Where’d you take that picture?

“Where’d you take that picture?” I get that a lot. By now, after many years of exploring the rivers, bays, creeks, marshes, and swamps of southern Virginia Beach, those who know me know that, unless I say otherwise, all of my pictures are from south of Indian River Road down to the northern portions of Currituck Sound. I have not been everywhere - there are certainly many local boys that know many locations much more intimately than I ever will - but I do try to find new places and push my limits. I remember one particular exploration where I thought that perhaps I had taken it too far. I waded through a swamp for three hours in deep, boot-sucking mud to reach a hummock that I had spotted on a map. By the time I reached the hard surface road six hours after I started, I was exhausted and my heart was pounding out of my chest. I’m glad I went, and I’ll go again. But I love it. 

“Where’d you take that picture?” Somewhere most have never been nor will ever see. Well, unless they go on one of my ecotours. These are places where dark water flows between cypress knees under the shade of giants, where otters swim, bobcats hunt, moss sways from the trees, and horses graze on marsh islands. I do go to some places many times over, like the marshes near Old Currituck Inlet. When I’m lucky, there are wild horses in the marsh. 

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