Favorite Places
I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.
Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Wildwood, NJ
- General Information
A general information site that lists, among other things, upcoming events for the island. Commerical, but not overdone. - Wildwood History
This is a quick synopsis of the history of the Wildwoods. It fails to mention that a large part of the island stopped evolving somewhere around 1969 or so. However, in my opinion, that's all part of it's attraction.
Growing up in the Philadelphia area, there were basically two schools of thought when it came to summer vacations: those that went to the mountains (Poconos, in this case) and those that went to the shore. My family was one of the later, and Wildwood was our destination of choice. To this day, when I think of vacations I think of sun, sand and salt water. I much prefer lounging on a beach somewhere to wandering through Europe pretending to be impressed with yet another "grand example of Gothic architecture". Whatever. Pass the Margaritas and sun tan lotion.
Outer Banks, NC
- Outer Banks Homepage
These pages are definitely corporate and slick, but if you're looking for information or planning a trip to the 'Banks, you'll find what you need here. (NB: If you're net surfing at work you might want to turn down the sound on your computer...most of the Outer Banks pages have autoplay sounds.) - OB Lighthouses
If you're headed to OB, you'll definitely want to check out the lighthouses. I'd also recommend a trip over to amazon.com to have a look around some of the books dealing with shipwrecks in the area referred to as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic".
When I first visited the Outer Banks of North Carolina back in 1981, the streets didn't even have names; they were refererred to by their mile marker number. Now, these barrier islands have their own domain name. Progress is inevitable, I suppose.
