I Think That I Shall Never See ...

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... a poem as lovely as a tree. -Joyce Kilmer When I saw the stump of this (I think) Cypress Tree along Snow's Cut while K and I were hiking with the pups this morning, I tried to picture what it had once looked like standing tall and proud along the bank of the canal. I've no idea how it came to die all those years ago. Perhaps it was struck down by a hurricane. Perhaps the concentration of saltwater running through the Cut was too much for it. Snow's Cut was dug between the mainland and Carolina Beach back in 1930 as part of the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway Project. The Carolina Beach State Park Campground we stayed at this past weekend is located on the banks of Snow's Cut and the Cape Fear River. The Cut allows boats to travel between the Atlantic Ocean and the Cape Fear River without having to go all the way around the actual Cape Fear several miles to the south. Last fall, Son2 and I kayaked part of the river and the Cut. It was something we've both wanted to do for some time. Now that we both have kayaks, we finally could. Though the air was warm this weekend, the water wasn't and the winds were too strong for K and me to go kayaking. We're hoping to when we return in early October.