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The New York Times Bestseller “1000 Places to See Before You Die” is a dreamers paradise. Sort of a life time bucket list the book makes one wonder about what it would be like to see the Highland games in Scotland, walk the Acropolis in Greece, and see the Penguin Rookeries in Antarctica.
But in reviewing the book this past weekend (A Christmas gift) it was a pleasant surprise to see one particular place that we here at Everything Outer Banks know all very well. The Outer Banks is named by author Patricia Schultz as one of the spots you must see.
“Some of the most unusual and beautiful beaches on America's Atlantic coast can be found in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a string of skinny barrier islands that stretches 150 miles from the Virginia border to the southernmost point at Cape Lookout and Beaufort, a charming mainland town first settled in 1710. The candy-striped Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is the most famous structure on the Outer Banks and the tallest of America's lighthouses.”
We don’t know about the “unusual” part (we think our natural beauty is normal), but we agree with Ms. Schultz’ assessment of the Outer Banks being one of the most beautiful beaches on America’s Atlantic coast. In fact we would go so far as to say it is THE most beautiful beach on the Atlantic coast!
As we close the decade with our last post we here at “Everything Outer Banks” want to take time to say that we never take for granted the amazing gift of beauty that the Outer Banks offers us all. You have seen so many wonderful pictures here from our guests who have participated in our Memory Monday contest and we never cease to be amazed at the natural beauty that is the backdrop that we experience every day as we live in this most wonderful place.
From all of us here at “Everything Outer Banks” we wish you a Happy New Year, and we look forward to serving you at Outer Banks Blue on your next family vacation to this place that now ranks among the 1,000 Best Places to See in the World.
Outer Banks Named in "1000 Places to See Before You Die"
A Little More Summer Season
This week we are filled with the Christmas spirit here at Everything Outer Banks, and this week’s submission reminds us of the reason for the season. Not the Christmas season, but the SUMMER season. Judging by the weather forecasts up and down the eastern seaboard we all could use a little more Summer season right now!
Rosemary Dukowski of Chalfont, Pennsylvania delivers us this image from this past summer season and a reminder of why folks come to the Outer Banks…..THE BEACH! Who can’t identify with this crew headed to the beach for a day of sun and fun at the OBX! Rosemary tells us that “for the past ten years, my husband, Darryl and I share an ocean front house the last week in August in the Outer Banks with our daughter Lynn Pilewski, her husband, Mike - and our three grandkids - Jack (age 10), Meghan (age 7), and Ryan (age 4). The pic shows Jack, Meghan, Ryan, and their Mom and Dad heading over our dune deck for an afternoon on the beach.”
Well thanks Rosemary for your submission, and we look forward to serving you and your family in just 8 short months!
The Bells' Corolla Oceanfront Vacation
This week’s Memory Monday submission comes from Eric Bell of Birdsboro, PA. Eric and his family stayed with Outer Banks Blue Realty Services in September in the Corolla Oceanfront Vacation Rental home “A Point of View.” In fact the Bell family has stayed in this home for the last two years, and is already looking forward to their return visit in 2010 to the same property! As we look forward to welcoming back the Bell family in 2010 we look back at their most recent stay with these great pictures that make up the latest edition of “Memory Monday!”
A Pet Friendly Outer Banks Vacation
This week’s Memory Monday submission is a very special set of pictures to remind us that that us humans aren’t the only ones that enjoy a great Outer Banks Vacation!
This week’s submission comes to us from Sadie the Labrador Retreiver, or I should rather say it comes from Sadie’s master Nancy Jacobs of Salem, Virginia. Sadie, I mean Nancy and her family stayed with Outer Banks Blue at our vacation rental home in Duck “Carolina Sunset.” Sadie is a two year old Labrador retriever who has been fortunate enough to enjoy two Outer Banks vacations in Duck. This year she was an experienced OBX Vacationer and she was fearless…she went into the ocean, swam, and found a stick on the beach.
Nancy tells us about these photos “As you know Retrievers are water dogs, but the only water we have for Sadie to play in at home is a little kiddie pool, that she dearly loves. But - when she saw the ocean, she took off like a bullet and ran into the water. I'm sure she was saying "What a pool!!!" We took her every day, even on our last full day when it was raining, and she loved every minute of it. She would play till she dropped I think.
The house we rented was ideal for the three of us, with a wonderfully private back yard right on the sound. We loved our mornings on the deck, and the views were gorgeous.
Thanks again for helping to make a wonderful week possible for Sadie and the entire Jacobs gang!”
Just as a reminder, Outer Banks Blue Realty has one of the largest inventories of pet friendly rentals on the Outer Banks. Whether you have a Sadie that enjoys a Duck vacation rental home, or a vacation rental in Corolla, Kitty Hawk, Southern shoes, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, or Nags Head we have you covered at Outer Banks Blue!
We look forward to serving you soon, and look forward to you submitting your best photo memories of your vacation on the OBX to be considered in our Monthly contest for best vacation memory photos!