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A Shared North Country Sit Spot

A Shared North Country Sit Spot

Prologue Michael 5:00 am I woke at 5:00 a.m. to prepare for a shared sit spot with John.  We planned to meet up at 6:30 and walk to the location we had scouted out a month before.  I began my early morning routine by stoking the wood stove, dressing, feeding Jean-Luc (my cat), making coffee, and snacking on a little yogurt with granola.  I gathered what I needed per John’s suggestions; notebook, pencils (a pen might freeze, John told me),…

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Return to the Rachel Carson Reserve

Return to the Rachel Carson Reserve

Four hundred miles to the north hurricane Zeta churned out to sea.  In Beaufort, NC the remnants of Zeta’s outer wall ripped 50 mile per hour wind gusts of down the narrow channel of Taylor’s Creek.  Given the additional pull of a strong tidal current I wasn’t sure if it would be safe to paddle my kayak across the creek to the landing for the Carrot Island Boardwalk in the Rachel Carson Reserve, my destination for sit spot. The reserve…

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