Category Archives: water

Unexpected weather

Posted on May 10, 2013 by dsobotta

To be honest most weather here along the coast is unexpected, but I certainly do not blame our hardworking weather folks.  With so many of us living near bodies of water with different temperatures, I am surprised that … Continue reading →

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Spring Waters

Posted on April 25, 2013 by dsobotta

Each spring presents its own challenges.  The spring of 2013 has shown us yet another pattern.   There is not nearly as much warmth as we enjoyed during the spring of 2012.  Moisture also has not been lacking like … Continue reading →

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Dreaming of Summer on the Water

Posted on February 17, 2013 by dsobotta

It does not take much of a brush with winter to get me dreaming of the warm waters of Bogue Inlet.  As much as I enjoy going to the beach any time of year, a winter beach scene … Continue reading →

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A January Boat Ride

Posted on January 29, 2013 by dsobotta

January is not a particularly tough month here on the coast of North Carolina.  One of my few concessions to winter is that I wear cotton socks inside my crocs.  The crocs still have plenty of ventilation, but … Continue reading →

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Winter By The Gut

Posted on January 27, 2013 by dsobotta

Most people have never heard of a piece of water being called a “gut”.  I first saw the term used when I visited Newfoundland in the early seventies.  There I found places on the map like Famish Gut, … Continue reading →

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Warm Winter Weekend in January

Posted on January 11, 2013 by dsobotta

Some people do not believe me when I tell them about the first January that we spent along North Carolina’s Southern Outer Banks.  That winter I kept track of the number of hours that the temperature was below … Continue reading →

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December Waters

Posted on December 2, 2012 by dsobotta

Most people would be surprised to hear me say that December is a good time of the year to be living by the water.  This will be our seventh winter here on the Crystal Coast and experience says … Continue reading →

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Living by the Inlet

Posted on September 19, 2012 by dsobotta

In 2003 an impromptu anniversary celebration along North Carolina’s  Southern Outer Banks ended up changing our lives.   For years before that trip to Beaufort, NC, a lifelong attraction to the sand and surf kept pulling me back to … Continue reading →

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Back to the Point

Posted on September 1, 2012 by dsobotta

I first visited the Point on Emerald Isle in the summer of 1969.  My uncle Austin and I traveled down the beach in my old Ford Bronco.  At the time it was the only way to get to … Continue reading →

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Warmth that won’t go away

Posted on July 27, 2012 by dsobotta

There is something magical about eighty degrees.  If you can break eighty degrees in early spring, you feel like that winter has been defeated.  When the ocean water gets to eighty degrees, there is no longer a shock … Continue reading →

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