures on the wall not because it was the fad. Each picture we bought we would read the history, find the location and dream -- vowed "one day we'll see as many as we can." We have now seen Tybee & St. Simons in Georgia. Hilton Head, South Carolina. Amelia Island, Florida. And, now, OBX, North Carolina. This trip proved special in so many ways. We were fulfilling a dream we had talked about almost 30 years ago -- road tripping to the Outer Banks. We dubbed this trip "lighter load" because it was just the two of us. </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";">AFTER ELECTION AND 900 PAGES, PUNCHED AND BOUND, STRAIGHT OFF THE PRESS TO APPEAL TO SOMEONE :-) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>NOW</strong> I CAN START THE VACATION I HAVE PLANNED AND CARRIED TRACED ACROSS A MAP IN MY BAG FOR MONTHS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> FULLY </span>AWARE THERE ARE SOME WHO VACATION JUST TO GET AWAY...AWAY FROM WORK, FROM HOME, FROM KIDS, NOISE & HASTE OF EVERYDAY LIFE, TO LEAVE RESPONSIBILITIES -- TO LEAVE A POINT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;">I VACATION TO REACH A PLACE I'VE NEVER SEEN, SOMEWHERE I'VE READ IN A BOOK, A PLACE I'VE DREAMED OF, A PLACE I'VE HEARD ABOUT AND WHILE HEARING MADE ME LEAN IN A LITTLE CLOSER, LINGER IN ITS VISION A LITTLE LONGER ... A PLACE I TWISTED A GLOBE TO FIND WITH AN EXCITED INDEX FINGER.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> OBX DELIVERED....</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="font-size: large;">packing --<span style="font-family: inherit;">happy Monk</span> -- though not as melancholy as Tony Shalhoub's character, i do possess a monk-ality of sorts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>so packing is a challenge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>time for toiletries countdown. Lliterally as I stand at vanity counting the q-tips -- einstein would be proud -- 2 people x 7 days = 14 but then 2 ears = 28 + 4 if xtra need arises. Phew...So there we go 32 q-tips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> S</span>ome may question, why not take the whole pack?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because....as I've grown older I have become a minimalist AND with the movement of years I have become more frugal -- so I buy in bulk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nate would flip his skin (bald) if I took an xtra suitcase just for q-tips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> O</span>n later reflection of my Q-tip OCD-like experience, i realize a deeper meaning -- at this point some may think, wow, how nurturing why does she feel the need to make sure they both have q-tips?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just a nurturing nature?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the q-tips for my sweetness is simple: so he can hear me (though I say little)... BUT the q-tips for me (here comes my selfish nature) so I can hear the ocean tide at daybreak & days end -- he is a man of fewer words than I.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> W</span>e both like Jack Johnson:-) And we both know "<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";">our dreams are made out of real things."</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><strong>HE SAID HE LOVED ME "JUST BECAUSE". I GRABBED HIS HAND AND DRAGGED HIM TO THE SUNRISE. HE GOT IT! OBX 11/10/10</strong></span>We, be Peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15286774536040117386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860877859322684314.post-60361193037787234012010-11-16T12:00:00.000-08:002010-11-22T12:47:52.491-08:00LAST REQUESTS...<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">"Coffee, any last requests?"</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">"To see the sunrise twixt your fingers, as we both listen to the tide."</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">"Slurp." </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">We thanked each other:-)</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">He argues with Maggie (I named my Magellan when I bought her 2 years ago). I wonder in dog-years how old she is now. She's shared many a mile with us. As I was saying --</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He's arguing with Maggie (& me) -- I parrot Maggie's instructions as he wheels into the donut shop to ask for directions, just to prove her wrong. She patiently accepts his challenge. We both wait (it's a woman thing). He swears we should be going north. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He strolls back to us, long slow strides...as if a dread in step. Eases back into his cockpit still-warm seat. Quietly says, (member this is Nate) "Sorry, Maggie."...."Sorry, Susan." </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Giddy, I respond, "That's fine. Now you have two women to argue with." I tell him, "Stay mad at Maggie. I want to be the fun wife." He promises, I can. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I win!!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sorry, Maggie.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JYkQo1Qxt0"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JYkQo1Qxt0</span></a>We, be Peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15286774536040117386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860877859322684314.post-81269111879767063822010-11-16T11:30:00.000-08:002010-11-22T19:25:57.302-08:00ROADS! AND RANDOM CONVERSATIONS ON THEM!<span style="font-size: large;">think..think...think...thank you very much. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love road trips. All who know me know this. I love conversations on a road trip. And I love silent interludes on road trips. OBX, Nov. 2010, road trip conversation:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Me: <span style="color: red;">Do you think there will be road trips in Heaven?</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> He: <span style="color: red;">Dunno.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Silent Interlude.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> He: <span style="color: red;">But I can promise you there will be no detours.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I love it when he promises me stuff.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Quiet hum of tires rolling.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Me: (Pondering driving down golden streets, hearing angels in the distance singing).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A dip in the road snaps me back to him and Nora Jones. Golden sunlight glistens through the sunroof. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Heaven Can Wait, Mr. Beatty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love roads. I love quotes about roads. I love to look at pictures of roads and take pictures of roads. Dirt roads, I like (even in a black car) because they often lead to obscure places. City roads (more commonly called streets), I like because they often lead to excitement, a bustling source of entertainment, a dismission from loneliness, museums, plays, or shopping...and lots and lots of lights. Country roads (take me home), I cannot say enough about those. Even bumpy, dippy, pothole roads....they keep your senses keen, slowing you to a pace you probably should be going in the first place. Freeways, my least favorite, but they can take us faster, farther...so they serve their purpose well. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I love Rocky Road ice cream. And grooving up slowly....with joo joo eyeballs.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span class="body"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything. Charles Kuwalt.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="bodybold" style="font-size: large;">Loch Lomond is the largest loch/lake in Great Britain, by surface area. </span><br />
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<span class="bodybold" style="font-size: large;">Chorus from The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond</span><br />
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<span class="bodybold"><span class="bodybold"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh! Ye'll take the high road, and I'll take the low road,<br />
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye,<br />
But me and my true love will never meet again,<br />
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.<br />
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The original author is unknown. One story is that the song was written by a Scottish soldier who awaited death in enemy captivity; in his final letter home, he wrote this song, portraying his home and how much he would miss it. Another tale is that during the1745 Rebellion a soldier on his way back to Scotland during the 1745-6 retreat from England wrote this song. The "low road" is a reference to the Celtic belief that if someone died away from his homeland then the fairies would provide a route of this name for his soul to return home.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-size: large;"><strong><em>and then there is the poem:<br />
The Road Not Taken.....Robert Frost</em></strong></span></span></span><br />
<pre><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong><em>Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><em>And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. </em></strong> </span></span></pre><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So as for me and roads...there are roads that lead to somewhere. There are roads that lead to anywhere and unfortunately we have all experienced a road, now and again, that led to nowhere. Then....there are the roads, the very special roads connecting memories to possibilities, possibilities to expectations. These are the roads I label: THE ROADS THAT LEAD TO EVERYWHERE....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">and then there's walking.....</span><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYxWXPKU7jY"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYxWXPKU7jY</span></a>We, be Peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15286774536040117386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860877859322684314.post-19535788040687635452010-11-16T11:00:00.000-08:002010-11-22T19:28:20.169-08:00Ranting...and what it's all about , Alfie...<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0I-q3rxlyG_4oAsIYxbALuQCGxVMYsc6j9VzGfBj1ONeL1m2N9glNDwKZQjd1xshq6Cfi-0rgO8PwB5xXdYoWoKiCsLTskqiLYcCMBtta6Pjo3ud7min-Ok-2tapngSw9r3kS1aA2N_I/s1600/dajio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0I-q3rxlyG_4oAsIYxbALuQCGxVMYsc6j9VzGfBj1ONeL1m2N9glNDwKZQjd1xshq6Cfi-0rgO8PwB5xXdYoWoKiCsLTskqiLYcCMBtta6Pjo3ud7min-Ok-2tapngSw9r3kS1aA2N_I/s320/dajio.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Dajio Restaurant -- Dinner 3rd day</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Patron rants about his whatever whatever to her-ever. I try not to overhear -- refusing to allow this intrusion. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Stumbled on the realization a long time ago that a man (or woman) who is ranting, cares little. They will rant to anyone within ear-shot (OUCH!!!)....but....but...a man (or woman) who says little says it selectively -- engages -- actually causing me to 'enjoy the conversation' -- soaks in/flows out, in/out. Yeah, sharing -- what I'm talkin' bout. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Shrimp & rice with conversation.. Pour some more. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Mr. Rant has left building.:-) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Ms. Rant in tow :- ( Poor Ms. Rant. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;">__________________________________________</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"> The waves were awesome this day. They were beautiful and crashing. Wind was cool but not cold, occasional sea spray on your face made life just little better. We loved it:-)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was next day leaving Ocracoke..standing on a dock. Do you see what I see?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I can see the world!!!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nathan and I loved watching this.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We weren't sure what it </span><span style="font-size: large;">was called.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We called it wind surfing (with a kite). The winds were </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">up to 40 miles per hour. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The guys went so fast it was hard to take a good picture. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes wind would slow and they would sink down and be as if sitting on a surfboard .</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Then within a second -- whoosh the wind would pull them back up and they'd be flying again.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Can't imagine the adventuresome feel they were getting. It was exhilarating to watch:-) </span></td></tr>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">On the ferry, </span>i am reclined in the passenger seat staring at the sky through the sunroof. When i lower my eyes to bifocal status, i see the sea, choppy waves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> My best friend</span> is leaning forward hugging his steering wheel looking off in the distance over the sea to the island waiting beyond.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">I think: F</span>unny how i look into the sea and sky and he looks over the sea just under the sky. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="font-size: large;">...We meet...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">I</span> tell him, "I can't imagine being with someone i could not be myself with. I feel so secure that i am me totally, how comfortable that feels." </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm thinking he's like my fave ole shoe or coat or glove that my heart refuses to let go of or ever forget.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">I tell him, "</span>i love the fact that i have never felt the need to be anything other than myself with you, never felt the need to hide me from you."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">The</span> chops slosh against the stained sides of the ferry, the netting blows steadily in front.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";">Realizing the one thing I have kept from him, I start, "Except for maybe one thing." </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";">He says, "What?" </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="font-size: large;">I say, "The enormity of my love for you. I have hidden that."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">P</span>uzzled, he says, "What the h#*l is that?" </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";">We both laugh. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";">He continues, "You don't have to hide it 'cause i don't even know what it is." </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="font-size: large;">I guess it was a be-there moment, but we both laughed so hard we almost cried.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">In a bit, </span>the car fell silent except for the sunroof's grasp on the wind, waves of sea and the classical cello coming from his ipod. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";">T</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";">ime passes and he quietly (as always) says, "You know for just a little bit I'm afraid you would be too uppity for me. Just a step up, you would be looking down your nose at my ignorance." </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in 6.0in 6.25in 6.5in 6.75in 7.0in 7.25in 7.5in 7.75in 8.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="font-size: large;">I say nothing knowing, yep, the enormity is hidden because little does he know the privilege I know it is to be with him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Segoe Print; font-size: large;">YES, MR. TAYLOR, WE ARE "IN BETWEEN WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AND WHAT HAS COME TO PASS"...</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrybVkjt8BkYWLepBudLo3T4OB8fx2zavlOLH3FReRhv8Wme_3zywCAPZz4MY3netxmh43Wr26QgyqdQ6wRGNdNBm0l0Jzm5wHgK4zuocmD5DYX4xEstAiwcZBmKr0Jh0skUSSzkqmKE/s1600/1BEAUTIFUL+FERRY1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="213" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrybVkjt8BkYWLepBudLo3T4OB8fx2zavlOLH3FReRhv8Wme_3zywCAPZz4MY3netxmh43Wr26QgyqdQ6wRGNdNBm0l0Jzm5wHgK4zuocmD5DYX4xEstAiwcZBmKr0Jh0skUSSzkqmKE/s320/1BEAUTIFUL+FERRY1.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Sweet Baby James, "sometimes love is just a word I've heard when things are being said"...and it sounds nice. </span><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: large;">I think the pooch was laughing too, not sure with us or at us?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> I know for sure he was smiling....he smiled at me:-)</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"></span>We, be Peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15286774536040117386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860877859322684314.post-57976946403156429552010-11-16T09:00:00.000-08:002010-11-22T19:47:59.958-08:00CAPE HAT-R-US (mainly Nate)<div style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="266" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4Be4LWzddVeVglY9cpr4LNBLJpyc5E9tdpU7nZknpF7gkrOfMOIQJQ6pJx11YJcLmkjyamTyQPCBZsHf8MzEM7noeTCXta8H2mjAhAUJpey2-GtdT8OCTvR3Qj3pzW0S3Ex6QBL7-e0/s400/IMG_3902.JPG" width="400" /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4KbzmosIS-1bxvK3bc9ZH_d47eUzIKNnfFEXPQzq3AV_FxqxKp7Dr3OcqhmlqlHv3xpCMhNm4BCf6erEQ5ZxzApT3NHUWPQDwOhfLTZU6UtQFc1joZ7R9xqDfhFPI6VmDpRaQhj89fU/s320/IMG_3911.JPG" width="320" /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-4bSvgeuPwUEiw1VuIvknBmVoJDZpa-u0gGDmPr27VyxncjJ3bHNkvgn85JpZFBgcHxqbzIgso3EUOL8C9c7nqXHkYKP87hbFD7qE_3jeK5OWLGZRun_x2TuNsOqH6zowkYP5wst0w8/s1600/IMG_3875.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="133" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-4bSvgeuPwUEiw1VuIvknBmVoJDZpa-u0gGDmPr27VyxncjJ3bHNkvgn85JpZFBgcHxqbzIgso3EUOL8C9c7nqXHkYKP87hbFD7qE_3jeK5OWLGZRun_x2TuNsOqH6zowkYP5wst0w8/s200/IMG_3875.JPG" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cape Hatteras lighthouse was </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">authorized by Alexander Hamilton who was working under President George Washington.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of great sandbars that protrude southeasterly from the cape, and the cape marks convergence of warm Gulf Streams and cold Labrador Current this provides a turbulent collision of water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Due to the vast amount of </span>shipwrecks (graveyard of the Atlantic) Hamilton knew to protect shipping, a lighthouse must be built.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The brown sandstone lighthouse was completed in 1802.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its beacon was only 90 feet tall and not very bright, drawing much criticism from many <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">sea</span> captains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One captain called it “the most important lighthouse on our coast and without doubt the worst light in the world.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After years of complaints, the lighthouse was refitted in 1854 with a new lens and lantern and was elevated to 150 feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Confederate soldiers, during the Civil War, destroyed the lens and lantern but they were restored in 1862.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A new lighthouse was rebuilt 600 feet northeast of the original location, due to needed repairs being more costly than buidling a new one. The new lighthouse was 208 feet tall and was lit on December 16, 1870.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its beacon was 192 feet above ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This lighthouse was eventually moved again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But erosion continued to threaten the lighthouse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pictures below are of the old base of the original Cape Hatteras lighthouse.</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Legend has it that during the design process of the new lighthouse, an engineer in charge of the lighthouse’s design had originally intended to give it a black diamond print, as an indication of the dangerous Diamond Shoals it bordered. Instead, the engineer accidentally mixed up the plans, and Cape Lookout’s lighthouse now sports the black diamond design. Hatteras Island’s lighthouse received the black and white candy cane stripes instead. Its current location is 2900 feet from the original location. It is 1600 feet from the ocean. <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqryvjpG_yIyfQs2V1Y4fvJ2iaGlPQTlE2sYy-dtzI2GuXdqhcrr476G6-aLfGv3Q1RG7PMgS_BQN-DxTd9ZIcNZs_N9FSVAgpQCZfMkQYB5GaXoFmkBnPkoePGnJ_MwjqxytndBmq5A/s1600/IMG_3897.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="212" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqryvjpG_yIyfQs2V1Y4fvJ2iaGlPQTlE2sYy-dtzI2GuXdqhcrr476G6-aLfGv3Q1RG7PMgS_BQN-DxTd9ZIcNZs_N9FSVAgpQCZfMkQYB5GaXoFmkBnPkoePGnJ_MwjqxytndBmq5A/s320/IMG_3897.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;">It is still the tallest masonry lighthouse in America. It is known around the world for its signature black and white candy cane stripes and is often referred to as the Lighthouse of America. <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Beauty at its finest!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaz9Kj3EhUCYkE7xl3v6ttPS744HRAoK835gGJBKikttnAUCdYXi_Ipf2iZoDzZ-fpW_v2TFnX4rdQNYSoKjM3RznDodTAp7C4RBQ0Lo2xloKaYHbuNYF8BqV1Q7a4pfqw3uFBYZ-A1I0/s1600/IMG_3903.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: right; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="266" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaz9Kj3EhUCYkE7xl3v6ttPS744HRAoK835gGJBKikttnAUCdYXi_Ipf2iZoDzZ-fpW_v2TFnX4rdQNYSoKjM3RznDodTAp7C4RBQ0Lo2xloKaYHbuNYF8BqV1Q7a4pfqw3uFBYZ-A1I0/s400/IMG_3903.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4Be4LWzddVeVglY9cpr4LNBLJpyc5E9tdpU7nZknpF7gkrOfMOIQJQ6pJx11YJcLmkjyamTyQPCBZsHf8MzEM7noeTCXta8H2mjAhAUJpey2-GtdT8OCTvR3Qj3pzW0S3Ex6QBL7-e0/s1600/IMG_3902.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZ6YzMMmCYPjsvNUqY3qzTWFPsCDpbJ7pStcw8i6p_MYdD0qYNutAGowKOqzutIIDZXdhUyXLD99f8ue76kdAF3vLZqofA-vrHKYKDaxDbBd3EQILibUPCuVJcCt_OUBl6AP4PwKpN80/s1600/IMG_3899.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="266" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZ6YzMMmCYPjsvNUqY3qzTWFPsCDpbJ7pStcw8i6p_MYdD0qYNutAGowKOqzutIIDZXdhUyXLD99f8ue76kdAF3vLZqofA-vrHKYKDaxDbBd3EQILibUPCuVJcCt_OUBl6AP4PwKpN80/s400/IMG_3899.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHamHSSIJ-JisUIkRk2DCi_r06gmpZYZAU4rChvNmrL59tJ1jCcVm5TNjInFUQU9pFCj84szMY3dgIlNDo_uNSK32zvX6L520zvAvnUVVgxsc_wDEi0u9HEkAQ3YscbcDHH00MAlGweok/s1600/IMG_3909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: right; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="266" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHamHSSIJ-JisUIkRk2DCi_r06gmpZYZAU4rChvNmrL59tJ1jCcVm5TNjInFUQU9pFCj84szMY3dgIlNDo_uNSK32zvX6L520zvAvnUVVgxsc_wDEi0u9HEkAQ3YscbcDHH00MAlGweok/s400/IMG_3909.JPG" width="400" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Little known fact on hats from a personal standpoint. They talk. Nathan's name at General Motors span over 25 years was Hat. That's the name his co-workers knew him by and many didn't know his real name. Many times I answered the phone to a caller saying, "May I speak to Hat?" Nate began wearing hats when he was a young boy. He wore caps to shield him from the sun while he was bailing hay from age 12 up, not sure before that. At that time it was truly manual labor. He was hired, didn't own the farm and by most people's standards was poor. But he was rich in life and rich with a strong work ethic and principles, Godly principles. A strong hand, but a soft touch.(Not a Pointer Sister's song).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">To Nate your word is your word. A handshake is a binding contract and a woman shouldn't lift anything over five pounds if a man is present, nor should a man sit by and watch a woman work. He didn't and still doesn't suppress a woman with his gentlemanly notions but enables her. He is the epitome of "chivalry that is not dead". He is polite and still says ma'am & sir to coworkers, phone solicitors and waiters. He still flags down police officers for directions. He is a wonderful example to me. I am thankful he is the father of my children and grandchildren, because of the example he exudes just by being who he is. He continues to wear hats, just got used to them, I guess. Donning a Yul Brenner-do now may lend some comfort to it. The hats have changed over the years and the assortment in my home is plentiful there are caps (some with insignia/some not), fishing, cowboy, toboggans, sometimes floppy Crocodile Dundee styles I like, he calls safari hats. My personal favorites are his toboggans and safari. Because they denote to a whisper of "put on your timberlands and let's go". </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZXEKTjjYYM7ebwYgmrf5VeWUpaRHTAGcqgQdpYnmiyCqqyq8eqpmnRFajbx50zy_TuO6irPqyQRsYYTRkavMdLamMlh5lsmNIWfZ9QkimeMcwgdNM01bl3pC5_cFotCdMgOL3vsi84bw/s1600/IMG_3896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><span style="font-size: large;">Also, preacher's secretary likes to refer to his do-rag </span><span style="font-size: large;">occasionally. This is the bandana he wears to keep sweat from his eyes while working in the heat. Almost forgot about those. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in flowers and clouds and stars.</span><br />
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</tbody></table>We, be Peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15286774536040117386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860877859322684314.post-70554138306947395412010-11-16T07:10:00.000-08:002010-11-22T22:22:02.639-08:00Currituck....yep, lighthouse<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you. George Whitefield</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Yep! We found it. And it was right where it had been all the time :-0</span><br />
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I love little diners. I never feel rushed in a diner. They don't even seem to mind when you're taking silly pictures inside. <br />
They probably think you don't get out enough. They're right!<br />
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Can you tell Nate loves taking pictures with his phone? He loves to take pics and then send them to the kids. They are often random -- not the kids, the pics. Take that back. The kids are often random too. <br />
I'm certain our girls never know when to expect a picture he has taken of a sunset, sunrise, their mom, a grandbaby or a cheeseburger. I own a dinosaur phone. They do not make my phone anymore. I am awairing the day to get a chance to road trip to Antique Roadshow and see what my cell is worth. Anyway, Nate cannot send pics to me because my phone is not capable of accepting them. It is bearly capable of ringing. <br />
I am sure one day, when I get a new phone, I will unexpectedly receive a picture of something beautiful. <br />
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</div><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe Print";">-- NOW THIS, MY SWEETS,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>IS GROWING OLD AS GRACEFULLY AS I CARE TO :-) WITH EYES WIDE OPEN!!! (but in the winds of Currituck, squinting is allowed)</span>We, be Peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15286774536040117386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860877859322684314.post-48570607520522527402010-11-16T06:00:00.000-08:002010-11-28T18:17:06.393-08:00Jockey's Ridge...we dune it :-)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZPOQz4dlAf0p4oFMPrRQPKUyK8Hvwl8HSbKTcyUAafZvu8acqLoxXZLLv_8fVL81s-cJXyK0akaf07hEVnYOao4bnR6OoHLtzD6hdj3_8J1wrt_fQ8LUw4atJz121mWzpu6tpTKYJz7o/s400/JOCKEY%2527S+RIDGE+22.JPG" width="400" /></div><br />
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<li><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Jockey’s Ridge is known as a medano because it lacks vegetation and has shifting sands.</span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">Geologists believe that strong water currents washed sand from offshore shoals onto the beach, eventually creating dunes that stretch for miles. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The shape and structure of the dunes constantly changes based on weather patterns.</span> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Frequent lightning storms at Jockey’s Ridge create fulgurites, glass-like tubes structures formed when lightning strikes sand.</span> </span> </li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here he is announcing he's going to see what's on the other side. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I think this was a Neil Armstrong moment.</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">Such a small spot of beauty. Don't you just love it when surprises lurk in the most unexpected places?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">After we topped the hill and passed the "sand surfers", this is what we saw. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">The sea is just beyond the vegetation</span>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">After we crossed over the first dune this was the sight. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">They are surfing on sand. It was so much fun just to watch.</span></td></tr>
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<strong><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Segoe Print;">This place is amazing. The tallest dunes on the East Coast are in the Outer Banks. They reach 150 feet. They are constantly changing shape. The granules blow into various architectural wonders by the winds of Currituck Sound. </span></strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">You guessed it. He's right in the middle of everywhere, once again.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">Note his footprints. We would make tracks and then stand there for a second and watch the wind erase them. Significant of how our existence is just a moment and then...there is the beginning.... </span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: purple;">IN THE PICTURES NATHAN WAS TRYING TO SHOW HOW AMAZING THE SAND WAS, DIDN'T QUITE COME THROUGH. ALL OF THE DARKENED AREAS THAT LOOK LIKE SHADOWS ARE NOT. IT IS THE SAND BLOWING. IT LOOKED AS THOUGH THE WIND WAS BLOWING WAVES OF SAND ACROSS THE DUNES. TO ME IT WAS AKIN TO THE EFFECT OF THE DIFFERENT HUES WHEN BLADES OF GRASS OR WHEAT IS BEING BLOWN AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH SHADOWS ARE ON THE BLADES. IT IS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"> </span></div>We, be Peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15286774536040117386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860877859322684314.post-13666702312793594962010-11-16T05:45:00.000-08:002010-11-28T16:43:45.502-08:00Romancing the Steel...I mean, Sand....no, Stone....no stone.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9u03IQBvekxdQr09lnKm_61BlAsI5ddXX5Bwh4ZKsfUuqPwYwib86deb5XM9AZp6Gj21kQqmsYOEOEb2sLnTdaKnL0nWkunUnv80dZUZNlh8mGVNuYReVq5p-zs4NSg3zwyxno-ZRYYk/s1600/HE%2527S+OFF+FOR+BLOG+JOCKEY%2527S+RIDGE+14+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9u03IQBvekxdQr09lnKm_61BlAsI5ddXX5Bwh4ZKsfUuqPwYwib86deb5XM9AZp6Gj21kQqmsYOEOEb2sLnTdaKnL0nWkunUnv80dZUZNlh8mGVNuYReVq5p-zs4NSg3zwyxno-ZRYYk/s320/HE%2527S+OFF+FOR+BLOG+JOCKEY%2527S+RIDGE+14+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I watch him walk away from me, heading off, a pioneer of wonder. </span><br />
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<span class="body"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">"I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats, </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises." Neil Armstrong</span><br />
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<span class="body"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.</span></span> <br />
<span class="bodybold"><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/n/neilarmstr363166.html"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">Neil Armstrong</span></strong></a></span><br />
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"<span style="color: red;">Romancing the Steel" soon to be released in a sand dune near you</span> <br />
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<span class="body"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.</span></span> <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Just gotta tell y'all how very fun this was....</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Like each day: "<span class="body1"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">We could hardly wait to get up in the morning".</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Wilbur Wright.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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We left Ocracoke by ferry to Hatteras around 9:00 a.m. Our choice was leave Ocracoke by ferry to Swan Quarter (which is a four hour ferry ride) and then drive home or we could travel approximately one hour to Hatteras by ferry and drive home. We chose the latter because it would take us through Rodanthe. I haven't read any Nicholas Sparks'. I have seen a few of his movies, which I did love -- Nights in Rodanthe being one of them. So I wanted to see the inn. I kept telling Nathan I wanted to take pictures to post so Brenda could see it. I had seen where there was a movie trail, so to speak, that you could go through Rodanthe and see several of the sites that were in the movie. <br />
Oh, well, on to Rodanthe. Long story short, the road was flooded. We were on the road completely stopped for over four hours. They had moved the inn since the movie and you couldn't go down where it is now because of the tide. The tide had come in and literally flooded the road and sand was head high. They were sandbagging and scraping to help people get out. Deputy came by and told us basically "get a room" and not 'cause we were smooching. He said<strong><span style="color: red;"> IF</span></strong> anyone gets out tonight it will only be 4-wheel drive vehicles. There were several long minutes where all the men were out of their vehicles walking up and down the road or huddling, as if devising a plan, but no way to move a tide. We were informed there would be a small window of opportunity when the tide would go back in that we might could move. So, we turned around and headed back toward the ferry thinking we could get on, go back to Ocracoke, stay there for the night and then to Swan Quarter the next day. I was disappointed no Rodanthe movie trail, and no pics for Brenda. Well, we didn't make the ferry. So we turned back around got back in the long line of traffic and we were able to creep through the "window of opportunity". Must note also here during this ordeal we turned around to eat. There were only two restaurants open because it was not the season for tourism. Well, needless to say the restaurant was packed with "fisherman" stories but I don't think there was a fisherman within a mile or two. Okay. So that's the scenario. But the delight is the situation in itself. Because we were crawling through Hatteras we stopped to watch the kite surfers (I'm not sure exactly what it is called) but the kites pull them through the water. We also stopped in a lean-to of an artist studio and met a sweet artist who made jewelry with her pregnant daughter. I bought a sticker that her daughter actually designed and copyrighted and sold as a baby fund that says "SPREAD YOUR CHEEKS" with a big smiley face on it. When I brought it home no one was thrilled with it, but me. The following pictures are the kite surfers. we watched. Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures of the "fisherman's den" which I affectionately renamed the restaurant or of the artist -- who by the way taught me to pronounce Rodanthe. I had always said Row-danth (phonetically) -- it is actually pronounced Row-dan-thee. Learn something new every day on a road trip :-)<br />
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The following pictures are when we were finally able to travel. It was dark, as you can tell, by the time we were able to drive. If you look to the far right of the pictures, the white area is sand that had been moved. In many places, though I don't have pictures, the sand was over six feet high. What looks like rain on the road is actually the tide. Natives in the huddles told Nathan this is becoming a normal occurrence for the past few years, that there is actually less beach and many of the homes that were built with beach frontage, needless to say are dealing with this at times. It was still interesting to learn these things and just realizing how powerless man is, but it's also comforting to be reminded of that. Only disappointment, no pics, for Sweet Brenda or me!!! But it's another excuse to go back, aye, Mate -- I mean, Nate?<br />
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