Me In The Making: OBX Vacation

Vacation this year was in the OBX (outer banks, nc) August 2011.

I vacationed with my friend Paul again this year. We had so much fun in Kauai last year together, we decided to do it again this year!

The sound in Manteo on Roanoke Island

We stayed in Manteo. It is located on Roanoke Island. We wanted to be away from tourists and not right on the beach. We figured we would be doing a lot of day trips anyway to see all of the Outer Banks! That is exactly what we did. It was still a bit too hot to camp, and the bugs were bad.

Our first day on a beach there was at Coquina Beach on Hwy.12. Hwy. 12 is the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. It is a beautiful drive. Each day we would drive down to different portions of the outer banks by way of Hwy 12.

After our first day at Coquina, we explored Hwy 12 and drove to Pea Island and ate dinner in Rodanthe. There are many places to pull off on the side of the road and take gorgeous photos. The sand dunes separating us from the beach were absolutely amazing!

On the way back, we caught an awesome sunset at Pea Island National Reserve while hiking a little nature trail.

Coquina Beach is where we spent most of our beach days! It was closer and not swarmed with tourists! Coquina was really nice...huge beach area for playing frisbee...not a lot of people and no homes there.

Footprints on Coquina Beach

In fact, our last night in the outer banks, we had a bonfire on Coquina Beach!

bonfire party on Coquina Beach

Early in the week, we drove down to Cape Hatteras and took the ferry over to Ocracoke Island. We spent the entire day on the beach there in Ocracoke! Amazing! We basically had this enormous beach all to ourselves! I like beaches with no houses around and not a whole of people.

We played frisbee and boogie boarded all day! The waves were a lot larger in the outer banks earlier in the week from a front that had come through. However, the water was warmer there at Ocracoke than it was at Coquina Beach.