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North America » United States » North Carolina » Rodanthe October 5th 2021

North Carolina Highway 12 leads on from Bodie Island and then over the Oregon Inlet to Hatteras island, next in the chain. Cape Hatteras National Season lines both sides of the highway with occasional villages interspersed. About halfway down the island is Rodanthe. (It is the setting of the 2008 film Nights in Rodanthe.) We stopped for gas and looked in at the accompanying souvenir shop. Old Bay seasoning products dominated the comestibles for sale. A really interesting attraction in Rodanthe is the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site and Museum. The US Life-saving Service, founded in 1848, conducted rescue operations for ships in distress in coastal waters. (The USLSS merged with the Coast Guard in 1915.) In the Outer Banks, a life-saving station was located every three miles. The Chicamacomico installation at Rodanthe has been preserved ... read more
Chicamacomico Life-saving Station
Chicamacomico Boat Houses
Rodanthe Cottage

North America » United States » North Carolina » Rodanthe September 14th 2016

In North Carolina we stayed at North River Campground which was nice enough but I thought we were lost a couple of times getting to it. The GPS took us on several narrow country roads. It ended up being a short drive to the Outer Banks once we got good directions, so all was good. On our drive out to the Outer Banks our first stop was at the Wright Brothers monument in Kitty Hawk. There is a great museum and the park ranger gave an amazing presentation explaining the original plane and how it worked for that first flight. He emphasized that planes still operate using those same principles today. It has the hill that they tested their gliders from which was named Kill Devil Hill on which stands the tall granite monument. We drove ... read more
Wright Brothers
Wright Museum in Kitty Hawk
Wright first plane replica


One of the juicy joys of a road trip has to be the side trips between destinations! With fair weather in the forecast and devastating hurricanes – like “Irene” far behind; we finally got our chance to visit the Outer Banks, North Carolina’s fetching shoestring of barrier islands. Our arrival put us dead center via in OBX Route 64. A right turn at Whalebone to Camp Hatteras RV Park where we were offered a choice – Atlantic Ocean side or Pamlico Sound side. We chose the sound with its rim of tall, golden wheat grass. The dunes on the Atlantic side were too high for us to see the ocean. Our "Sound" site gave us a front row seat for a glorious sunset – the red sky lingered when we went to dinner at Good Wind ... read more
Beach as the Sun Rose
375 lb 87 inch Tuna Caught by a Charter Crew on "Dream Girl"
Seahorse - Found Inside One of the Yellow Fin Tunas

North America » United States » North Carolina » Rodanthe March 12th 2011

Outer Banks, NC - Day 1 The drive was a little of everything and even sunshine as we got closer to the eastern seaboard. Arriving at the US National Seashore was a disappointment as the main road Highway 12 was under construction and the campgrounds were closed until April. We ended up at a KOA in Rodanthe, NC. However, the site was actually a winner as we were only a minute or 2 walk from the beach over 30' high sand dunes (boardwalk provided). Arriving at sunset, we did not venture out after completing Sophie setup mainly due to coolish temp and 30+ mph winds. We hunkered down, planned the next day, and watched Black Swan.... read more




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