Beach This Way
· by Roy Edlund
I took this photo back in 2014. These stairs don't exist anymore.
The cottage they belonged to got torn down a several years ago, and with it went the stairs. They were weathered and a little crooked but they had character. You could tell somebody's bare feet had worn those treads smooth over a lot of summers by people who weren't in a hurry.
What stands there now is one of those giant mcmansions, and it came with composite "wood" stairs. Straight, square, code-compliant, and dull as a parking lot. They'll get you to the beach, but they won't make you feel anything on the way. And nobody is taking pictures of the stairs.
I don't have much of a point here, except that the Outer Banks keeps trading its old crooked soul for something bigger and blander, and most of it happens quietly, one cottage at a time.
Glad I caught these when I did.
Love from here. ❤️
Prints of the photos in this post are available in the Beach Bum Gallery on paper, canvas and metal.