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Ocracoke Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Ocracoke, United States
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Camp Lejeune, Rachel Carson and Ocracoke Island
... , Rachel Carson and a ferry ride across the Atlantic Ocean (not all of it). Today's distance ridden: about 260 miles. To see today's entire route, from Conway, South Carolina, to Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, click here. What will tomorrow ...
Ocracoke to Hatteras
We dove to the top of the Island stopping several times to admire the wonderful views Pamlico Sound was on one side of the road & the Atlantic Ocean is on the other. Walking on the sand dunes is hard going. We didn't realize we had reached the end ...
Sun,sea,sand and sunsets
... Locals use the ferry to ‘commute’ between the islands and the gulls are used to their tit bits. Ocracoke itself is very pretty; you are encouraged to use bicycles to get around the small community. The harbour is ...
OCRACOKE
... ; responsible for saving lives during shipwrecks and performed miraculous rescues along the Outer Banks.) and the surrounding village.Ocracoke is an English derivative of Native American words,the Croatan Indians members of the Algonquin tribe were full ...
Outer Banks
Der Tag heute hat uns von Kitty Hawk nach Ocracoke über die Outer Banks gebracht. Zuerst sind wir über den Strand zu einen Frühstückslokal spaziert. Dort gab's dann typisch...Omelette und Pancakes. Die Würstchen haben wir ...
Took ferry to Outer Banks, Ferry to Cape Hateras
We woke early and drove to Swan Quarter, NC to catch the NC State ferry to Ocracoke Island. We drove north on Ocracoke Island and finally saw the Atlantic Island and took the next ferry to Hatteras Island. We checked in to Frisco campground ...
Ocracoke Island- the wind blows
... First Forty is too big to go and its to far go in the dink....dangerous too as getting there means crossing the currents of the Ocracoke ocean Inlet. This was a good time. We were on the island for 4 hours and likely walked 5 miles. We were ...
One of Blackbeard's Favorite Anchorages
... the sun set over Pamlico Sound, what a beautiful evening. http://www.outerbankschamber.com/relocation/history/ocracoke.cfm November 6, 2009 We had time for a nice morning walk to the lighthouse before catching the ferry for the 2 ...
Strandparadiset
... ; Stränderna är milslånga och staden är den första vi bor i som inte är särskilt stor, vilket ger lite omväxling! Ocracoke är piratispirerat och de flesta motellen och restaurangerna kör på det temat. Det kommer sig därför att det på 16- och ...
Outer Banks, North Carolina
Had the biggest breakfast yet with eggs, tuna, orange juice, coffee, avocado. Really everything I could've asked for. Took off at 9:00 and began our 8 hour net of driving. Stopped at Walmart to buy supplies and especially a tarp to protect us from the ...
Ocracoke (and the Wright Brothers)
... to cover with the anti-mosquito spray. Quite a price to pay for a gorgeous sunset viewed from a picture-perfect spot. Ocracoke, by the way, is an island on the "outer banks": a stretch of sandbanks along the coast of North ...
Stormy Weather...S
... of WWII. Salvage and adventure divers find plenty of things to see in the area. We caught the hourly free ferry to Ocracoke Island and drove through the undeveloped area to the fishing village of Ocracoke at the South end of the island. It ...
Ocracoke Time
Day Six - Virginia Beach,VA to Ocracoke Island, NC Stats - 266 KM & 7 Hrs. in car. 3 hours driving, 1.5 hours on two different ferries, and waiting time. Well, I'm sitting in a very drafty old beach hotel room right now so I don't know how ...
Jun 26, 2010
Days & Nights in Rodanthe
... of Ocracoke. This island is nothing but beach...on both sides! There is a small free 40 min. ferry between Hatteras island and Ocracoke island. On this island there are still some ponies descended from a herd that used to roam free, and a lighthouse built ...
Heading to cooler weather
With no cell phone and no wifi I decided to check out the town of Ocracoke, get in a beach run and swim and get on the ferry to points north. I ran for 45 mins. in the beautiful beaches, did some pull ups, ate some great food and fell asleep. ...
Ocracoke aka "I-almost-croaked"
... imported seafood". They cooked fish from there every night for dinner: Spanish mackerel, scallops, and wahoo. The store also featured Ocracoke's famous figcake. Figs are the only fruit that grow in the island's sandy soil, they provide a base for some of ...
Ocracoke Island
... merchant and Navy ships that were sunk by the Germans in this area which was called torpedo alley. Then we headed to the Hatteras-Ocracoke (okra-coke) Ferry for the 40 minute ride to Ocracoke Island. We lucked out again, only had to wait ...
Day 7
... Way (double Espresso, Caramel and Chocolate). Went to Pirates Cove to buy stuff to deck out Sue's bathroom! Then to Ocracoke Lighthouse which we were allowed in -- Sue's been going there 10 years and it's never been open. Down to ...
Outerbanks Tour - Day 1
... quaint fishing village of Ocracoke. Ocracoke Island is adjacent to Cape Hatteras National Seashore on the Outer Banks. Ocracoke was a hangout of Edward Teach, alias Blackbeard; the notorious pirate and his crew were killed at Teach's Hole in ...
Our Sail to Ocracoke on the Outer Banks
... remaining SW and very strong – and we became quite concerned about attempting the inlet. Donna radioed the Ocracoke marina and again received advice that the inlet was passable in the current conditions, the respondent remarking ...
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