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Outer Banks Visitors Combat Rainy Days with Creativity
If you visited the Outer Banks this week or last, let me start with my sympathies. You probably planned your trip for months and spent all year looking forward to it. And did you spend your vacation sunbathing on the beach, playing in the ocean or hiking through the maritime forest? Honestly, probably not because it... Read More
You're Not From Around Here, Are Ya?
We locals love and appreciate all of our visitors, and we know who they are because we can usually spot them from a mile away. We can even sniff out people in the gray area, those who consider themselves locals but their cars’ license plates say otherwise (you know who they are, they’re local because they’ve... Read More
An Update on Hatteras Island's Bridges
For many who live on or visit the Outer Banks, the bridges are symbolic. There’s a rush that overcomes you when the car moves from highway to bridge, bouncing rhythmically across the support beams, the hollow whoosh filling your ears. As you rise with the bridge, you get those glorious panoramic views of ocean, sound... Read More
Water Safety Tips for an Outer Banks Beach Day
The beach is the place for sand, sun and fun. An oasis of total relaxation where all of your cares disappear. Right?
Until a rip current sweeps someone away.
In 2018 alone rip currents have claimed the lives of six people on the Outer Banks. The U.S. Lifesaving Association estimates that almost 100 people drown in... Read More
A Timeless Outer Banks Tale: Captain Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Life Savers
As a storyteller, I’ve learned that every exciting tale needs a few key elements: compelling characters, conflict, high stakes and a killer location. Above all, though, the story needs to represent something bigger – an idea or reason that the story applies to us and our world too – something that demonstrates how the... Read More