Ocracoke Waves on Squarespace

My chosen home port has the unfortunate recipient of some unseasonably cool weather this fall.

We have also had more than our fair share of gloomy weather.  That has kept me on the lookout for great sunsets and scenery to brighten the winter.

With the economy in a tailspin and the weather not giving us those warm fall days that we had last year, the pressure has been building to find some relief.

After a holiday weekend in Roanoke, VA where we even saw snow on some of the roofs, I felt the need to get out to the beach.

We managed a trip up Emerald Isle on Tuesday of this week and I shot some video which I posed on YouTube.  It was a simple video designed to highlight the peace and quiet of a winter beach. If you watch it, try the high qualtity version if you have the bandwidth.

Going over to the beach is great, and with clear winter skies we have been treated to a color show for the last few weeks when the clouds have not interrupted the sunset.  On Thursday of this week, I snapped these photos at the Croatan Trails access point in Cedar Point.

They were a good dose of color to cheer up my winter spirits.

Still I can hardly waite for spring.