This week’s Memory Monday submission comes to us from Amber Simione of Sellersville, Pennsylvania. Amber sends us a picture of her aunt who was evidently the victim of a sand shark bite!
Amber and her family stayed with Outer Banks Blue Realty last August in our property “Angel’s Way” in Duck. She says “We had an amazing time and look forward to returning this year; using Outer Banks Blue Realty of course! Hopefully this silly photo will help alleviate our costs a bit if we win the contest; we have a very large family attending this year so every penny counts! We were walking the beach searching for shells and came across this sand shark. My aunt thought this pose would make everyone laugh…she was right!”
Thanks Amber, we wish you and your family luck on being drawn as the winner of our March contest!
This week’s Memory Monday submission is from Dave Quinn. Dave tells us that he has been coming to the Outer Banks for 12 years now, and as you can see by this week’s photos he has been lucky enough on his visits to capture some photos of the Currituck Outer Banks wild horses. Dave tells us that he and his family “have experienced good weather and bad, but have never regretted a minute of being on the Outer Banks! We will continue to come to the Outer Banks and I’m sure we’ll always be happy that we did.”
While we are happy to share these photos with you we remind all visitors to the Outer Banks that these wonderful majestic animals are wild, and should never be approached to be rubbed, petted, have pictures of children taken on their backs, or fed. The Corolla Wild Horse Fund representatives remind us all that these wonderful animals are never to be approached, and they are to be admired from a distance. Thanks Dave for your pics! We look forward to serving you in 2010 at Outer Banks Blue!
Memory Monday has been busy in February with lots of submissions to consider, but we encourage everyone to send their photos in and get posted just as this week's contest entrant Tami Brander.
Tami and her extended family stayed with us last Summer (June 2009) and captured the occasion with some great pictures. We love them!
The first picture is of Tami's 3 1/2 year old daughter "Faith." Tami tells us she was busy feeding the birds at the beach, but making sure the birds were not going to get too close.
Tami explains the other photo...."The other photo includes my four children and my 3 nephews and 3 nieces. We have been vacationing together at the Outer Banks for over 15 years now. The children have all been coming since before they were a year old. We absolutely love climbing the dunes while we are there and that's where that photo was taken. We go up every year and take pictures of all the kids, fly kites, and run down the big piles of sand."
Great stuff Tami! Thanks for sharing with us at Everything Outer Banks! We look forward to serving you again soon at Outer Banks Blue Realty Services!
This week's Memory Monday submission comes to us from Elizabeth Phillips of Gainesville, Virginia who stayed with Outer Banks Blue in our Nags Head vacation rental property "Just For You" in 2009.
This priceless picture is of her toddler Lucas as he puts his feet in the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in his life. What a great moment, and what a great picture!
Elizabeth and her family have been coming to the beach for about 9 years, and she explains that she wanted to introduce her son to their family tradition.
"The first day we got there, we walked across the street to the beach. We wanted to introduce our son, Lucas to his very first beach before the sun set. He was almost a year and a half at the time and he absolutely loved it. His face lit up (literally) and he giggled with such delight every time the waves rolled in and touched his toes. From the looks of it, his Dad enjoyed the moment just as much as he did. We can't wait to return."
We can't wait to have you and your family back to the Outer Banks either Elizabeth. Thanks for your submission for our "Memory Monday" photography contest.
Remember to send your photographic memories to us and you will be entered into our contest. We post photos here every week, and we pick one winner a month out of our hat to receive a $100 credit towards a 2010 Outer Banks vacation at Outer Banks Blue!
This week's Memory Monday entry comes to us from Shirley Fuller, of Lynchburg, Virginia who stayed with Outer Banks Blue Realty in 2009 at our Southern Shores vacation rental, the "Rum Runner".
Shirley's explanation of the picture says it all....
"Just how relaxed can you get at The Rum Runner at the Outer Banks 2009? Just ask Martha Ferguson, retired exec from the Ericsson Corporation. And also first time we climbed the Currituck Lighthouse. Very brave of everyone!"
Thanks Shirley for sharing your happy memories of your stay with Outer Banks Blue!
This week's "Memory Monday" submission comes to us from Kevin Kaufman of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. The Kaufman's stayed with Outer Banks Blue Reatly Services in our Corolla vacation rental, "Stillwater" last August. Kevin shows us in this photo the simple joy of playing in the sand that only kids can take true advantage of. Kevin tell us "the kids in this pic are (left to right) my nephew Julian Butler, daughter Lucy Kaufman, nephew Quinn Butler and nieces and sisters Gia Silver (back) and Olivia Jacques (front). This was taken in on the beach (obviously) in Whalehead. We buried them and gave them 30 seconds to get out (i have hilarious video of that too). We've been coming to the OBX for about five years, usually in August. we love it because it's so quiet. there's tons to do but you can keep to yourself if you want - everything is so spread out and laid back. Timbuck2 is a favorite destination (esp the go karts). Being from Philadelphia, we're naturally and geographically New Jersey (long beach island) shore people, but we find the OBX are the anti-jersey shore. we love the jersey shore, but sometimes you want something different."
In additon to representing Elkins Park, PA we should mention that the Silver/Jacques are from Wallingford, PA, and Butlers are from Summit, NJ
Thanks Kevin for your submission on our "Memory Monday" contest. You are our first entrant for the month of Februray and keep in mind the winner each month gets a $100 credit towards their 2010 stay with Outer Banks Blue!
As we look around the Outer Banks this week on “Everything Outer Banks” we thought it would be appropriate to pass along to our readers the big news in Rodanthe this past week was the moving of the star of the movie “Nights in Rodanthe.” The iconic house known to locals as “Seredipity,” but to movie goers as “The Inn at Rodanthe” was moved last week.
For years the first house that you come to as you arrive in the village of Rodanthe was notable. The large oceanfront home (an amazing 45 feet tall) with the weathered siding, distinctive roof lines and blue shutters was always the focus of attention as drivers slowed from highway speeds to the local 35 Mile per hour zone. With its pilings never more than a few feet from the high tide line in the best weather conditions folks always would wonder how the property fared after any given storm. Over the past few years it seemed countless times the ocean would breach the dune line just to the north of the old cottage, and her driveway would disappear under inches of sand only to be dug out again.
The cottage always weathered the storms with its pilings sunk deep into the sand in concrete sleeves, but there was always the thought in the back of local’s minds that the Ocean is a force that can’t be held back, even by an epic movie star like “Serendipity,” and one day she would exit like so many before her.
The fall storms inexorably moved the ocean farther west, and one particular Nor’easter combined with the remnants of Hurricane Ida (Local weather folks named the storm “Nore-ida”) finally did “Serendipity” in. The owners were hit with a nuisance declaration by Dare County and told the house had to be moved or destroyed because after the storm the pilings on the east side of the house were officially standing IN the Atlantic ocean. The county officials were concerned about the safety of visitors who were constantly stopping at the house to take pictures and see for themselves the house that was the Hollywood star.
As everyone was speculating about what the owners of the property would do the names Ben and Debbie Huss of Newton, North Carolina emerged as the saviors of the property. They translated their love for the movie into the purchase of the home from the former owners on January 4th. The Husses vowed not only to move the house from its location “in” the Ocean to another location in Rodanthe but also restore the home to its glory of the movie “Nights in Rodanthe.”
The Huss family hired Expert House Movers (who was the company that moved the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse), and the infamous Matyiko brothers that own Expert House Movers moved on the job quickly. The house, which weighed in at a whopping 83,000 pounds, was jacked up, shored up with cribbing underneath, loaded up on beams and four pairs of huge wheels, and readied for its move in a matter of just two days. Permits were pulled, electric crews stood by to move power lines, as did the police to stop traffic while the behemoth was to take the approximate 30 minute journey down highway 12 to its new location.
The original move was scheduled for Friday, January 15th, and as the pilings were cut away and the massive truck pulled into position to move the big girl everyone gathered in anticipation. The house jostled to the left as she started moving and everyone cheered as she was pulled away from the Atlantic. Unfortunately the excitement was short lived as the house evidently wanted to stay in its long time location for one more weekend. The massive truck got its wheels stuck in the sand as it was trying to pull the house out of its birthplace, and with nightfall coming fast the move had to be rescheduled for the following Monday.
On Monday, January 18th with the truck unstuck, its wheels secure, all police, electrical, cable television and telephone company crews ready to take down their lines again, water department folks standing by, department of transportation officials there to supervise and a village of onlookers in position the house was moved at 10:30 AM. The move was uneventful if you don’t count the news helicopters, and hundreds of onlookers gawking at a once in a lifetime sight.
It took less than 20 minutes for her to find her new location on Beacon Road and by the next day the site that once hosted the grand old house had been cleaned up and the Atlantic Ocean had made it look like nothing had ever been there.
Now “Serendipity” will be restored to its former glory, and available to rent through Vacation Traditions.
Check out this amazing video here posted by Island Free Press on You Tube shot by Rob Alderman.
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