WELCOME BACK
Posted On Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Ocean Isle Beach, NC comes to life again for 2008.
Most of you reading this OIB BLOG know only the summer season with all its vibrancy. However, the annual change in lifestyle here starts off slowly and then takes off. In late spring, we see a slow transition in the number of lighted homes. Where just a few weeks ago we might have seen only a handful of lights, now each house is lit with life. There are just more than 425 full timers on the Island, but in the summer we swell to more than 3,200 homes occupied at any given time with more than 25,000 people.
Our puppy, Freddy, knowing only the quiet of the Island, barks with each new sound. While we are working to help him acclimate to his new neighbors and teach him that he does not own the island, just the house, he still holds our neighbors accountable. We're acclimating, as well. While we enjoyed our uncluttered lives and the serenity of the beach these past months, we welcome the color, laughter and activity our friends, family and visitors bring.
You come with friends, family and faithful companions. With anticipation you arrive on Saturday and settle in. On Sunday morning you wake, with no certain agenda. You dress in your bathing suit and wander out to a full house with the smell of coffee, sweet fruit and bacon. You gather on your decks to enjoy the warmth of the day, the breeze of the ocean. Some may go to one of the two non-denominational services offered on the beach at the pier. Others will head directly to the beach, and start packing the golf carts and tow carts with chairs and umbrellas, coolers, boogie boards, shovels and pales, frisbees and balls, and radios and books.
You settle in, look out at the horizon, listen to the surf and the birds, and take a deep breath and recognize your here. You play with your children, you enjoy your family, and catch up with your friends. You start planning your days with parasailing, jet skiing, canoeing, surfing, fishing trips, golf, children’s programs, turtle exhibits, planetarium visits, go carts, put-put, cooking, restaurants, and a must - the Friday night concert.
Yet with all these activities life on the beach remains a lifestyle of simple pleasures- companionship, food, exercise and natural beauty.
Diane Dalen
Broker-In-Charge
Sunset Properties
Ocean Isle Beach
Most of you reading this OIB BLOG know only the summer season with all its vibrancy. However, the annual change in lifestyle here starts off slowly and then takes off. In late spring, we see a slow transition in the number of lighted homes. Where just a few weeks ago we might have seen only a handful of lights, now each house is lit with life. There are just more than 425 full timers on the Island, but in the summer we swell to more than 3,200 homes occupied at any given time with more than 25,000 people.
Our puppy, Freddy, knowing only the quiet of the Island, barks with each new sound. While we are working to help him acclimate to his new neighbors and teach him that he does not own the island, just the house, he still holds our neighbors accountable. We're acclimating, as well. While we enjoyed our uncluttered lives and the serenity of the beach these past months, we welcome the color, laughter and activity our friends, family and visitors bring.
You come with friends, family and faithful companions. With anticipation you arrive on Saturday and settle in. On Sunday morning you wake, with no certain agenda. You dress in your bathing suit and wander out to a full house with the smell of coffee, sweet fruit and bacon. You gather on your decks to enjoy the warmth of the day, the breeze of the ocean. Some may go to one of the two non-denominational services offered on the beach at the pier. Others will head directly to the beach, and start packing the golf carts and tow carts with chairs and umbrellas, coolers, boogie boards, shovels and pales, frisbees and balls, and radios and books.
You settle in, look out at the horizon, listen to the surf and the birds, and take a deep breath and recognize your here. You play with your children, you enjoy your family, and catch up with your friends. You start planning your days with parasailing, jet skiing, canoeing, surfing, fishing trips, golf, children’s programs, turtle exhibits, planetarium visits, go carts, put-put, cooking, restaurants, and a must - the Friday night concert.
Yet with all these activities life on the beach remains a lifestyle of simple pleasures- companionship, food, exercise and natural beauty.
Diane Dalen
Broker-In-Charge
Sunset Properties
Ocean Isle Beach