Water Lover's Retreat

31/12/2023

Happy holidays and thank you for staying with us during 2023…we hope to see you in the New Year. Some recent photos to end the year.

17/11/2023

Cottage sunset!

13/10/2023

This weekend’s festival starting with the blessing of the fleet!

07/10/2023

A fun few hours!

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24/09/2023

Post Ophelia…74 degrees, rods out and it’s a gorgeous day.

03/08/2023

The cottage with a sunset background from a few nights ago. Captured and shared by our lovely neighbor.

20/07/2023

The calm before the very big storm!

03/07/2023

Time for pie! And July 4th hours for The Market at Cedar Point.

30/06/2023

Our new local restaurant on 58!!!! So excited for our Airbnb guests and for us. Food is delicious with daily food and drink specials and the husband/wife owners/chef are lovely.

30/06/2023

A few of the local July 4th happenings. Fireworks both on the 3rd at MacDaddy’s….combined show sponsored by towns of Emerald Isle, Peletier, Bogue, Cape Carteret, Cedar Point….and at Swansboro. The Swansboro fireworks are visible across the water from the cottage. Much fun and a super busy weekend.

12/06/2023

Our fav place for fresh seafood!

One of the last old-school fish houses in Onslow County stands sentry on the White Oak River. Clyde Phillips Seafood Market has served up seafood and stories since 1954 — an icon of the coast, persevering in pink.

06/06/2023

Happenings at the local organic market this weekend.

04/06/2023

The big sheepshead are back…look at that smile! 22”

04/06/2023

Update from Pogies, the local fishing/kayaking provider.

02/04/2023

First red drum for 2023. Courtesy of last weekend’s guests . #

23/03/2023

For our guests this weekend!!

19/03/2023

Signs of Spring! Yum.

07/02/2023

After a week of rain and a freezing cold weekend, today is heaven! Yes, I am sitting under the umbrella! 😎

08/01/2023

Night skies!

01/01/2023

A misty New Year’s day sunrise.

25/11/2022

Saturday the 26th is the night for the flotilla and Xmas tree lighting downtown. Always a fun night with festivities until 8pm.

09/11/2022

Mark your calendars!

08/11/2022

From a recent paddle on the White Oak. The Ibis were not camera shy!

12/10/2022

Our fav oysters and the oyster farm is across the river from the cottage. Available to purchase 9am-1pm Saturday at the Farmers Market at The Market at Cedar Point.

04/10/2022

It will be a perfect weekend.

03/10/2022

Scenic hiking trail (Cedar Point Tideland Trail) a few miles from the cottage. Perfect for a fall day.

22/09/2022

The last of the zinnias for the year.

15/09/2022

It’s that time of the year…shrimp caught with a cast net across from the cottage.

08/09/2022

A unique and fun fall (September thru November) cruise hosted annually by The Friends of the Hammocks and Bear Island. Definitely worth the $25 donation.

04/09/2022

This morning’s sunrise…..it was a beauty!

31/08/2022

Time for another sunset photo!

21/08/2022

This is , Vivian Howard’s (PBS A Chef’s Life, Somewhere South) latest business endeavor. Visited the ‘fridge’ at Kinston a month ago. Excited for our guests to try.

19/08/2022

Dinner….(blackened) black drum. 😋 Caught this afternoon.

15/08/2022

Morning visitor to the pier near the cottage.

01/08/2022

Last day of July…last night’s sunset.

18/07/2022

Definitely worth a stop at the market…this will be the best melon you have ever eaten.

17/07/2022

Summer blooms at the cottage…

30/06/2022

Last night’s “gold” sunset.

22/06/2022

What stone crabs in eastern NC!!!?!? Three caught in crab pots by guest at cottage. Unfortunately, season ended June 15. Their claws will only be larger by October. 🦀

15/06/2022

Sheepshead bonanza….caught by our guests this morning.