Comments on: The Outer Banks

By: William Wallace

William Wallace — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:56:39 +0000

It would be good to go and follow in the footsteps of the legendary Blackbeard, now that would be fun.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:12:46 +0000

Aw…the Outer Banks. By far the best memories of my childhood! My family went every sumer and we stayed in Buxton. We stayed at the Lighthouse View in the early years and moved to a house right on the beach next to the Lighthouse View. One of the worst things about growing up is the loss of a family vacation :( I always had a blast! From Uncle Eddy’s Frozen Custurd to Hatteras Landing…I’ll always remember it! The 10 hour drive from Pittsburgh was totally worth it. I would get so excited when we reached Hampton Roads cause it meant we were finally getting near the shore! I met boys there I’ll always remember, made friends I’ll never forget, and it will always hold a place in my heart!

By: JWK

JWK — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:31:48 +0000

Yeah, NC is pretty cool, although my entire childhood I just wanted to get out and go somewhere else. Now all I wanna do is move back.

We stayed further down teh beach from most of yall, down near Waves and Rodanthe in the campgrounds. We even became close friends with a family from NY that comes down every summer and we began to plan out trips to coincide with theirs. Ocracoake is also an amazing place.

Another great thing about OBX and the NC coast is not just the fishing or the history, but the AQUARIUMS are awesome, all except the one at Fort Fisher near Wilmington, don’t go to that one… Just not as good. One of my fondest memories is going to the aquarium with my buddy from NY and watching them feed the sharks in the big communal pool with the fish and everything else, and a shark missed his dinner the diver threw at him and ate a chunk out of one of the live fish! It swam off with a that big hunk missing and all the sharks chased it and kept biting pieces out and the children were screaming and we were having a blast!

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:50:57 +0000

I just got back. It was lovely! Ice cream every day!

By: kate

kate — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:57:34 +0000

I had to move to Colorado before I realized how much I’d miss the Outer Banks (and all the cool stuff N.C. has to offer). Lots of fond memories of Nags Head. :)

By: Allison

Allison — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:06:09 +0000

Hey MRI – I’m in Charlotte too. (I think I remember you from the Street Names post) Sandy, you are right about NC – thank you for the props for my home state. This post made me a little misty-eyed. I think of all the summer’s I spent digging for that infermal treasure!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:20:47 +0000

My family goes to the OBX every year for ‘beach week’ and we stay in Corolla. If you go to the Outer Banks and you have kids, definitely hit Jockey’s Ridge. It’s the largest natural sand dune on the east coast and is quite a sight. The Currituck Lighthouse is pretty amazing too. 1 million bricks and 214 steps to the top!

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:18:29 +0000

How bizzare! My best friend and I are scheduled to go to Kill Devil Hills at the end of the month. BTW- It is called Kill Devil Hills due to some rum that washed to shore, after a wreck, that was so bad they said it would ‘kill the davil himself’. (By way of the OBX tourism board.)

By: Rebecka

Rebecka — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:19:53 +0000

I love Nag’s Head! It’s only a 3 hour drive from Richmond and we go there every summer. Just beautiful! Cool to see a post so close to home.

By: Rhea

Rhea — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:15:49 +0000

I took the ferry to Ocracoke and we had a blast. It’s worth the effort.