{"id":1839,"date":"2017-05-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/?p=1839"},"modified":"2024-12-13T13:02:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T13:02:51","slug":"bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Island, North Carolina: Kindred Spirit Mailbox"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

Bird Island, North Carolina: Kindred Spirit Mailbox<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Kindred Spirit Mailbox is a legendary place with its own Facebook page. But I\u2019d never heard of it until one beautiful, February weekend on the North Carolina coast. The mailbox is a place where you can communicate with other chance passersby, people you\u2019ll probably never know. It\u2019s the kind of place you\u2019d expect to find at the end of a long trail, on a far hilltop or an isolated beach.<\/p>

And that\u2019s exactly the kind of place, on the shore of North Carolina\u2019s last barrier island before the South Carolina border, where a friend took me to meet the Kindred Spirit. And although I\u2019d never heard of it, the box has been there for four decades (replaced when storms periodically swept it to sea). North Carolina\u2019s Our State Magazine estimates 100,000 people have visited. A lot of visits, but out of all the travelers on the planet, that\u2019s not a lot after all.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

What is Kindred Spirit?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

A simple mailbox with hardware-store letters spelling Kindred Spirit and its red flag permanently raised. The mailbox is stocked with steno pads and pens, inviting all to share with other kindred spirits their innermost feelings or a simple \u201chello,\u201d and leave the message in the box. Stand and write or sit on a nearby bench. Volunteers tend the box and gather up full tablets that they deliver to the University of North Carolina Wilmington where many are archived.<\/p>

There was an original Kindred Spirit, a woman who supposedly got the box started. Frank Nesmith, a 90-year-old who dated the spirit briefly years ago says her name was Claudia. Atlas Obscura<\/a> says,<\/p>

According to most stories, the Kindred Spirit Mailbox was first erected after the Kindred Spirit saw a mirage of a mailbox on the shore during low tide. Although the vision wasn\u2019t real, they were inspired to plant a mailbox with a communal notebook so that visitors could leave proof of their having been there. Use of the mailbox quickly caught on and visitors flocked to the island to sit on a nearby bench, look out over the water and write their own personal message inside the mailbox\u2019s journal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
The kindred spirit mailbox<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

People seek it out. My friend said that outsiders drive around Sunset Beach thinking they\u2019ll find it at the end of a street. That wouldn\u2019t be worthy. You need to walk and it\u2019s almost half a mile from the Sunset Beach pier. Getting there is intentional. And it\u2019s important to read what others have written \u2013 the messages are communications to other kindred spirits. I read some that said simply it\u2019s been a while, but I\u2019m back. Another message was as natural as if the person were speaking to me. The writer started out talking about mundane household illnesses and then segued to \u201cParenting is tough. Teenagers suck. I know because I was one. I\u2019m sorry mom.\u201d The writer talked about herself and her daughter. \u201cLet us find peace,\u201d she concluded. Others praised the beauty of the place. I wrote something, but I didn\u2019t open up \u2013 just told the Kindred Spirit that I hadn\u2019t known about it before, also wrote about the beauty of the place and implored the other spirits to \u201cSave our wild places!\u201d I felt like a cheat. Some people are so personal.<\/p>

The walk to the box from Sunset Beach to the Bird Island state preserve is on wide, white sand beaches alongside high dunes (eroded badly by Hurricane Matthew), and just on the other side of dunes from over a thousand acres of creeks and salt marsh. It\u2019s more or less connected to Sunset Beach, the way all of these watery barrier islands are sort of connected \u2013 or not. I was there on a 70-degree weekend in February. We walked on and on, seven and a half miles altogether that day, barefoot in the sand. Hard to see why this would fail to appeal, although you might want shoes.<\/p>

I said that driving to the box wouldn\u2019t be worthy, so what do I think of the Kindred Spirit\u2019s web site and Facebook page? You can even post messages. It\u2019s OK. Even kindred spirits need to update. But to feel the real Kindred Spirit\u2019s nearness, you have to be there, standing in the sand, the ocean wind blowing, sounds of the shore and the marsh around you. And then write.<\/p>

Trip date:<\/strong> February 2017<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bird Island, North Carolina: Kindred Spirit Mailbox Kindred Spirit Mailbox is a legendary place with its own Facebook page. But I\u2019d never heard of it until one beautiful, February weekend on the North Carolina coast. The mailbox is a place where you can communicate with other chance passersby, people you\u2019ll probably never know. It\u2019s the kind of place you\u2019d expect to find at the end of a long trail, on a far hilltop or an isolated beach. And that\u2019s exactly the kind of place, on the shore of North Carolina\u2019s last barrier island before the South Carolina border, where a friend took me to meet the Kindred Spirit. And although I\u2019d never heard of it, the box has been there for four decades (replaced when storms periodically swept it to sea). North Carolina\u2019s Our State Magazine estimates 100,000 people have visited. A lot of visits, but out of all the travelers on the planet, that\u2019s not a lot after all. What is Kindred Spirit? A simple mailbox with hardware-store letters spelling Kindred Spirit and its red flag permanently raised. The mailbox is stocked with steno pads and pens, inviting all to share with other kindred spirits their innermost feelings or a simple \u201chello,\u201d and leave the message in the box. Stand and write or sit on a nearby bench. Volunteers tend the box and gather up full tablets that they deliver to the University of North Carolina Wilmington where many are archived. There was an original Kindred Spirit, a woman who supposedly got the box started. Frank Nesmith, a 90-year-old who dated the spirit briefly years ago says her name was Claudia. Atlas Obscura says, According to most stories, the Kindred Spirit Mailbox was first erected after the Kindred Spirit saw a mirage of a mailbox on the shore during low tide. Although the vision wasn\u2019t real, they were inspired to plant a mailbox with a communal notebook so that visitors could leave proof of their having been there. Use of the mailbox quickly caught on and visitors flocked to the island to sit on a nearby bench, look out over the water and write their own personal message inside the mailbox\u2019s journal. The kindred spirit mailbox People seek it out. My friend said that outsiders drive around Sunset Beach thinking they\u2019ll find it at the end of a street. That wouldn\u2019t be worthy. You need to walk and it\u2019s almost half a mile from the Sunset Beach pier. Getting there is intentional. And it\u2019s important to read what others have written \u2013 the messages are communications to other kindred spirits. I read some that said simply it\u2019s been a while, but I\u2019m back. Another message was as natural as if the person were speaking to me. The writer started out talking about mundane household illnesses and then segued to \u201cParenting is tough. Teenagers suck. I know because I was one. I\u2019m sorry mom.\u201d The writer talked about herself and her daughter. \u201cLet us find peace,\u201d she concluded. Others praised the beauty of the place. I wrote something, but I didn\u2019t open up \u2013 just told the Kindred Spirit that I hadn\u2019t known about it before, also wrote about the beauty of the place and implored the other spirits to \u201cSave our wild places!\u201d I felt like a cheat. Some people are so personal. The walk to the box from Sunset Beach to the Bird Island state preserve is on wide, white sand beaches alongside high dunes (eroded badly by Hurricane Matthew), and just on the other side of dunes from over a thousand acres of creeks and salt marsh. It\u2019s more or less connected to Sunset Beach, the way all of these watery barrier islands are sort of connected \u2013 or not. I was there on a 70-degree weekend in February. We walked on and on, seven and a half miles altogether that day, barefoot in the sand. Hard to see why this would fail to appeal, although you might want shoes. I said that driving to the box wouldn\u2019t be worthy, so what do I think of the Kindred Spirit\u2019s web site and Facebook page? You can even post messages. It\u2019s OK. Even kindred spirits need to update. But to feel the real Kindred Spirit\u2019s nearness, you have to be there, standing in the sand, the ocean wind blowing, sounds of the shore and the marsh around you. And then write. Trip date: February 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,68],"tags":[90],"class_list":["post-1839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-notes","category-us","tag-sunset-beach-nc"],"yoast_head":"\nKindred Spirit Mailbox at Sunset Beach: A Hidden Gem in NC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the Kindred Spirit Mailbox on Bird Island, North Carolina. Leave a message, explore the beach, and connect with kindred spirits in a serene setting.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kindred Spirit Mailbox at Sunset Beach: A Hidden Gem in NC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover the Kindred Spirit Mailbox on Bird Island, North Carolina. Leave a message, explore the beach, and connect with kindred spirits in a serene setting.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Line on Travel: Primary Staging Site\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-27T06:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-13T13:02:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kindred-Spirit-Mailbox.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"CAROLYN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CAROLYN\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/staging\\\/8847\\\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/staging\\\/8847\\\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"CAROLYN\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5fc086b072aed919c1329d63579ff943\"},\"headline\":\"Bird Island, North Carolina: Kindred Spirit Mailbox\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-27T06:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-13T13:02:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/staging\\\/8847\\\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":764,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/staging\\\/8847\\\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/Kindred-Spirit-Mailbox.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Sunset Beach NC\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Local Notes\",\"US\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/staging\\\/8847\\\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/staging\\\/8847\\\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/staging\\\/8847\\\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kindred Spirit Mailbox at Sunset Beach: A Hidden Gem in NC\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/staging\\\/8847\\\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/staging\\\/8847\\\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/Kindred-Spirit-Mailbox.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-27T06:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-13T13:02:51+00:00\",\"description\":\"Discover the Kindred Spirit Mailbox on Bird Island, North Carolina. Leave a message, explore the beach, and connect with kindred spirits in a serene setting.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/staging\\\/8847\\\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/staging\\\/8847\\\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/staging\\\/8847\\\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/Kindred-Spirit-Mailbox.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/Kindred-Spirit-Mailbox.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/staging\\\/8847\\\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/staging\\\/8847\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bird Island, North Carolina: Kindred Spirit Mailbox\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/\",\"name\":\"Line on Travel: Primary Staging Site\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Line on Travel: Primary Staging Site\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/cropped-Line-on-Travel-Logo-2-white-transparent-background.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/cropped-Line-on-Travel-Logo-2-white-transparent-background.png\",\"width\":933,\"height\":311,\"caption\":\"Line on Travel: Primary Staging Site\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5fc086b072aed919c1329d63579ff943\",\"name\":\"CAROLYN\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/03a612b234787a486db4776e3bc8d6ededd7460b69acd1dac2f8817e0442320d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/03a612b234787a486db4776e3bc8d6ededd7460b69acd1dac2f8817e0442320d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/03a612b234787a486db4776e3bc8d6ededd7460b69acd1dac2f8817e0442320d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"CAROLYN\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lineontravel.com\\\/website_6fa5d958\\\/author\\\/carolyn\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kindred Spirit Mailbox at Sunset Beach: A Hidden Gem in NC","description":"Discover the Kindred Spirit Mailbox on Bird Island, North Carolina. Leave a message, explore the beach, and connect with kindred spirits in a serene setting.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kindred Spirit Mailbox at Sunset Beach: A Hidden Gem in NC","og_description":"Discover the Kindred Spirit Mailbox on Bird Island, North Carolina. Leave a message, explore the beach, and connect with kindred spirits in a serene setting.","og_url":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\/","og_site_name":"Line on Travel: Primary Staging Site","article_published_time":"2017-05-27T06:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-12-13T13:02:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kindred-Spirit-Mailbox.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"CAROLYN","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"CAROLYN","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\/"},"author":{"name":"CAROLYN","@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/#\/schema\/person\/5fc086b072aed919c1329d63579ff943"},"headline":"Bird Island, North Carolina: Kindred Spirit Mailbox","datePublished":"2017-05-27T06:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-13T13:02:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\/"},"wordCount":764,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kindred-Spirit-Mailbox.jpg","keywords":["Sunset Beach NC"],"articleSection":["Local Notes","US"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\/","url":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\/","name":"Kindred Spirit Mailbox at Sunset Beach: A Hidden Gem in NC","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kindred-Spirit-Mailbox.jpg","datePublished":"2017-05-27T06:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-13T13:02:51+00:00","description":"Discover the Kindred Spirit Mailbox on Bird Island, North Carolina. Leave a message, explore the beach, and connect with kindred spirits in a serene setting.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kindred-Spirit-Mailbox.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kindred-Spirit-Mailbox.jpg","width":1200,"height":628},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/bird-island-north-carolina-kindred-spirit-mailbox\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/staging\/8847\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bird Island, North Carolina: Kindred Spirit Mailbox"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/","name":"Line on Travel: Primary Staging Site","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/#organization","name":"Line on Travel: Primary Staging Site","url":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-Line-on-Travel-Logo-2-white-transparent-background.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-Line-on-Travel-Logo-2-white-transparent-background.png","width":933,"height":311,"caption":"Line on Travel: Primary Staging Site"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/#\/schema\/person\/5fc086b072aed919c1329d63579ff943","name":"CAROLYN","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03a612b234787a486db4776e3bc8d6ededd7460b69acd1dac2f8817e0442320d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03a612b234787a486db4776e3bc8d6ededd7460b69acd1dac2f8817e0442320d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03a612b234787a486db4776e3bc8d6ededd7460b69acd1dac2f8817e0442320d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"CAROLYN"},"url":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/author\/carolyn\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1839"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1845,"href":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions\/1845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}