Author Archive | splendid isolation

November consisted of finishing up work at roadside, our trip to NY, but mostly just packing, cleaning, and organizing of our belongings.  We left a good amount of the stuff we hauled back from the boat in our parents attics.  We moved into my sister Christina and brother-in-law Johnny’s house in Kilmarlic, Powell’s Point, NC. […]

We were lucky enough to have two Thanksgiving’s this year!  Claire and I are pretty used to being away from family on holidays, whether it be because of work, travel, or just living long distance.  We decided to stay on the Outer Banks over a month longer than we originally planned, to spend a big […]

Nov 14, 2013 While we were upstate Claire wanted to visit my alma mater.  I graduated CIA in 2008 with an AOS in Culinary Arts. I won’t get into my whole culinary background here.  But if you are interested in a resume feel free to send me an email. I gave Claire and my father […]

Nov 13-17 Michael here, our last day of work at Roadside was Nov. 11th.  My Father takes a quick trip up to New York at least a few times a year to see family and friends.  He invited us to hop in his car since we had just finished work. We thought it’d be a […]

Ok so I guess this might be one of my first controversial kind of rant posts. I’ve tried to sprinkle some of my personal thoughts into posts in the past.  We are almost ready to hit the road again and a lot has come to mind.  Especially when seeing the links posted below… The first […]

October and November here on the Outer Banks is most locals favorite time of the year.  The Millions of tourists thin out.  Luckily we scored an Indian Summer as well.  Not up until a couple weeks ago the water temperature was in the 70s.  We spent the past 2 months still working full time.  Claire […]

We took a trip to Wintergreen and stayed at the Dwyer’s cabin, family friends of Claire’s parents.  The weather was just right at the end of the summer.  We went hiking in the mountains up streams and waterfalls, visited family friends, and hung out at the resort. Claire’s mother Laura used to live in Waynesboro, […]

September 27, 2013 My mother suggested that we take a trip to Knott’s Island in the Currituck Sound, about an hour North of us in Kitty Hawk; known for duck hunting, fishing, orchards, vineyards, and farms.  We missed the ferry to the island so we took the long way around, over the marshland bridge, came […]

During August and September Claire and I were working full time at RoadSide and part time at Art’s Place, while living at Claire’s Grandmother Jane’s cottage in Nags Head.  A classic cedar shake sided beach box from the 50’s or 60’s standing in sand on stilts, surrounded by live oaks.  There is a big front porch […]

9/11/2013 Claire’s younger brother Will and myself took a drive down to Pea Island.  His girlfriend Patterson came along and took most of these photos.  We decided to have a 9′ Longboard session. Driving south down to Pea Island from Kitty Hawk can always be a gamble when it comes to the surf.  “In town” […]