Ocracoke Village has a Halloween Parade, they’ve been doing it for a long time, starts out at the elementary school. Generally not that into Halloween anymore, but there’s something very sweet, family centered and old-fashioned about their way of observing the whole thing. Then, there’s Howard’s Pub, big costume wingding. Pirates galore as you might imagine. I find it amusing. Pretty cheap for a long weekend that time of year, too. First time out there I was a little surprised to leave sight of land on the Swan Quarter ferry, though. You look at those sounds on a map and the scale of them just doesn’t quite register.
Howards Pub is a definite. We plan a subsequent trip later. I am a state worker so I have 7 weeks of vacation that I am not using right now. I want to do lots of Ocracoke trips.