I am back in Wilmington and tried to catch some local flavor on Monday, September 12, 2011. Here are my favorite images.

A surfer comes out of the water at Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina on Monday, September 12, 2011.

Broken shells, the remnants of Hurricane Irene, lay in a pile on Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina on Monday, September 12, 2011.

A sailboat sits moored to a slip on the Cape Fear River in Wilmington, NC on Monday, September 12, 2011.

The drawbridge over the Cape Fear River in Wilmington, NC is illuminated by a full moon on Monday, September 12, 2011.

A couple holds hands as they walk down the waterfront in Wilmington, NC on Monday, September 12, 2011.