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Insider’s Guide to NC’s South Coast & Wilmington

Save $6.00 off! If you want to know what the locals know, the Insider’s Guide is for you.

Written by longtime locals and true insiders who offer personal and practical perspectives that readers trust.

The Insider’s Guide to NC’s Southern Coast & Wilmington takes you to the clean, quiet, family oriented beaches of North Carolina’s Southern Coast and introduces you to the intriguing city of Wilmington, including the historic downtown riverfront.

Regular Cover Price: $15.95

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$9.95 Buy it at http://Islands-Art.com

The Winds Receives 2011 Gold Star Of Excellence Award

The Winds Resort Beach Club is once again honored to receive the 2011 Gold Star of Excellence Award from The Myrtle Beach Area Hospitality Association

The Gold Star of Excellence Award was developed for the first time in 1998 to honor Lodging members who received no complaints for cleanliness all year through the joint Ethics Committee of the MBAHA and the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce.

The Joint Ethics Committee of the Myrtle Beach Area Hospitality Association and the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce receives and monitors complaints.

We are proud to be noted for a “Spotless Reputation,” receiving no complaints for cleanliness.

The Kindred Spirit Mailbox Repaired

After Hurricane Irene passed through our area Sunset Beach resident and author Jacqueline DeGroot was asked by the Guardian of the Kindred Spirit Mailbox to check mailbox as soon as she could.

She found that the dune in front had eroded somewhat leaving it in a precarious position and tilted.

The bench had fallen backward and had become uprooted.

So she began looking for volunteers to help relocate the Kindred Spirit mailbox to a more stable location.

“Jack” (as her friends call her) is not one to sit around waiting for someone else to take action so on a Thursday morning in early September, DeGroot, and a group of friends headed out to Bird Island armed with shovels.

They relocated the mailbox just a few feet from its old location (with the blessing of the Kindred Spirit’s anonymous guardian).

Pictured are volunteer Mailbox Restoration Team members Laura Lewis, Sandy and Kathy Lonsinger, Sharon Maple, Frank Nesmith, Sandy Raymond, Carol and Pete Scott, and Patrick Szymansk.

The volunteers then proceeded to re-situate the wooden bench that normally sits beside it and generally cleaned things up.

The notebooks of the Kindred Spirit are once again ready for new handwritten messages from beachcombers, thinkers and day dreamers of all kinds.

By the way, if you’re not familiar with DeGroot’s books, check out this website: http://islands-art.com

So What Is The Kindred Spirit Mailbox?

Know one knows who placed the mailbox on Bird Island (an uninhabited island at the west end of Sunset Beach, NC). The person who put it there wrote “Twenty seven years ago I walked the tide line of Bird Island. In the distance – right on the low tide line – I saw the silhouette of a rural mailbox. However, I never could reach it – for it was a mirage. The very next weekend, I “planted” the original Kindred Spirit mailbox”.

The mailbox is filled with notebooks, pens and pencils along with the stories and tales of all the travelers who’ve journeyed to this place. Each entry begins with the phrase “Dear Kindred Spirit.”

These journals are filled with prayers, wishes, thanksgivings, personal stories and more – each writer adding his or her own bits of wisdom to the collection.

An empty wooden park bench sits just in front of the Kindred Spirit mailbox, offering its oceanfront seat to visitors who’ve journeyed to this spot so they’re able to read the stories and share their own.

Then, once the notebooks and journals are complete, they’re mailed to their mysterious owner – the Kindred Spirit – who lovingly reads, collects and saves each spiralbound book of stories.

So Where Is The Kindred Spirit Mailbox?

If you’d like to visit the Kindred Spirit mailbox yourself, come over the Sunset Beach bridge, take a right at the oceanfront. From the last public Sunset Beach access make a right and head southwest. It’s about an hour walk there and back. Like most things in life, it’s about the journey, especially in a world where every thing else seems instantaneous. After a mile and a quarter, you’ll see a second flag pole, and you’ll find the mailbox there at the foot of it.

So if you’re feeling like you just need to escape from the daily grind, go and get away. Watch a sunset, hold hands with someone you love and maybe even write a letter to someone you’ve never met.

A new “Virtual” Kindred Spirit Mailbox is now up at: http://thekindredspirit.net/the-mailbox-is-here - Now you can access The Kindred Spirit from anywhere in the world!

Couples Getaway Package

Couples Getaway Package

Bring your significant other to the beach for a relaxing, renewing weekend of togetherness and adventure with our Couples Getaway Package at The Winds Resort Beach Club on Ocean Isle Beach, NC

October 1-March 8, 2012 the rate per person is from $158.00 for our 3 Day/2 Night Couples Getaway.

Package Includes:

Click Here To Book This Package Online!

*Accommodations Are:

Two people in an oceanfront Jasmine Guest Room, Wisteria Mini Suite, Azalea Petite Suite or an Island View Camellia Guest Room.

Optional Add Ons (Available Online):

1) Add a bottle of Champagne to have waiting in your room:

2) Add dinner for two at choice of two nearby restaurants:

Roberto’s Italian Ristorante:

Dinner Includes: Wine and Beer (2 Drinks per person), your choice of Steak, Seafood, or Pasta from The Winds Menu, Salad or Soup, Dessert and Coffee. Reservations are available Tuesday through Saturday.

Sharky’s Waterfront Restaurant (overlooking the intra-coastal waterway)

Dinner Includes: Entrees (any menu item), 4 Glasses of House Wine (per two people: 4 people receive 8 Glasses/8 receive 12 Glasses), Salad, Dessert, Non-alcoholic Beverages.

Click Here To Book This Package Online!

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Looking For A Beach Book?

Heading to beach and looking for a great summer read?

Check out Islands-Art.com for some unique books by nationally renowned local authors and artists.

The works of the writers include romance Novels, Mysteries, History and fun. All have ties to this very special place along NC’s Coast. Read more

Sea Turtle Nests Fine!

All of our little sea turtle friends are doing just fine according to Deb and Jim Boyce,
Island Coordinators for the Ocean Isle Beach Sea Turtle Protection Organization.

This includes “Tiki the Turtle”, The Sea Turtle sponsored by The Winds!

Deb reports that they checked all of the nests yesterday morning and all nests are intact!

“It’s possible that Nest #16 (McKenney’s Beach House) may have hatched during the storm because it was showing signs of activity prior to Irene. Nest #13 (Turtle Babes) had some hatchlings out overnight last night – our rider spotted baby tracks this morning. So all is well.”

The Ocean Isle Beach Sea Turtle Protection Organization provides, through appropriate management activities and education, a safe and protected environment for all sea turtles that frequent the island of Ocean Isle Beach.

They accomplish this by working with the Town of Ocean Isle Beach, its residents, businesses and visitors.

Learn more about this fantastic organization here: http://www.oibseaturtles.org

Add Massage To Your Stay!

Looking for another way to relax and unwind while vacationing at The Winds Resort Beach Club?

How about enjoying a fabulous massage in the privacy of your suite or in our Palmetto Room! You can choose from a Swedish or Deep Tissue massage.

Call 1.800.334.3581 at least 5 days prior to your arrival and speak to one of our associates to schedule your treatment.

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Our Turtle Has A Name!

Drum roll please…. Tiki The Turtle! This year The Winds once again signed up to sponsor a Sea Turtle nest and as always we asked you, our guests, to submit your suggestions for a name… and you guys had some really great ones. Once all of the names were in the winning name was chosen by votes cast by The Winds’ office staff.

We actually had two people suggest the name so we’ve got to give them both credit:

Both Cindy Dupuis and Gretchen Krist had the same great name in mind!

We thank everyone who took the time to submit their suggestions – please help us again next year!

Tiki The Turtle laid her nest on July 28 at 215 West First St. (West end of Ocean Isle Beach – see map below!).

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LIVE Beach WebCam

Ocean Isle Beach has a new LIVE Beach WebCam! Click on the image below to view:

Live beach view web camera courtesy of: The Winds Resort Beach Club on Ocean Isle Beach!

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