Dean Jordan, always a bridesmaid ... Photo: JoEllen Willis Flowers: Every Blooming Thing

View from the Deck
A quick summary of what's in this issue

by Rick & Shelby Kinnaird
Owners, Penny Lane and Sound Mind & Body

This is the quiet time of year on Hatteras Island. Many businesses are closed and their owners have taken off for a little R&R. One we know is skiing in Colorado; another sent us a note from Hawaii.

The Avon Fishing Pier says they are open seven days a week but the weather report on their web site hasn’t been updated since mid-November 2005. Phone messages go unanswered. Welcome to life on Hatteras in February.

A long time friend of Rick's, Dean Jordan (above), has been in the kite business for years and he’s got an interesting venture which we’ll talk about in this issue – towing ships with kites. Crazy? He towed a sail boat from the Caribbean to the Chesapeake Bay last year. If the price of fuel continues to climb, towing your boat with a kite to get out to where the fish are biting might be very attractive, especially if it saved you hundreds of dollars.

We'll also give you a little bit of assistance if you're planning a wedding on Hatteras Island. We did it back in June 2004 and it was really pretty easy. We aren't going to provide you an exhaustive list of options, but we'll tell you what decisions we made and what vendors we used. Did we mention that Sound Mind & Body is a great place for a wedding? Plus you can rent Penny Lane as well (for a 5% discount off both houses) and put some of your wedding guests right next door!