Category: The Outer Banks
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The excitement of Beach Bocce
During our family vacations at the Outer Banks, there are numerous matches of bocce, a game that involves trying to get your balls as close as possible to a small ball. If possible, you want your balls to touch the small ball. In fact, that would be ideal. In order to capture the excitement of…
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The wondrous pool at the beach house in Buxton
We have a Saturday-to-Saturday rental at the Outer Banks, which means that leaving at 7am on Saturday is ideal for beating the traffic coming from Maryland and Pennsylvania. We came close, leaving the house at 7:30. There is really only one road to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for travelers coming from the north,…
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A weekend at the beach. Sort of.
Next on the Odyssey was the annual journey to the Outer Banks with Jason, Jim, Charles, John, Dave, and Jerry. Laura refers to this weekend as “Big Geek Weekend,” but we refer to it more succinctly as “Big Weekend” to emphasize its awesomeness. However, Laura is correct – the weekend is about geekiness of several…
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Outer Banks Windy Wind
At the end of July we headed to the Outer Banks in North Carolina, around the same place that the Wright brothers chose to test their airplane. There’s a reason why the first airplane flew in the Outer Banks: I would have tested my plane in the Outer Banks, too. You know what else flew…
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Dorm Room or Common Area of the Cottage?
It’s time for a new game. Look at the pictures below, and then guess whether it is a college dorm room or the common area of our cottage at the Outer Banks. See the key at the bottom to check your answers. DO NOT CHEAT! I will refer your sorry ass to the administration! 1.…
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It’s Faaaantastic!
Witness the intensity of BOCCE!! Check out the video below to see the non-stop excitement! I know, you just weren’t prepared for the action-packed action of Bocce. No one is!
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The Outer Banks
Moving on to the Outer Banks, a major problem was staying out of the heat. That led to…No, it’s not a family of gypsies. And it’s not Woodstock. It’s not an invasion of the Mongol Horde. It’s also not a group of homeless people. It’s Abbott beach shelter 2008. Note the use of rope to…
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BEST BEACH IN AMERICA
Here’s Mark, enjoying the beach at Ocracoke, rated THE BEST BEACH IN AMERICA by the guy who rates beaches. Once a beach is rated #1, it is removed from consideration for all future lists. Since the ratings started back in 1991, almost every beach in Florida or Hawaii had been rated first. Which means that…
