Excessive heat warning for the area

The weather service has issued an excessive heat alert for the Outer Banks area from Tuesday through Thursday. The air conditioners will be working overtime this week in the rental homes! Hopefully the ocean will stay calm so the visitors can enjoy the water to cool off.

Rainy day, super busy

The line to enter the NC Aquarium at the Manteo airport was out the door into the courtyard. The parking lot at the outlet mall is full to overflowing. The bypass was literally bumper to bumper, with some touching unexpectedly. What are you to do on a rainy day on the Outer Banks, while on vacation? Well, you visit all those indoor activities, you shop, you ride and look, and look, and don't look where you're going.
Such is the state of a resort area in season on a rainy day.
The up side? You, the vacationer get to do those things you probably had planned to do anyway, and you don't miss a day on the beach. The retailer is happy, their rent gets paid, they survive another year to be there to serve the vacationing public another year.
Rainy days aren't so bad after all.

Watching the tropics

Well the first threat to NC from a tropical system is now at hand. The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm watch for almost all of the NC coast including the Outer Banks at 11 am this morning. We'll keep you posted from a front row seat!

Fourth of July Fireworks in Manteo

A new album of the Fourth Fireworks display in Manteo is
HERE

A great way to spend a Sunday afternoon

I posted a "trip report" on my board of a wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon boating on the Outer Banks. Check it out at:

Sunday Afternoon Boating Adventure