Please dont share this .. i dont need my hometown bombarded.. lol .. jk... bat Cave is not a very big place. Please respect if you come visit. And please be careful if or when you do visit.
It's hard to believe, but the Bermuda Sands is even WORSE now. In 2012 when I stayed there, my ground floor room was dirty, the coffee pot still had a little coffee in it, the filter full of old coffee grounds, the dresser had two drawers that were broken, the floor dipped steeply in front of the bathroom (covered by carpet), roach in bathroom, the door had a key lock in the doorknob and NO safety lock. I was stuck there because I had come there with friends who felt THEIR room was "fine". My sister was one floor above me with similar problems. There was a shelf that was detached from the wall and just laying there near the bed. One night a drunken girl was passed out in the hall upstairs near our friends' room! Some years ago, a man was killed in their lobby and was lying there in front of the elevator! A woman had to step over him to leave the elevator and they refused to refund her money when she decided to leave early because of the murder! This is so sad for the people who live there and can't leave, or don't want to leave. The beach is beautiful. The surrounding area was lovely, too.
I’d have to ask this dude to stop and let me out. He holds onto the last syllable of the last word of every one of his sentences and it’s driving me crazy.
Thanks for documenting this one. We took Profile/Grandfather to Calloway and back on 7/4/2024. Those sections from Profile View to Shanty and Shanty to Grandfather Trail are as tough as we've found.
We did Black Balsam Knob and Tennent Mt a couple years back. Some of the best views I've seen. Took Ivestor back to make it a loop as you mentioned. Got tired of walking in that v-trench with head high brush. Glad to see some trial maintenance.
Great accomplishment man. We are headed to Grandfather tomorrow. I've been looking for the easiest route to any of the peaks. Those ladders at MacRae Peak scare me. These look more my speed. Thanks for sharing.
This video has me in tears. My family vacationed at The Reef from the mid-1980's until our last visit in 1998. I have the best memories here and so many pictures of it in its prime. I hope someday it can be restored!
Yes, the water will change the sand and bars and inlets and outlets. Living on Tampa Bay my whole life, I have seen small bars disappear and new inlets form from storms. But I have also seen many many beaches replenishing on both sides of the state of Florida. These homes can be saved through breakwater formation and sand replenish. All the sand in the back was in front of the homes, push it back to build waterbreaks, and dredge in sand. It's is an easy fix they the government doesn't want to do it. We have built modern miracles. Hoover Dam levies for the Mississippi New Orleans.
Any development or house not built on skids so it can be dragged away is by definition an ill-considered development on a barrier island. In the old days house lots ran from sea side to bay side so you could hook up the oxen and haul your house on logging skids back away from the ocean as the sand shifts and the spit moves. Those houses had outhouses and shallow wells (suitable far away from the out house) and of course no electric power or paved roads.
Well first of all NO ONE should be able to build homes in locations like that. The land out there on the outer banks is constantly moving. It's "sand", it's a barrier island. But you can't tell those "damn Yankees" nothing. And the same BS goes on from Atlantic Beach to Emerald Isle NC. People build homes right on the beach. Then the local government raised taxes to do "beach renourishment". Basically they pump muck sand from the sound and dump it on the beach to try and compete with the mighty ocean. It's all pointless. 🇺🇸🫡🧑🏭
I ve been past the pier caught in an undertow at age 9.Many , many years ago. Remained calm, watched my life flash in front of me- plenty scared. Thankfully I eventually made it back to shore - on a windy day.
My wife and I were in buxton for our honeymoon in 2019. Even then, the roads were constantly closed. People couldn't get to their properties and were stuck in hotels all over. They were in great spirits, however, but the one gentleman and his wife looked like they had some sort of sinking feeling then. Said that it was their last year there. I hope they are doing well. Thank you for the video!!!!
