Shores And Sounds

So the winds have brought me back to the shores and sounds of North Carolina. The 200 miles long string of barrier islands layed out in front of them, has seen many famous name that set foot on it. Amerigo Vespucci anchored at Bight of Hatteras in 1497. Succeeded where Columbus failed. Sir Walter Raleigh founded the first colony on Roanoke Island in 1584. The disappearing of that same colony is still a mystery till this very day. Blackbeard’s ship ran aground near Beaufort, the Inner Banks, in 1718. Tales tell his treasure is still there. Finally, the Wright brothers used the far stretched beaches of Kitty Hawk in 1903. To get a first glimpse of what was a fisher area in those days, and would become, and still is, one of the most attractive destinations in the USA. Outer Banks vacation homes provide a guaranteed grand time to explore this region with so many faces and vistas, that one visit won’t be enough. And why would you shorten yourself and your family a second? I don’t give you much hope to find Blackbeard’s treasure, but the Outer Banks will give you a rich feeling none the less. Image by Photobucket/alsongbyrd