. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. ookstore Wild Shores and Wild Places "George Washington Slipped Here ..." If you answer to the call of the wild, you'll want a copy of Wild Shores for the journey. Author Walter K. Taylor has scouted the wet and wild places of North Carolina's coastal plain by horse, motorcycle, canoe and foot. Along the way he's gathered more than enough snake stories — the cot- tonmouth is the star of these viper vignettes — and invaluable tips on camping (primitive and pampered), hunting, fishing, hiking and n
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. ookstore Wild Shores and Wild Places "George Washington Slipped Here ..." If you answer to the call of the wild, you'll want a copy of Wild Shores for the journey. Author Walter K. Taylor has scouted the wet and wild places of North Carolina's coastal plain by horse, motorcycle, canoe and foot. Along the way he's gathered more than enough snake stories — the cot- tonmouth is the star of these viper vignettes — and invaluable tips on camping (primitive and pampered), hunting, fishing, hiking and nature-ogling, from Mackay Island to Portsmouth to Green Swamp. The Washington native takes readers along the banks of Potecasi Creek with a Meherrin Indian chief, gathering medicinal plants and shak- ing the fruits from this Chowan tributary's wild grape vines. He stops to sip the juniper-steeped wa- ters of the Dismal Swamp Canal and nets spring runs of Roanoke river herring. He even includes a few stories you didn't know you needed to know. Like how the beauty of Ocracoke distracted poet Robert Frost from his plans of suicide in the macabre Dismal Swamp. Or where George Washington reportedly slipped into — and subsequently named — the swamp's Deep Creek. He explores Cedar Island on a quarter horse and advises readers how they can do the same. He tells where to spy eagles and hooded mergansers, rare dwarf trillium and wild camellias, and virgin stands of cypress and juniper. Taylor also shares his pick for the best day hike along the Outer Banks and reminds potential camp- ers to bring mosquito netting and extra-long sand pegs to anchor tents on Bodie Island. He advises what levels of wilderness expertise are necessary for which expeditions — be it a foray in the Enchanted Forest of Merchants Millpond or a plunge down the rapids of the Roanoke Anne Marshall Runyon Wild Shores is no trendy vacation guide or coffee-table piece. The 159-page manual is illustrate
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