Posted on 06/17/2017 7:58:47 AM PDT by MtnClimber
You’re right there in Hatteras Village, the ferry landing is not far at all, cool. Make sure to set a day aside for a free ferry ride over to Ocracoke. I like Howard Street, just an oyster shell lane through the live oaks lined with houses, some nice, some decrepit, a lot of old family graveyards. I like the “real” part of the banks and tend to wander there. In Hatteras it would be back behind the old weather service building, that fairly elaborate red brick structure. Priscilla Curve Road is nice toward the sound. To get a real feel for the place you need a 4x4 though, to get onto the beach. They can be rented but not particularly cheap. Air down your tires, 15 psi or you might be paying for a tow on top of it, lol, but the kindness of strangers usually gets you pulled out.
Well, not red brick, there’s red brick on it but it’s lapstrake siding, pale yellow now.
I think it’s going be a free for all. Maybe 14 family members
spending time between beach, ocean, fishing and exploring.
The home is very nice. The ferry to Ocrakoke will be used more than once and I will personally take the ferry back to Swanquarter on the last day. I understand my fisher BIL already has his salt-water rigs ready to go. It’s gonna be nice to get up early and watch that sunrise.
Sounds as if this won’t be your first time out, then. One note of caution that will add to your outdoor enjoyment, if you are on one of the islands with wild horses, biting flies come along with them so a good insect repellent and even insect repellent clothing might be a good bet, if you’re going to be wandering on the sound side away from the sea breeze. Also, when the breeze switches at night and starts coming off the marshes and sound, mosquitos will still be an issue in September. If your house is direct oceanfront you’ll barely notice that but the further off the beach you are, the more it becomes a consideration as far as outings.
Also, I’m very fond of the Diamond Shoals Restaurant in Buxton, not far away. Very old school Hatteras. And, no trip out there would be complete without a breakfast at the Pony Island on Ocracoke.
Yes, thanks for the link, as it corrects my year error.
1923 not 27.
It will be Oceanfront but your advice is very well taken.
If I can take the ferry to breakfast, I will be marking the entire day as most outstanding. I was there once before in 1975. These homes did not exist.
Neither of those restaurants qualify as fancy, just old, established “institutions” where you’d be just as likely to rub elbows with locals as tourists. The accent out there is fun.
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