Almost Wordless Wednesday on the Crystal Coast! - 02/24/10 09:03 AM
Spring is coming to the Crystal Coast!
One of the reasons we choose to live on our little island is because it never gets very cold.  This winter all weather records for cold have been broken and my winter coat that often spends the winter in the closet has gotten much use.  We are more ready for spring than ever.  Yesterday I went to take one of my signs down and there in the yard was a camelia bush...BLOOMING!   Camelias are one of the first blossoms we see and what a beautiful promise that spring is just around the corner.
 
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Not quite Wordless Wednesday on The Crystal Coast of North Carolina! - 02/17/10 04:49 AM
Not quite Wordless Wednesday on The Crystal Coast of North Carolina! Today is Ash Wednesday and I'm still high from the beautiful week-end of snow we enjoyed here on the island of Bogue Banks..  Snow is a rarity so even us "old" folks got out and played like children.  It was a beautiful gift from God.  Came early Saturday morning and was almost all gone by Sunday night.  That's how snow should be.  Special and elusive.  I love it.
 

 
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NOTHING CAN HURT ME. I'M ON VACATION! - 02/15/10 10:32 AM
NOTHING CAN HURT ME.  I'M ON VACATION!Living on a resort island on the Crystal Coast of North Carolian, sometimes I want to shake vacationers for their carelessness.   Don't misunderstand.  We love our tourists.  In fact, we depend on them for a huge percentage of our local income.  We want them safe and happy...and spending money and living to return.Living and working here 365 days a year I often see otherwise intelligent, cautious people doing things they'd never do "back home". Such as:
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E-3 Westport, Beacon's Reach, Pine Knoll Shores, NC - 02/12/10 07:24 AM
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Almost Wordless Wednesday on the Crystal Coast - 02/03/10 01:27 PM
 
Almost Wordless Wednesday on the Crystal Coast Kayaks waiting for spring time.
 

 
Imagine gliding across the water, in and out of the salt marsh, resting, working, relaxing.  There's nothing quite like it.
I am Marian Goetzinger, your Pine Knoll Shores and Crystal Coast Specialist. 
I answer my phone.
 

 
 
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