It’s been a good week here at Casa Breeze: Long walks on a windy beach, finding a photographic obsession, and publishing my (first) photobook.
One plug for the book and then we’ll move on. I’m proud of these photos and so happy I can share them with people in hardcover, softcover, or ebook format (iPad or Kindle, but I hear iPad looks better). Click on the cover image below to jump to the bookstore page for it. (Disclosure: I get a small bit ($5) out of each purchase.)
The Tree was the thing at Hunting Island State Park, down at the south end of that state. After two hurricanes in two years that devasted the front campground (it literally no longer exists) and littered the beach with downed trees, stumps, and branches, the park is struggling to get back to form. A ways down the beach is one tree, still standing, branches most intact, but clearly no longer alive. And yet, still standing. I remain mesmerized by this tree after a full week of staring at it and taking images of it.
Monday, I packed up and headed to the north end of South Carolina, the first of three short jumps to the Outer Banks. Not much excitement driving on Interstate 95 for four hours, but it was the fastest way to get from Point A to Point B. And then this rig flew past me. Wow. Other than big wind turbine blades on similar rigs in Texas, this is the biggest thing I’ve seen moving down the road.
Where I’m hanging out for a few days used to be on the shore of a big lake, until Hurricane Matthew breached the earthen dam in two places. The image below shows one breach, and you can see the damage to the dam is massive (that’s the concrete spillway on the right).
It’s still a nice place: quiet and peaceful, and just enough cell signal that I can stay online for posting.
I’m taking a few weeks to think about things, where I want this blog to go, what kind of writing I want to do, and things like that. So if you have ideas, feel free to share your ideas or requests in the comments. No guarantee I’ll use them, but I’m interested in what you’d like to know about the #vagabondlife I lead.
Bonus Photo: My last (windy) walk on Hunting Island beach. (The best of the blog and other photos are always available on my photo site: acwynn.smugmug.com)
To achieve originality, we need to abandon the comforts of habit, reason, and the approval of our peers, and strike out in new directions.
Marty Neumeier
I followed a family who circumnavigated the world in a sailboat. I enjoyed reading some of the living and day-to-day details, as a balance to the places they went and the people they met along the way. For an Altoiste, and probably other trailer types, it is the struggle to balance the picnic table or planning meals in a small place that we all share and relate to. I enjoy reading your blog and look forward to meeting you in Quebec.
Ah, good ideas, thank you, Laura! It is sometimes quite the challenge to figure things out in such a small space. I’m dry camping for almost 3 weeks with little access to grocery stores, so figuring out how to make the most of the tiny fridge might be an interesting post, indeed! See you in Quebec, I hope!
I always enjoy the places that make America, ghost towns with a story, small towns that were bigger in a previous day but no longer for some reason, abandoned company camps, Route 66 that led somewhere before, old forts, old battlegrounds.
For a different twist, Canada and Alaska might offer some superb beauty to photograph.
I really enjoy following your travels and wonderful photography,
Thanks Annie.
Thanks for the ideas, Dan! I am planning to see some of eastern Canada this spring/summer, so stay tuned for that. So far, Alaska hasn’t been beckoning me, but ya never know 🙂 And someday, Route 66, because all the old places on it.
Love that last photo showing the blowing sand.
Thanks, Bruce! It didn’t look so good when I shot it, I thought, but the camera did better than I thought it did at the time.