"Every Picture Tells a Story ... Don't It:" An Afternoon in Corolla | Eastern North Carolina Now

    One component systemic to this immediate area of Corolla is the past developers' adherence to maintaining the natural aesthetic wander of God's most imposing structures - the tree. Within the Whalehead Club, the Heritage Park, Currituck Beach Lighthouse complex and natural environs surrounding this section of Corolla are the many Live Oaks; some of them quite large: Above and below.



    Just about a half of a mile north of the Whalehead Club, I discovered a new trail built, the CAMA Sound Boardwalk, where we walked, my wife and I, to its end. Sitting upon the benches of its dock, I was amazed by the diversity of foliage and the aesthetically pleasing jagged edge of the sounds shoreline as the tributaries of this sandy strip of land, and beach, spill fresh water back into the Currituck Sound. The clouds that evening seemed perfect for a remarkable sunset, and consequently, I was not disappointed: Above and below.

    The sunset that I anticipated was more that I could have ever imagined. That is the nature of sunsets: One must patiently wait until the fireworks of color explode before you, and in my case, my camera's lens. On occasion, it is worth the wait. The kayakers upon the sound appear to be a bit closer to the beauty, but that is an optical illusion. Their view could not have matched mine: Above. "The sun is slowly sinking down." I do believe I hear a James Taylor lullaby mixed in here: Below.



    Going, going, almost gone: Above and below.



    My small images, 630 pixels wide, do not do this majestic sunset justice, nor does my much larger pictures equal the natural wander of being there. My suggestion to you: Never turn down a trip to North Carolina's Outer Banks. And if possible, head north, if only for an afternoon, to Corolla: Above and below.