Another very busy rental season shaping up

Once again the upcoming rental season looks to be very very strong. Our rentals have experienced an influx of reservations in the last two weeks, and there are not many inseason weeks left! If you have any thoughts of coming to the Outer Banks this summer, you better get busy and find your perfect rental!

Outer Banks Vacation Homes for Rent

A new look

I haven't posted in quite some time, so I thought I'd give the blog a bit of a new look. Hopefully the weather will be warming up soon, and I can get back out there to get some new pics to post.

THE best rental season ever coming up

Thanks to the fact that NO new large beach houses have been built here in FIVE years, we have the BEST rental season we have had in many, many years shaping up this season. All the hot summer weeks are booked at full price already except for one lone week (July 17th if anyone wants it) and did not have to listen to a single "woulda take"!!!! So if you haven't yet booked that special Outer Banks getaway that you've been waiting for, better do it soon, and don't haggle! Supply is DOWN Demand is UP!!!

The big storm

Well, it's Wednesday night and we are expecting two-three days of heavy winds, rains, and most devastating, the beach erosion. Many local news stations are already comparing this to the Halloween Storm of 91. The ocean is already riled up and I expect many of you have seen the coverage by the Weather Channel. I will be out tomorrow getting some pics.
At the first high tide of this storm today around 3pm the Rodanthe S Curves had just minor water on the road. Serendipity was still parked half in the surf and looked very forlorn on the webcam. Check back tomorrow for more updates.

Coldest night of the season tonight

Predicted lows in the low 20's are expected tonight across the Outer Banks. It was about 37 this morning at daybreak and has been falling steadily. There has been only one brief snowshower with small flakes about 10 am so far in Manteo. Kitty Hawk reported sleet just before that.

Manteo Christmas parade 2007

Here's the webpage of pics of today's Manteo Christmas Parade. Wonderful weather for this event!


Manteo Christmas Parade webpage

OBX Marathon

The weather was pretty near perfect at least for running a marathon today! It was slightly cool, but clear and a nice north breeze. I shot a few pics downtown in Manteo at the finish line, and over on Festival Island at the post race party. Here's a couple: More over on the Board.





More here:
Outer Banks Board

We are in for some rough weather

Looks like we will be having a little blow and a bit of high wave action on Friday into Saturday. We will be posting live updates in the Weather section of the Outer Banks Board which can be found here:


Outer Banks Board Weather forum

Can you ask for better weather?

OMG! It is so gorgeous down here right now! Just a light breeze and temps just right. Not a cloud in the sky, which is just what the visitors want! We could use a little rain, but hey, I'll take the beautiful weather for a while longer and run the sprinklers! Now let's just hold off winter......

Fall weather is perfect here!

Here it is almost the middle of October and the weather is still so summerlike it's hard to imagine. It has been downright hot the last week and only today have we seen just a little cooler temps. Just now I actually saw a raindrop or two---- what an unusual sight! I just hope we don't have instant winter now.

Unseasonably cool this coming week

With highs not even forecast to touch 80 and winds generally out of the north, it will be unseasonable cool this week for our vacationers. No rain seems to be in the picture though. The evenings will be cool and breezy. Not exactly the best of beach weather, but at least it won't be so humid.

The season kicks off

The week after Memorial Day weekend was dry and labored with a southeast wind, which cooled things down every evening. The roads were packed with early season vacationers. Restaurants were full to capacity every evening at dinnertime. The 2007 season appears to be off to a busy start.
Then just in time for the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, we are due to receive some most definitely needed rain from the season's second named storm, Barry. After it passes over the Florida peninsula later today, the system will track up the east coast and visit us on the Outer Banks Sunday into Monday. Skies are already overcast, and temperatures mild. We are expecting no real adverse weather, just some rain.

Lone Cedar restaurant burns to the ground

The Lone Cedar Restaurant owned by Senator Marc Basnight burned to the ground early Tuesday morning to the shock of early passers by.
The fire dept was still there at 7:30 pm Tuesday night babysitting the smoldering pile. Here's a link to a thread on my board with a few pix.


Lone Cedar Pix

High Tide in Manteo

I went downtown Manteo and took a few pics this early afternoon. We got a lot of sound tide as the winds came around to the west overnight and it continued to rise this morning. The pics are up on a new webpage:


HighTide in Manteo

Weather not too bad yet

So far as of Sunday am at about 8, the wind has stayed out of the south and not over 19 knots. It looks like the low will actually pass us to the west and go out to sea over Norfolk, so the northeast part of the winds should not be too bad on the beach.

It's Spring!

Well the restaurants are all opening up, and the traffic is increasing. The dogwoods are beginning to show their flowers. We've had fairly warm weather this spring, but an occasional cool spell too. It has been very very dry lately, and we desparately need some rain. Not what the upcoming Easter week vacationers want to hear!
The bridge battle to Hatteras Island is still in talks, more talks. The Nags Head referendum is just around the corner (April 17) on whether to approve bonds to pay for the town's beach nourishment project. There is a new Wings being built across from the outlet mall in Nags Head. Sam and Omie's is open again for the season. RV's on SugarCreek has delayed their opening while they are expanding their restaurant. I sure do miss their shrimp! Can't wait for opening day!

Beautiful sunset Wednesday evening

Caught this one up in Kitty Hawk:

No sandbags at Rodanthe yet

Proposed sandbags for the S curves area just north of Rodanthe have not appeared as of yesterday yet. The road is also to be moved west to buy a little more time. At the present the road in this area is in pretty bad shape.

New Outer Banks Board update

I have finally had a chance to get the new software update on the board, so for the time being there are two boards, running side by side, for a few days until we get the new one running smoothly. After a day or two I will lock this one to posting and use it as an archive. Come on over to the new board and check things out! Lots and lots of new neat features! You will have to re-register to access some of the forums on it.

http://www.outerbanksboard.net

Snow

A few pics from this morning in Manteo: