NC'S Outer Banks (1 Viewer)

[VIRIATO]

The hurricane Irene situation prompted me to look up quite a few things about North Carolina and I must say I became fascinated about the Outer Banks (beach, islands, nature, plenty of exercise and History-you just got to love the Lost Colony story, where did they really go to?). Must be a very nice place to vacation, although we here in Portugal do have fine beaches... To me as an outsider downsides are of course things like Irene and for someone who loves swimming, rip currents and a chance (remote one?) of meeting a shark even if you are at 2 or 3 feet deep.... Maybe swimming just at the pool might be advisable, and choosing July/early August if you can might be wise....
Any comments?


Paulo

 

[Captain]

I have always loved the outer Banks. I used to go about 3 times a year for fishing and vacationing. Now I only get to go about once every couple of years. They sure took a nasty hit from Irene. There is a new inlet at Rodanthe. It severed Hatteras Island once again. That is the narrowest part of the island right through there and the part that always gets the most damage.

 

[Captain]

I believe I have a couple of fishing pictures posted in my album "Captains World" in my profile.

 

[mestell]

The Outer Banks/Cape Hateras has been a family vacation of ours for over 50 years. I have seen lots of changes but I am still always anxious to go. Can remeber the time when there were no bridges . . had to ferry boat over to every island. Lots to do there Kitty Hawk/Wright Brothers first flight, Roanoke/Lost Colony, Ocracoke/Black Beard the Pirate, surf fishing, deep sea fishing, fish eating :smile2:, crab cakes . . yum, hush puppies . . more yum. Nothing to do but watch the ocean, relax, and enjoy life. We usually stay in Avon (known as Kinekeet by the locals), rent an ocean from house right on the beach. Here are some pics of this years stay . . . . next year will be going for 2 weeks . . .
:smile2: Mike

 

[VIRIATO]

The Outer Banks/Cape Hateras has been a family vacation of ours for over 50 years. I have seen lots of changes but I am still always anxious to go. Can remeber the time when there were no bridges . . had to ferry boat over to every island. Lots to do there Kitty Hawk/Wright Brothers first flight, Roanoke/Lost Colony, Ocracoke/Black Beard the Pirate, surf fishing, deep sea fishing, fish eating :smile2:, crab cakes . . yum, hush puppies . . more yum. Nothing to do but watch the ocean, relax, and enjoy life. We usually stay in Avon (known as Kinekeet by the locals), rent an ocean from house right on the beach. Here are some pics of this years stay . . . . next year will be going for 2 weeks . . .
:smile2: Mike

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Great photos, must be a great place, thanks for posting. Through all of these 50 years what do you think about sharks and swimming in the ocean? Do you do it? Maybe it's just one of those lottery things, car accidents being more probable... What do you think?

Paulo

 

[mestell]

Great photos, must be a great place, thanks for posting. Through all of these 50 years what do you think about sharks and swimming in the ocean? Do you do it? Maybe it's just one of those lottery things, car accidents being more probable... What do you think?

Paulo

I don't give it much thought, however I also do not go in the ocean during the typical feeding times of sharks which is usually early in the morning around sun up and in the evening after 5:00 p.m. There was a young girl that was attacked by a shark the Tuesday before we got there this year (July) . . . . she was on a boggie board in about 24 inches of water and only 10 feet away from her mother {eek3} . . . it was early evening after 5:00 p.m. when sharks come in toward the beach to feed. The girl was lucky and survived the incident because the shark was a small juvenile and not to big and was probably a Sand shark . . . Bull sharks and Tiger sharks are the mean ones on the Outer Banks and those you need to be mindful of . . . .
:smile2: Mike

 

[Captain]

Thats good advice about staying out of the water at feeding times. I have never seen a shark while swimming there but of course that's the way they want it. My wifes cousin used to have a house in Kill Devil Hills but after he sold it we started going down to Hateras Island. More fishing, less teenagers. Yall got me wanting to get back down there.

 

[mestell]

Thats good advice about staying out of the water at feeding times. I have never seen a shark while swimming there but of course that's the way they want it. My wifes cousin used to have a house in Kill Devil Hills but after he sold it we started going down to Hateras Island. More fishing, less teenagers. Yall got me wanting to get back down there.

We like it in Avon. Its flanked on both sides by nationally protected seashore where its safe from development. Its not been raped, plundered, and turned into a tourist circus like Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, and Nags Head. On any good day you can almost have the beach to yourself. Avon is real close to Buxton and Diamond Shoals and an easy drive to Frisco and Hateras. Just talking about all this makes me want to go back. Hope everything gets fixed up . . . . Irene really screwed Rodanthe, Wales, and Salvo. Almost 800 yards of Route 12 is gone and there is a new channel from the sound to the ocean at Mirlo Beach . . . . dunes look like they are gone too. That's why whenever we go there, regardless of season, we always get vacation interuption insurance just in case our time is cut short by a huricane. We did have to evacuate once due to one . . .
:smile2: Mike

 

[Terp152]

My family used to go every year in the early 60s when I was a kid. Had to go by the ferry that Mike mentioned. We also went to Buxton, very rustic then. Beaches are great and so is a visit to Kill Devil Hills. Saw large sharks, hammerheads, etc, fishermen would haul onto the beach at night. Never heard of any shark attacks when we were there, though I'm sure there were some. That part of the ocean is known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic. You could see a lot of boat wrecks along the shore. Great place and hope to go back sometime. Chris