Corolla to Ocracoke Island

[magaw]

First real post, so here it goes.

Point of Origin: a little west of Charleston West Virginia

Goals: Drive the complete length of the Outer Banks

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See the wild horses above Corolla
Journey south and ride the ferry to Ocracoke Island and see the light house
Try the food at some of the local dives and restaurants

Length of stay: five nights six days

Vehicle: 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited (with some modifications)

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Who went?
These guys:

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and this Dude:

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The driver on this trip was me. here I am standing in front of what appears to be a 4000 year old bonsai tree, who knows? (I kept meaning to ask a local what kind of tree this was but never got around to it)

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We set up out base camp at "Adventure Bound Campground and International Hostel, in Kitty Hawk. It was a good central location since we would be going both north and south to see everything that was on the agenda.

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The extra bonus at this campground was that they had peacocks, just roaming around the campsites. Aside from them being extremely noisy they added quite the unexpected element to this camping trip. Apparently it was mating season for peacocks, lol. Instead of making a clucking or quacking or gobbling noise like i would have imagined, they made a whole array of sounds ranging from a cat in heat to a donkey to even a fire truck (no exaggeration)

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More about this in a day or two,...its getting late

[4x4x4doors]

Watching and also wondering when you went.

[magaw]

We left for The OBX last Wednesday. Thanks for taking a look.

[elmo_4_vt]

Awesome... We're heading to Corolla on June 9th for a similar trip (thought probably won't head as far south)... It will be nice to see your thoughts/pictures.

Don

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[magaw]

I will try to post more tonight

Josh

[Foy]

......is a live oak, or it sure looks like one. Looks to be seriously in distress, but looks like a garden variety live oak.

Looking forward to the rest of the TR and pics.

Foy

[gm13]

I once took a Toyota Corolla to Ocracoke, but this is different One of my favorite sandy spots on the eastern seaboard. Looking forward to more pics.

[magaw]

So once we had our camp set up we decided to roll down to Oregon Inlet to catch some rays and get some first hand information about the beach driving situation. Sure enough you have to pay $50 for a three day pass and a lot of ramp closures , but no worries we just decided that we would head north the next morning to the 4x4 beaches above Corolla where there was a lot more continuous sand driving that did not require the pass, not to mention I wanted everyone to have a chance to see the wild horses.

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Even though they just look like regular horses, cruising around the beach houses, I have to say that their story is amazing. They are descendants of horses from Spanish ship wrecks that happened before America was colonized.

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Its interesting how all of these beach houses are so remote. The only way to get to them is by driving several miles of sand and the streets are literally on top of the sand dunes. Needless to say everyone had a great time exploring the area and chilling on the beach

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Next on out list was some of this:

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and some of this:

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which were partaken of at "The Rundown Cafe". The owners pride themselves on being world travelers and bring back recipes from all over the globe. The food was excellent. However i did play it safe and went with the fish tacos, black beans and coconut rice. Now back to camp

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so that we could get ready for another day of this:

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More Later

Josh

[4x4x4doors]

Magaw: Minor point of clarification. The NPS passes are $50 for 7 days, not 3. (Of course, if you're only there for 1 day, its $50 for 1 day!)

Keep sharing. I'm still reading and watching!

[ruffshod67]

very nice