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This picture is the EAST END of OCEAN ISLE BEACH!
While beautiful –
I look at it and think about how vulnerable it is to storms and hurricanes.
This huge rock wall was put in a few years ago to stop the erosion of the beach.
It is referred to as
“THE GROIN”!
Looking at the picture, to the left on the beach –
Following the line of houses –
You can tell that FIRST and SECOND streets have already been washed away in previous years.
The street to the right is Third Street.
That whole expanse of beach was dredged up from the channel and blown in to make the beach!
The water was high tide up and under those houses.
Huge sand-filled bags lined the edges of the houses to protect them.
Since this was done –
The erosion now is on the East side of the rocks.
We have walked the East end, and the eroded banks are higher than my head.
Dead trees now lie in the surf.
The entire area has changed for the worse.
I fear a major storm will wipe it out and allow the surf to roll across to the ICW!
The main bridge over the ICW is called the causeway bridge by the locals.
This is the center of the town and the island.
Here are the shops, the park, and the pier.
Restaurants and bars.
It is a beautiful place by the ocean –
And about a ten-minute drive without traffic for us.
We are on the mainland side –
The ICW is between us and the island.
About two miles of mainland separates us from the ICW!
Our street looks WEST in the first picture and EAST in the second picture.
Because of the curvature of the coastline –
From Charleston to Wilmington –
Our back of the house faces South, and the front faces North.
We are also close to two other beaches – Holden Beach to the EAST and Sunset Beach to the West.
Oak Island is about 30 miles away.
We are close to North Myrtle Beach – 16 miles- Myrtle Beach – about 30 miles.
And Southport, Shallotte, and Wilmington to the North.
Calabash and Little River are about six to eight miles away.
We have four grocery stores close by –
Two Food Lions, a Publix, and a Lowe’s.
Big BOX STORES are within 15 to 30 minutes, and Home Depot and Lowe’s.
Our church, Saint Luke’s Lutheran, is about ten minutes away.
We selected this area because of the golf, beaches, shopping, entertainment, and gas stations.
Our community is not as clear-cut as others around us.
We have protected areas.
If you look at the previous pictures of EAST and WEST on our street –
You can see the trees!
We have very tall pine trees and live oaks all around us.
It is a quiet community –
Neighbors are out and about walking by the front porch.
We know way more people here than where we moved from-
Which we called a GARAGE DOOR COMMUNITY!
The door goes up – people leave – it goes down.
And the opposite, when they return, and you seldom see them.
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