I’m headed to Kinnakeet (Avon) third week of August.
When I cross that big, arched bridge over Oregon Inlet onto Hatteras Island, it feels like I’ve left the world behind. Such a sense of remove, even still. Hatteras didn’t get the massive waves of development that Duck, Corolla, etcetera did, it’s still more of a family beach sort of place. Beautiful, too. Wild, chilly surf and seaspray on one side, mirror calm and warm sound on the other.
I like that most of the beach towns on Hatteras are dog friendly, that you can have campfires on the beach, that you can still drive on the beach, and not a condo tower or hotel tower to be seen. Just Hatteras Light south and Bodie Island light north, looming over everything.
We’re going to Avon also. My parents are having a reunion of friends at their house in Rodanthe and it just so happened to coincide with our vacation schedule. We’ve never stayed in Avon before but I’m looking forward to NOT having to drive 20 miles to the grocery store. :)