Waiting For The Wave

by Dawn Gari

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Waiting For The Wave

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Dawn Gari

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I took this image of a surfer in early spring at Cape Hatteras. It captures the deication of pursuing your passion.
Hatteras Island is the perfect combination of natural world and vacation world.
If you love being outdoors and in nature, you will love it on Hatteras Island. It feels like a real island retreat. Its vibe is much different from the northern Outer Banks even though it has many of the same vacation offerings. But Cape Hatteras on the whole has a much more laid-back attitude, probably due to its popularity with outdoorsy types and the water sports crowd. Its more relaxed, a little simpler and definitely slower paced.
Hatteras recreation proves to be a magnet for those who love surfing, kite boarding, wind surfing, birding, paddling, camping, scuba diving and the beach, for many reasons mild temperatures for about nine months of the year, abundant and accessible ocean and sound beaches and numerous outfitters. Of course, the fact that about 75 percent of Hatteras Island is in its nearly natural barrier island state thanks to Cape Hatteras National Seashore and Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, impressive sand dunes, wide beaches, thick maritime forest and vast marshlands plays a big role in this outdoor, eco-friendly orientation. Taking part in the world famous Hatteras fishing is front and center of what people, locals and visitors alike, do here to be happy.
Hatteras attractions are connected to the roots of the islands history, which includes shipwrecks and the lighthouse that tried to warn them off, the Native Americans who loved this land first, the industry that grew around fishing.

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March 4th, 2015

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