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VolNExile said:
NC Outer Banks. She would LOVE the lighthouses along OBX! It’s a lot of driving to get here, though.

5 1/2 hours from Charlotte to the Cedar Island ferry terminal, and 2 1/2-3 hours on the car ferry to Ocracoke. If you want to keep going, drive 20-30 minutes up the island to the Hatteras ferry, an hour or so to cross, then up the rest of the Banks (on roads, unless washed away by a hurricane.)

I love it here and would move in a heartbeat. Come visit before it’s all underwater. (They’ve already had to move the Hatteras lighthouse.)

Ocracoke lighthouse is the white one on the map:
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There or Swansboro/Cape Carteret/Emerald Isle would be my choice for sure.

The vanishing beach thing you speak of is very real.

On North Topsail Beach, it is vanishing to the point that a third-row home in the 90s is now oceanfront. A friend of mine was driving a sand spike into the ground to surf fish a few years back (at low tide) and hit something solid: the old road.

Down at Inlet Point in Garden City, SC, we used to park in the public parking area before you get to the guard shack and use the public beach access to walk to the northern point of Murrells Inlet to surf fish. Vanishing beach is now to the point that several homes down from the guard shack have electricity and water services suspended, high tide is underneath the houses, and if you decide to walk down to the point now and don't time it correctly with the tides you will drown or be arrested for trespassing. It's crazy. In the 80s and 90s, we made that walk back to the beach access at high tide with 50 yards to spare.

It sucks that you had the bad weather, but if you're just chillin, it's all good.
 
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GordonC said:
There or Swansboro/Cape Carteret/Emerald Isle would be my choice for sure.

The vanishing beach thing you speak of is very real.

On North Topsail Beach, it is vanishing to the point that a third-row home in the 90s is now oceanfront. A friend of mine was driving a sand spike into the ground to surf fish a few years back (at low tide) and hit something solid: the old road.

Down at Inlet Point in Garden City, SC, we used to park in the public parking area before you get to the guard shack and use the public beach access to walk to the northern point of Murrells Inlet to surf fish. Vanishing beach is now to the point that several homes down from the guard shack have electricity and water services suspended, high tide is underneath the houses, and if you decide to walk down to the point now and don't time it correctly with the tides you will drown or be arrested for trespassing. It's crazy. In the 80s and 90s, we made that walk back to the beach access at high tide with 50 yards to spare.

It sucks that you had the bad weather, but if you're just chillin, it's all good.
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Just chillin is it exactly. I went to Easter services at the little Methodist church this morning. Apparently they’ve averaged 20-30 people in attendance the last six months, and this morning there were over 150 (about 20 kids.) When they asked how many people were there because of the ferries not running, 40-50 of us stuck our hands up. Prayers for the ferries were included in the pastoral prayer. 😄

That’s awful about Murrell’s Inlet. There was a restaurant there we used to visit when we went to Ocean Isle Beach. Gone now, or completely changed, best as I can tell.
 
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VolNExile said:
NC Outer Banks. She would LOVE the lighthouses along OBX! It’s a lot of driving to get here, though.

5 1/2 hours from Charlotte to the Cedar Island ferry terminal, and 2 1/2-3 hours on the car ferry to Ocracoke. If you want to keep going, drive 20-30 minutes up the island to the Hatteras ferry, an hour or so to cross, then up the rest of the Banks (on roads, unless washed away by a hurricane.)

I love it here and would move in a heartbeat. Come visit before it’s all underwater. (They’ve already had to move the Hatteras lighthouse.)

Ocracoke lighthouse is the white one on the map:
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We were there just after labor day last year & checked out the Camp hateras lighthouse. That was pretty cool
 
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We made it back to the mainland! We were supposed to go on the 4:30, but there was room for 3 more on the 1 o’clock, which didn’t leave until 2:20, but hey. Back in Beaufort for tonight in the same room as last time. Heading home tomorrow, whew

Our mighty vessel, the Carteret, docked (finally) at Cedar Island:
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How many people that you know would you ride a motorcycle behind?

1. My dad, maybe my brother. Idk.
 
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