tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post4084929181966894659..comments2024-03-06T11:07:23.753-05:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: RoadsPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-33209137513018728762017-04-08T09:43:56.490-04:002017-04-08T09:43:56.490-04:00Im not sure what my life would be without Ocracoke...Im not sure what my life would be without Ocracoke. It is all my children and I talk about when we are together. ... From the last visit to the next visit. We always have Ocracoke on our minds and in our hearts. Cheers! Anita BakerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-37986191170389478392017-04-08T08:38:56.189-04:002017-04-08T08:38:56.189-04:00The road led to the consolidation of the schools i...The road led to the consolidation of the schools is that true? It made it easier it made sense it was more convenient for who? If a school is for students did their achievement scores improve? If people protested the consolidation of the schools it should be noted perhaps as a footnote. If teachers and students welcomed the move I.E. "Now we can have a football team, a basketball team..." What was the first school team sport? Wait I bet it was football and say 20 plus years later a team sport for girls happened right? The road led to the formation of a girls sport team yeah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-62680237853887848952017-04-08T05:17:35.527-04:002017-04-08T05:17:35.527-04:00Philip, this is perhaps one of the better pieces y...Philip, this is perhaps one of the better pieces you have written here. It is sad and almost has a feeling of regret that a road was built. I understand. It brought the island into the modern age with all it's problems. <br />I sense that you would rather have it back the way it was when you were growing up. It was backwards. Old timey. In the past. I first visited Ocracoke around 1966. I found it to be a great place. I was just a visitor. I can see where the road changed your lives and helped make things better in a lot of ways. The old ways were also good. You can't go back. When I first stood with my box camera at the intersection of hwy12 and the road that circles the lake it was like a dream. Places like this really do exist. The people struck me as honest, friendly, tough, hard working,God fearing, close to the earth and thankful. I still see that in the older folks. I don't know how many more times I will be able to visit Ocracoke as I am now also one of the older folks but each time I do it is like the first time. It's harder to get the kind of pictures that I did because the lake is getting harder to see with all the buildings. The water is still there, the docks are still there the feeling is still there. Preserve all you can because it never comes back to the way it was. You have a good sense of that, I also sense that you would like it back the way it was. It's in your writings everyday and there is nothing wrong with that.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com