March 22, 2012 - Traveling south on North Carolina highway 264 on a warm spring morning. It is still March but the mosquitoes are out. We came here in the fall of 2010, but a fire was burning in the swamps. Smoke blanketed the entire region and the road was closed. Now we are back, and the day looks promising.
We turn down a gravel road and drive out to the edge of the bay. All is quiet in the morning sun and the marshes extend nearly as far as the eye can see. It could just be my imagination, but light seems to have a special quality near large bodies of water. A breeze stirs the surface of the water and briefly subdues the mosquitoes. Under the lone tree I gaze into the flat distance, happy to be back on the coast.
Tomorrow: down the road a few miles, the small town of Engelhard, North Carolina.
Welcome back!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Woodduck. I was glad to be back. The weather was perfect and we had a great visit.
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