Tag: ocracoke

  • Outer Banks of North Carolina Vacation

    Outer Banks of North Carolina Vacation

    One place I visit more than any other is the Outer Banks of North Carolina.  I’ve been going since I was 6 years old about every other year (often more often than that) and it’s my happy place as well as the place I feel most “at home” when traveling.  It’s no surprise that when…

  • Travel | Ocracoke Natural Beauty

    2006 was by far one of the craziest years I have lived to date.  The highs and lows that year brought were extreme and there was not a lot of mellowing out in between.  In 2006 I found out my father had terminal cancer, I quit my job to take care of him, my father…

  • Travel | Outer Banks of North Carolina

    •  In mid August we went back down to the Outer Banks for vacation with a bunch of friends, family and godparents in Duck, NC. •  Talk about lucky – we picked the week right before Irene hit the coast.  While it wasn’t very publicized Irene did a decent amount of damage to the Outer…

  • Switch Cities – Print Auction for Haiti

    As you may have figured out, I have a bit of a bleeding heart. It is no surprise then that I’m participating in the second round of the Haiti Auction over at Switch Cities. Go visit and bid for a print! All of the money raised will go to a charity to benefit Haiti. Of…

  • Ocracoke Island

    I have been traveling to the Outer Banks just about every year since I was a kid. In all of those years however, I’ve never actually STAYED on Ocracoke Island, we’ve only just done day trips there. This year for our 2nd anniversary, we decided to go ahead and stay there for a few days…