I never realized when I was growing up as a child how lucky I was to be able to put my feet into the warm sand and jump the waves in the Atlantic Ocean. These things you take for granted until you grow up and go away for a while. I have always been facinated with the marine life and watching the porpoises and dolphins seemingly fly up out the ocean waters, 'tail walking' on the water and giggling as if talking to one another. Dolphin Movie Then swimming off at high speeds freely and quickly out of sight. Imagine catching a pelican making his dive from high in the sky to gather a fresh catch of fish for dinner. What about seeing first hand the great game fish like marlin, sailfish and sharks up close and personal when brought into the docks for weigh ins during fishing tournaments. Fish from the mighty ocean weighing over a 1000 pounds.
The sea's bounty is unimaginable. Shell collectors spend hours on the beach walking and looking for sand dollars, whelks, conchs, Scotch Bonnets, turkey wings, scallops, angel wings, murex, helmets and penshells among many, many others. While they walk they look up, look down, look out and all around and see views like this one:
Atlantic Beach, NC
Is there a tranquilizer any better than this? And I grew up with the benefit of seeing it every summer!
Do you like lighthouses? We have one of the neatest! Cape Lookout
Want to find out more about our beautiful 'Crystal Coast'? There are many websites to visit such as: http://capelookoutstudies.org/index.html and http://www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us/caroclips/lookout.html
Yes, I am a very lucky person to grow up in such a wonderful place like this and I try to make sure all my 'Grandchildren' have the same opportunity as I did so they will also have wonderful memories like I do.
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