Book: ‘Cape Fear Ferry Tales’ by Larry Modlin

'Cape Fear Ferry Tales' by Larry Modlin
‘Cape Fear Ferry Tales’ by Larry Modlin

Cape Fear Ferry Tales
by Larry Modlin

Cape Fear Ferry Tales, takes the reader on a leisurely journey of discovery down and back up the Cape Fear River. In this book, Larry Modlin shares stories from his life growing up in Eastern North Carolina and what he discovers working as a deckhand aboard the ferry M/V Southport. It colorfully illustrates how he came to understand that there is more to living than just going with the flow. His book is a love letter to the passengers, crew and vessels that changed the way he looks at the world.

First printing March 2018, 100 pp, 10 x 7
ISBN 978-0-9984115-2-1
Paperback – Retail $12.95

Nothing beats a Strawberry Ice Cream Cone from Lewis Farms

By TheCulinaryGeek from Chicago, USA (Strawberry Ice Cream ConeUploaded by Mindmatrix) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By TheCulinaryGeek from Chicago, USA (Strawberry Ice Cream ConeUploaded by Mindmatrix) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
If you haven’t visited Lewis Farms on Gordon Road in north Wilmington (near Ogden) for fresh strawberry ice cream you are missing out. There is no better way to spend an hour on a Sunday afternoon (or any afternoon) in Spring or Summer than to visit Lewis Farms and enjoy some ice cream!

The ice cream is delicious and the prices are very reasonable.

Visit their Website or ‘Like’ them on facebook!

Carolina Beach Addressing Flooding Issues

“Carolina Beach wants your help keeping up with extreme high tides” PortCityDaily.com

Carolina Beach, other area beaches and ALL beach communities deal with this or have dealt with this – ‘What do we need to do  to help secure the stability of the infrastructure and to protect homes and businesses?’

PortCityDaily.com posted two related articles about the struggle:

North Experiment Station Brewery opens in Shallotte

34 Degree North Experiment Station, Shallote, N.C.
34 Degree North Experiment Station, Shallote, N.C.

The Red Hare Brewing Website announced:

“Red Hare Brewing Company is heading to the coast and opening their second brewery in Shallotte, North Carolina — just up river from Ocean Isle Beach. This new brewery will primarily focus on barrel aging and open fermentation, while serving as an experimentation station for the ever-increasing diversity of beer flavors and brewing processes. “

Book based on Winnabow and Southeastern N.C.

A book based on Winnabow was released in January 2018.

The blurb on Amazon says:

“Lawyer Peyton Sorel is confident she’ll win a verdict in a massive securities case, until unexpected evidence forces her to question everything she knows about her best client. With the trial and possibly her livelihood on the line, Peyton hunts for a truth she hopes she won’t find.

Her search leads into the path of a talented fixer for a South American drug cartel, Leandro Dufau, who controls all narcotics transport along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. After a shipment goes missing, he tracks the thieves to North Carolina and Winnabow, a vast rice plantation on the Cape Fear River. In North Carolina, Leandro encounters Peyton, who has returned home to see her father and investigate the client.

Peyton picks apart the client’s dark operations, which leads to Leandro. They collide in the high society of North Carolina and the wilderness of Winnabow.”

The book is 500 plus pages and at the time of this post had 4.9 stars with 54 reviews!


Click here for an article on StarNewsOnline about the book. 

Topsail Steamer coming to Wrightsville Beach

One of the Topsail Steamer signature bucket dishes. YUM!
One of the Topsail Steamer signature bucket dishes. YUM!

A new ‘local shop’ owned by Danielle Mahon is coming to Wrightsville Beach and will open around the busy Memorial Day weekend. The store will be located in the Landing Shopping Center at 530 CAUSEWAY DRIVE (UNIT 8).

Read more about it in this PortCityDaily.com post – “Wrightsville Beach approves Topsail Steamer, offering seafood pots to go.”

Visit the Topsail Steamer Website to learn more about the business and its offerings.