The Place we visit is Cape Lookout…
The Event we attend is the Photographic Expedition
But there is more, so much more…

It is anticipation
For clear weather
Perfect light conditions
Unique compositions
Pleasant company
Real living.

It is to experience
Motorboats
Walks in natural history
A flatbed wagon
Rolling dunes
Joy.

It is seeing
Fishermen cast
The ocean glisten
7 sisters & Polaris
The sweeping beam
Dolphins pass
Photographers at play
Pelicans surf
Beauty.

It is hearing
Gulls cry
Waves crash
Soda fizz
Whistling wind
Engines hum
Windmill whirr
Great horned owl questioning
Silence.

It is an occasion of scents
Of marsh and sea oats
Fresh film from the canister
Horseradish in cocktail sauce
Raw garlic, red wine, morning coffee
Myrtle and damp earth
Burning rubber and dish soap
The season of fall.

It is a time of tasting
Salt air
Grilled pineapple
Toothache leaf
Brownies
Pure water
A good life.

It is space to note
A day in the life of sanderlings
The awesome night sky
Whim of human will
Way of wild ponies
Creases of a weathered smile
Flight and call of an oystercatcher
Solitude.

It is to shoot
From a crow’s nest
Low in the sand
At water’s level from a kayak
High from the cupola
With variety.

It is finding
A sought after image
Perfection in seashells
Time to sit and be.
It is a place and event
For experiencing
Remembering
Preserving
Returning.