Everyone needs to take some time off, and get out of town just to clear out their heads, gain a measure of perspective. My time away from the various pressures of my various jobs is a golden time for me, and most necessary to keep on a level keel. These off-season retreats close to my home in Washington, County of Beaufort, are a fine repository of splendid moments, shelved away, waiting to be found.

    On this much needed respite, I spent 4 nights away from my home in the fine accommodations of a suitable resort. I rested, I worked and I took many pictures. Here in the remains of this article, I represent my time away in these images made of a close and wonderful place - at least for me.
    We begin in the Village of Corolla in the County of Currituck, where we see the locale of a local eatery: Above. And the Museum of the Wild Horses in Corolla's Old School House: Below.

    The Currituck Lighthouse is the centerpiece of this former fishing village, turned resort town: Above and below.

    Just north of the lighthouse in Corolla is the CAMA Sound Boardwalk, which leads out to the Currituck Sound: Above and below. I reported on this CAMA Sound Boardwalk experience last summer, when it was quite a bit warmer and much greener.

    The boardwalk that conveys the avid conservationist runs perpendicular to this marshy creek that eventually runs out to the Currituck Sound: Above. The boardwalk is an essential transport device for the otherwise curious conservationist, who would be unable to tromp out to the Currituck Sound without stomping through the watery swamp: Below.

    Just a smidge north from Corolla after US Hwy. 12 ends into the punky sand of this wild rolling dunes, and beach, where the wild horses roam: Above and below.