Hi friends,
I’m so happy to be with you all today. Although it’s only been a couple of week, it feels like it’s been longer. Things moved so slow for a while, in a very good way, that I got used to the quiet and the stillness. I was so thankful when I was finally able to see my daughter, her hubby and the grandbabies. Not seeing them was torture. My oldest grandson is in kindergarten and with schools closed for the rest of this ‘school year,’ his teacher is doing some really fun online activities for the kids. Last week they went on a virtual field trip to the zoo.
Today I thought I would take you on a virtual tour of Wilmington, NC and Wrightsville Beach, where my Coastal Guardians series takes place.
First, we’re going to stop off at my hubby’s and my favorite place when we travel down there–Dockside Restaurant just over the bridge from Wrightsville Beach. The CGIS team featured in my Coastal Guardian series eats there often and so do Mike and I when we’re down for a week. We sit out on the deck and watch boats pull up to the pier, people tie in, and then head up the ramp straight into the restaurant’s outdoor seating area. I love that they have a boat drive-thru.
Next up, is The Latimer House in Wilmington proper. It was originally built in 1852 by local merchant Zebulon Latimer. It was occupied by three generations of Latimers before it was passed to the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society in 1963.
To learn more about visiting the Latimer House either in person or via a virtual video tour visit courtesy of The Lower Cape Fear Historical Society.
Our last stop for today is the Wilmington Riverwalk. It’s beautiful. The pictures don’t do it justice. There’s something about following the path between the beautiful restaurants with large porches and outdoor seating on one side and the winding Cape Fear river on the other. This is another spot Mike and I love to visit.
One last thing…the first book in my Coastal Guardian series, The Killing Tide, is on sale on e-book for $1.99 for a limited time. And, if you pre-order The Crushing Depths you’ll get exclusive content. You can find all the details here.
I’ll be continuing my virtual tour of the home of the Coastal Guardian team in my Instagram feed. Hope you’ll drop by and join me.
Question for you: Have you ever been to Wilmington or to North Carolina? If so, I’d love to know your favorite spot. If not, would you like to visit one day?
May God bless and keep you,
Dani
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We’d really love to visit the coastal areas of NC, but we have been to the state and especially love the quaint little town of Black Mountain, NC near the Ridgecrest Conference Center where we’ve attended writer and film conferences for many years.
Hi Deb,
The coast is beautiful. Hope you make it there one day! I’m so looking forward to attending Blue Ridge for the first time next year. I’ll have to see if I can check out Black Mountain while I’m there.
I’ve only been to NC once, for my brother’s wedding. He teaches at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem and lives in High Point. I’m planning to go visit again – whenever it will be safe to do that! Hopefully soon!
Oh that’s great! Hopefully it’ll be soon 🙂
We used to go to Wilmington numerous times when my husband was stationed at Camp Lejeune. We took visitors to tour the Battleship North Carolina – gorgeous nighttime fireworks show – as well as enjoy delicious seafood! But that was some time ago. Wonderful memories!
They sound like wonderful memories 🙂
I love Dockside!
I lived in Wilmington 6.5 years. Love it! I like Elijah’s on the riverfront; Oceanic on the beach. I like Dockside too. Have stayed at the bed and breakfast Graystone; beautiful. I could go on, but I won’t. It has been awhile since I’ve been to stay, but with a niece there in school, hope to soon.
I use to visit my sister in Charlotte. I visited many places but I cannot remember the names. I do want to visit Asheville.
My family lives in Eastern NC, so we visit the Wilmington area often. One of our favorite places is Carolina Beach State park where we enjoy walking the trails, and maybe finding some carnivorous plants. There is also a trail behind the Aquarium at Fort Fisher that leads to a WWII bunker where a hermit once lived.
Isolated, still, and wondering if anybody will be able to travel again ?
Two weeks automatic quarantine rules this out for most UK people.
Instead, there is the chance to visit so many special places online –
and work on a new book, imagining a woman who first has to heal herself, before any new relationship could work…
Writing my lockdown novel – Flight into Egypt, I imagined returning to special places, including Bath, and the Protestant Cemetery in Rome. .