Travel Blogs from Nags Head, United States
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Kill Devil Hills to Williamsburg
We said goodbye to the Outer Banks & headed for Williamsburg. When we left Kill Devil Hills it was raining with thunder & lightening then it was sunshine & showers all the way. Reg has been having one of his flights of fancy again. There's a Honda called ...
Catching a Tuna
After DC we went to NC. For fishing. Fishing means getting up At 4 a.m. and bringing the boot to the marina. Around 5 a.m. we were in the water speeding out of shallow water heading around 40 miles east were the warm gulf stream is located. Warm water ...
Talia's first vacation!
We just got back from spending a week in Nags Head, North Carolina! We rented a beach house with my parents, sister, brother-in-law and twin nieces. The nine of us drove down in two cars and it was quite the trip! Talia did great in the ...
Fishin'
Iain has been desperate to go fishing. We went on Tuesday. The waters are still unseasonably chilly so the fish have wisely decided to stay in The Gulf until things cheer-up a bit. We decided not to go after a Blue Marlin, choosing instead to share a ...
Storm damage! - Emergency zone!
Please glance at a map to see the extraordinary Outer Banks of N. Carolina. Imagine a one hundred mile-long Chesil Beach without pebbles. Most of the island complex that makes up the Outer Banks is in a state of flux. Hurricanes sweep through and ...
Auf die Outer Banks
... aber immer sonniger. Nach kleinen "Diskussionen" mit dem Navi erreichen wir zwischen 2 und 3 Uhr unser Inn nördlich von Nags Head. Wir beziehen unser Zimmer, das mal wieder aus zwei kleinen Räumen besteht. Ganz gemütlich - Holz dominiert ...
Strandwetter hatten wir uns anders vorgestellt
Das Frühstück ist sehr entspannt - zum einen weil dies einfach ein sehr entspanntes Inn ist und zum anderen weil es draußen gießt und es deshalb keine Eile gibt, schnell irgendwo hin zu kommen. Vor allem das frische Obst ist ein ...
Könnte schlechter sein
Beim Aufwachen kein Regen. Sehr cool. Aber natürlich kann sich das schnell ändern. Kaum haben wir nach dem Frühstück unsere sieben Sachen zusammengesucht und uns Fahrräder ausgeguckt beginnt es leicht zu regnen. Wir setzen uns ...
Went To the Beach
Took a day trip to Nags Head to collect shells for an art project. it didn't turn out very well. ...
Day 4: Norfolk, VA to Nags Head, NC (OBX)
... Rates are a little higher here in the OBX, since it is more of a vacation destination...and it's the weekend. Our hotel is in Nags Head, NC and is pretty nice...best of all it's right on the beach. We literally have a private beach right behind the ...
Losing the Battle - Houses into the Sea
Took another walk along the beach to look more closely at some of the houses along the beach. There is a natural sand dune with vegetation that is the natural barrier between the beach and the land behind ...
Final Leg to Nags Head
Did the self guided tape Auto tour of the battlefields. The kids were troopers with humoring dad. Left for Nags head about noon and hit bumper to bumper trafic headed into Richmond for the nascar race. Got off the Freeway at ...
sandals versus shoes
Birkenstocks for the summer, all summer, every day, everywhere. My feet have not seen a shoe since sometime in June. It is still plenty warm but someday soon I think the feet are going to have to be stuck ...
And the Birds Walked Sideways
Back to the beach this morning and we actually hit the low tide time perfectly. However, thanks to Igor, the waves seemed to be crashing and bashing the beach even harder than before. The No Swimming flags were still flying. The seagulls ...
Lion Fish Invasion
... them, I am not sure. According to reef legend, they spread into the United States and Caribbean waters by an aquarium in Florida that held some lionfish. This aquarium broke during a hurricane and all ...
Mission: Feline Rescue
Mission: Feline Rescue We finally decided that it was ridiculous to keep the cats in the boarding kennel/prison. Or possibly to be more accurate, we were missing them a lot. We ...
Crabbing
... but sticking half out of it. I dump the net over so he can get out of the net and he very cautiously starts to stick his head out of his shell. Before I can grab my camera and get it turned on, he is running across the grass and back into the ...
Fair Weather Divers
Fair Weather Divers There is diving in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. This is the "Graveyard of the Atlantic" where there are plenty of shipwrecks off the coast. Some of them ...
All Quiet on the Eastern Front
This rental house is very quiet, very, very, very quiet. No kitties running around and talking to me. I can hear every little house sound and when in a new house, you have to check out every little ...
Beachcombing
... to be dead sharks and might already be dead sharks. lying on the beach is not a good place for a shark egg case. Maybe we'll head back to the beach at a lower tide and see if we can find anything today. ...
Prison or Camp
I have arrived in the Outer Banks, finally. Can't see that Hurricane Earl did much damage but there were some signs down and one awning collapsed on a gas station as I came onto the islands. Because the ...
Fun at the Beach
... was brave and went in (I was actually persuaded by Chris from Poland and George from the Czech Republic). Next stop the hotel in Nags Head (who thought of these names), which was right on the beach! Unfortunatly for me dinner was in a sea food place... ...
To Nags Head,North Carolina
Took pictures of the Breakers Resort Hotel. Drove to Mt Atlanticus mini golf Drove to Nags Head,N.C.It is in the Outer Banks. Started at 11 AM and arrived at & PM.Drove 300 miles. Stayed at Comfort Inn near the ocean. Saw big waves in the ...
Day 5: Nags Head, NC- Beach and Karaoke
Hey all... We had amazing weather here in Nags Head. We decided to take it easy today and enjoy it. Since our hotel is right on the beach we slept in until 10:30am (yeah...that happens when you go to bed at 2am). We then walked up to the beach with our ...
Be Kind to Sea Creatures Day
We thought we would spend the day fishing off one of the piers. We aren't great fishermen and certainly don't do it very often but it's fun once and a while and always good to catch your own dinner. ...
Day 5 - SC, NC
Another driving day. We found a very interesting campground, where we camped between sand dunes. Lots of mosquitoes --that’s the only bad thing. But overall, the location has put me in a good mood. We plan to stay here two ...
Day 6 - NC
We got up somewhat later than normal today…as if that mattered. And we went driving to the outer banks of North Carolina. We took a ferry out there. Once there, we spent a little time at the beach before driving back to wait for ...
Getting the snowbird backwards
Snowbird: informal: a person who vacations in or moves to a warmer climate during cold weather. This is actually in the dictionary. This is a nice concept. In the summer, live somewhere it doesn't ...
Beach houses into the sea - revisited
Walking on the beach yesterday we were able to get closer to a line of houses that are falling into the sea or will be soon. I had found out that I misspoke about the small sand dune that separates the majority ...
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