Still here

     Shame on Uncle Jack for not at least letting his readers (are there any left?) know that he has not yet shuffled off his mortal coil---just incredibly busy since returning from Nags Head last week.  He still doesn't have time to write a proper blog entry but here are a few last pictures from the beach in Sonag (and elsewhere) that might help pass the time. It's time to watch the Ravens stomp the Packers into the snow up in Green Bay.

    Sunrise from the deck one day last week.  Uncle Jack is getting too old to walk down to the beach at 6 a.m. any more.  It was still worth getting up for, though.  Not many things are.

This pool at a Sonag development whose name Uncle Jack can't remember at the moment (Dunes South maybe?) has withstood many a storm over the past 25 years but not this one.

                                                        For sure.

Unusual doubledecker stairway shows how much sand gets pushed around during storms in Sonag.  It's a bonanza for carpenters who don't have houses to build at the moment.  Every cloud........

Chez Schneck, a few doors south of the Outer Banks pier, survived thanks to the massive dune built up over the past couple of years by judicious use of sand-fencing.  Time to start all over.  Get to work Polly.

The old Lifesaving Station at Oregon Inlet is looking better than it has for years.  All the ancillary structures built by the Coast Guard have been removed and new shingles applied to the original building.  Anybody know what the plans are for this marvelous survivor of countless storms over the past 100+ years?