A southport, NC Christmas, Holly Berries, and Davis Canal

We certainly cannot pack all of our Carolina Christmas Memories 
into this one page.   We would, however, like to wander just a bit 
through some of our favorites.

A few days after Thanksgiving about  twenty years ago, my husband, two teenage sons, and I made
the twenty minute drive to Sunset Harbor where we launched our jon boat into the Intracoastal.  The
weather could not have been nicer that day.   The air was warm, the water was calm, and the sky was 
especially blue with only a few small white clouds floating far above reminding  us that it was indeed
winter.  It must have been just after the spot fishing season as we didn't encounter many boaters or
fishermen that morning. 

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The photograph to the left was made at
 the public boat ramp in
Sunset Harbor.  This is where
 the Lockwood Folly River and
the Intracoastal Waterway converge.

 
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We cruised until we came to a small island that lies between
Davis Canal and a wide expanse of marsh. This long, narrow
strip of land and the residential lots across the canal abounded
with holly trees, pine trees, scrub oaks and cedars.   As some
of the trees on our lot grew very close to the water's edge with
branches hanging over, my husband and the boys were able to
lop plenty of branches without leaving the boat.

The boys kept piling the branches into the boat long after I told them repeatedly that we had
plenty.  You know how that goes, the enthusiasm of youth.  When we started back up the
canal for home, the mound of evergreens was so high you could hardly tell there were people
in the boat. 

As it turned out, the enthusiasm of youth became the generosity of adults as we had plenty
of holly, cedar and magnolia, gathered from another location, to share with our neighbors.  

Visit the Southport Waterfront Park, the local museums and art galleries, and enjoy a variety of restaurants,
coffee shops, and additional dining.  View golf courses near Southport in Boiling Spring Lakes, St. James
Plantation, and the Caswell Beach - Oak Island area.  Find things to do, local shopping, favorite recipes, and
activities and events in the Brunswick County, NC area.  See places to visit in the New Hanover County and
Wilmington area, see more about the coast, and vist the parks and golf courses.

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