{"id":1892,"date":"2012-11-19T21:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T02:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2012-11-20T08:12:11","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T13:12:11","slug":"mirlo-beach-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/?p=1892","title":{"rendered":"Mirlo Beach Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span>Two weeks ago I left Hatteras Island for a job in the Florida Keys. The road was washed out so Denise and I rode the ferry to Stumpy Point, a two hour transit to the mainland. It was blowing, and ferry service nearly shut down.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/goodbye1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1910\" title=\"goodbye\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/goodbye1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/goodbye1.jpg 500w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/goodbye1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span>Goodbye Rodanthe!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/port.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1907\" title=\"port\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/port.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/port.jpg 500w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/port-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span>View on the port side, with a Rodanthe bound ferry passing by.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/starboard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1908\" title=\"starboard\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/starboard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/starboard.jpg 500w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/starboard-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span>Seas splash against the starboard side of the ferry.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\">Upon returning nine days later, we heard the 4&#215;4 road was open, so we made our way south of Oregon Inlet, under police escort at 9 o&#8217;clock at night. With moderately brisk winds, the sea was rolling right up to our tire tracks, but we made it. I was amazed in the escalating deterioration of highway 12, compared to a few weeks earlier.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span>With another low pressure winding by today, I decided to have another look.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/definitive-view.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1893\" title=\"definitive view\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/definitive-view.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/definitive-view.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/definitive-view-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\"><span>Mirlo&#8217;s broad side takes another beating.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/piles1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1912\" title=\"piles\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/piles1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/piles1.jpg 500w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/piles1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\">A property owner&#8217;s defense seems fruitless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/black-pearl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"black pearl\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/black-pearl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/truck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1895\" title=\"truck\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/truck.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/truck.jpg 500w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/truck-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\">The most photographed truck on the island lies abandoned<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/river.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1896\" title=\"river\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/river.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/river.jpg 500w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/river-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/breakers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1897\" title=\"breakers\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/breakers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/breakers.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/breakers-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/east-wind.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1899\" title=\"east wind\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/east-wind.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/east-wind.jpg 500w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/east-wind-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\">The cottage on the right, <strong>Toes in the Sand, <\/strong>was the original house built on the oceanfront at Mirlo Beach in the late 80&#8217;s. Back then, it was called <em><strong>East Wind<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/eco-tourism.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1900\" title=\"eco-tourism\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/eco-tourism.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/eco-tourism.jpg 500w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/eco-tourism-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/overwash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1901\" title=\"overwash\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/overwash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/overwash.jpg 500w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/overwash-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/ribbon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1902\" title=\"ribbon\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/ribbon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/ribbon.jpg 500w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/ribbon-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/lines.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1903\" title=\"lines\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/lines.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/lines.jpg 500w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/lines-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Optima;\">I just hope the electricity stays on.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two weeks ago I left Hatteras Island for a job in the Florida Keys. The road was washed out so Denise and I rode the ferry to Stumpy Point, a two hour transit to the mainland. It was blowing, and ferry service nearly shut down. Goodbye Rodanthe! View on the port side, with a Rodanthe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,28,26,27,30,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buildings","category-ferry-boats","category-outer-banks","category-pamlico-sound","category-storms","category-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1892"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1916,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892\/revisions\/1916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}