My View Around Noon Today
By DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
Pikeville, North Carolina
March 25, 2017 9:21pm CST
The photo accompanying this post was my view this morning just before noon of the sound as seen from the south end of Wrightsville Beach. In my youth, I spent many days fishing and hanging out with friends here and off to the left on the ocean side of the island. Getting to spend a couple of hours there today brought back lots of fond memories.
This site is also part of the setting for my River Dream books. My main character's family house would have been just a few hundred feet to the right of where I was sitting when I took this picture. He would have sailed his boat right past this spot on numerous occasions.
While my wife does like spending time on the beach here, she is not a fan of the crowds and traffic in the area. I would love to be able to retire near this spot and, unless I absolutely had to, never leave the island again.
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@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
26 Mar 17
Sounds just about perfect! I am also getting tired of people and crowds, but unfortunately so many fun things must be done in crowded places, such as a theater production or a favorite restaurant.
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@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
26 Mar 17
@DWDavis I couldn't lock myself away forever. I like excitement once in awhile. But maybe someday when the kids are older I will want a quieter, more secluded life.
@allknowing (130064)
• India
26 Mar 17
This sure is paradise on earth. How developed is the Island?
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
26 Mar 17
@DWDavis Man never learns. Concrete jungles everywhere, with animals displaced. I feel emotional when I see peacocks roaming the streets.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
26 Mar 17
The whole island is developed to the hilt, except this area at the south end. The north end of the island used to have several undeveloped acres, but some greed heads convinced the Town Council to let them build a resort hotel there, and destroyed the whole ambiance of that end of the island. What they hadn't counted on was these barrier islands are migrating south and the island nearly washed out from under the resort. Then the taxpayers wound up footing the bill to save the resort. If it were up to me, I'd have let it wash out to sea.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
26 Mar 17
The crowds and traffic are not my favorite things, but the beach is just a great place.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
28 Mar 17
@PatZAnthony The county my father and mother live in had only one traffic light until a couple years ago when a second was added. My father joked that it was time to move because the area was getting too crowded.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
27 Mar 17
@DWDavis We have family living where there is one traffic light.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48958)
• United States
27 Mar 17
I don't blame you. It is a gorgeous spot
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
28 Mar 17
Growing up, my friends and I would spend hours there fishing and talking. If you know the Alan Jackson song Chattahoochee, this spot was our Chattahoochee.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
26 Mar 17
I am not sure where I would like to live when I retire.
Beautiful place!
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@Hannihar (129470)
• Israel
6 Dec 17
Nice picture. I agree with your wife about crowds. Too many people get in the way of relaxing.
@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
27 Mar 17
@DWDavis I can see why. I love the beach.
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@Linda1234 (4714)
• Houston, Texas
26 Mar 17
The picture so nice . The view looks so beautiful
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