While I have been on the Crystal
Coast for over three years now, I have yet to find a
picture that is better at capturing the spirit of the
area than this one.
As someone once told me, you cannot fully appreciate the
Crystal Coast without getting in a boat.
The following was written our first summer on the coast.
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This area is a land of almost horizon to horizon water.
Some outside the inlets is very deep. The waters inside the
inlets and even in the rivers are often shallow, that
shallow water is often a bigger problem than deep ocean
water.
Last night I went out our inlet in my kayak. I decided to
explore outside the marked channel which we carefully
follow with our boat. I soon found my kayak in six inches
of water where paddling becomes very hard.
Yet all this shallow water is a nursery for an incredible
variety of sea creatures and a very friendly human culture.
The shallower waters in the inlets and the shifting sands
often create ad hoc beaches which are reachable only by
boat.
I think the gatherings on those beaches really speak to the
spirit of friendliness that permeates life on the Crystal
Coast.
This is a magical place with opportunities for fun,
friendship, and fishing that are hard to find elsewhere.
You might be interested in my thoughts on why the area is called the
Crystal Coast.