The ocean's breeze can make for a pleasant spring or fall day on the Outer Banks and it can make for a miserable time in the winter. Salt water cold is a special kind of cold. It has staying power. Here in Smithfield we start warming up the instant that the cold north wind settles down. In Corolla on a cold February day you can feel the cold wind even if it has stopped blowing. It is so cold that you can feel last Tuesday's wind.
Cold in Corolla seems to have a memory. It knows where you hide. It comes and looks for you and keeps hunting until it settles in on you.
In the 1850's Edmound Ruffin, in his volume on Southern agriculture, mentioned the Banker horses. He also said that horses bred on the mainland stood no chance of survival on the Outer Banks.
This is Manteo's little son, Don Louis Devalasco a few days ago. Note his pretty spanish head. Check out the winter hair. Reminds me of when I was little and first saw the Beetles on Ed Sullivan
Looks just like his father. Our Corollas are rather fuzzy as you can see. On a cold morning when it's snowing they can be the warmest thing to cuddle up too.
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