The NC Outer-banks
Aug. 20th, 2010 11:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wwcitizenNorth Carolinians (at least from my part of NC) find it interesting and sometimes funny that out-of-state tourists think of the Outer-banks, they think of pretty much Duck, Manteo, and Kill Devil Hills (the Wright Brothers). Growing up in Pitt County, we were only 90 minutes from the southern Outer-banks (SOBX). We kids went to Cape Hatteras (the furthest north we went), Bath, Southport, New Bern, and Ocracoke (ferry) on field trips and to camps. We never got up to Duck and that area.
My family and I tend to go to the SOBX - the Crystal Coast around Morehead and Beaufort. There's lots of shopping, fun things to do, and decent restaurants. The island with Atlantic Beach is called Salter Path. Toward the northern section of the island is Fort Macon (from the Civil War era) and the national seashore park (there used to be a gay / nude beach there in the 80s, but I'm not sure now). In the middle of the island is the Marine Resource Center, which is REALLY cool. The MRC is also newly redone. It's an aquarium and nature facility with walkways into the marshes and loads of visible wildlife.
The summer months are typical beach months - hot and humid. Later in September and then in October are really cool (literally) times to be on the Outer-banks. Stuff that you'd normally wanna do around the northern NC Outer-banks would probably be closed - the outdoor theaters, water parks, etc. But there are great places to eat pretty much everywhere, which I don't think ever close. Our destination this week is the Southern Outer-banks (Morehead & Beaufort, NC) and it should be a really fun time.
My family and I tend to go to the SOBX - the Crystal Coast around Morehead and Beaufort. There's lots of shopping, fun things to do, and decent restaurants. The island with Atlantic Beach is called Salter Path. Toward the northern section of the island is Fort Macon (from the Civil War era) and the national seashore park (there used to be a gay / nude beach there in the 80s, but I'm not sure now). In the middle of the island is the Marine Resource Center, which is REALLY cool. The MRC is also newly redone. It's an aquarium and nature facility with walkways into the marshes and loads of visible wildlife.
The summer months are typical beach months - hot and humid. Later in September and then in October are really cool (literally) times to be on the Outer-banks. Stuff that you'd normally wanna do around the northern NC Outer-banks would probably be closed - the outdoor theaters, water parks, etc. But there are great places to eat pretty much everywhere, which I don't think ever close. Our destination this week is the Southern Outer-banks (Morehead & Beaufort, NC) and it should be a really fun time.
