{"id":142,"date":"2025-05-06T21:11:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T21:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damonsteele.com\/?p=142"},"modified":"2025-05-21T21:36:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T21:36:27","slug":"obx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damonsteele.com\/?p=142","title":{"rendered":"OBX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>OBX<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Outer Banks is a land lost in time, of old boats and lighthouses, beaches that stretch for miles with hardly anyone to see, of birds and crabs and seafood that never ends. 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