Outer Banks Vacation Homes

“I just wanted to extend our warm thank you for the unexpected kind gesture that was extended to us after our recent stay at #712 Susan’s Summer Home. When arriving back home in PA and after opening our mail, we discovered a check in the amount of $100.00. This was apparently authorized by the owner for the inconvenience of not being able to use the Theatre room during our stay due to the projection lamp needing to be replaced.

We were so impressed with how the situation was handled from the very beginning by Carolina Designs Realty and then this! The excellent level of customer service we have received the past 15 plus years renting vacation homes through your company is why we have remained loyal customers.

Please extend our sincere thank you to the owner for his/her generosity in the handling of this situation. Also let them know how much we enjoyed our stay in their home.  It was absolutely beautiful!

Our sincere thanks and we hope to see you all next year.”

Mike and Beth from Carlisle, PA

The 4^th Annual Big Pumpkin Fair held at Nags Head Elementary School on Saturday, October 3^rd beginning at 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. will reap a harvest of pumpkins, gourds, mums, corn stalks, hay bales and decorations for you to purchase for all of your holiday fare this season.  But that’s only the beginning, this year promises to be bigger than every, bigger in taste - baked goods, a bake off; bigger in size - live entertainment; an auction will entertain every one of all ages.  There are an abundance of fun family and children’s activities including face painting, pumpkin chucking, pumpkin bingo, toss games and much more.

High Cotton BBQ will keep your belly full and you may have OBX kettle corn for dessert!  For more information, call 480-8880.

Tom Dean, husband of Sally Markam, a Realtor® at Carolina Designs Realty, is hosting an Artist’s Reception along with Artist Gary Colson on October 16^th from 4 – 6:00 p.m. at Glenn Eure’s Gallery located on Gallery Row at Milepost 10.5 in Nags Head. 

Glenn Eure’s Ghost Fleet Gallery offers a variety of art displays and products by the talented Glenn Eure, including paintings, collagraphs, drawings, and woodblock prints.  Their exhibition will be on display beginning September 28^th until October 28^th .

For more information, call 252.441.6584.

The National Park Service will begin much needed upgrades and repairs to the 138 year old Bodie Island Lighthouse located in South Nags Head. The repairs are expected to last 18 months and will include strengthening the spiral staircase, cleaning and repairing the panels that support the original Fresnel lens and well as installing a fire detection system.  

Ocracoke Island Lighthouse is also expected to undergo a facelift which will include painting the exterior and interior, updating the lightening protection system and renovation of the metalwork adorning both the interior and exterior of the lighthouse. Renovations are expected to be complete within 4 months.�

There will be lots to do for people of all ages at the town of Kitty Hawk’s Heritage Day Festival on Saturday, September 26th.  The festival will run from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM at The Promenade.   Parking will be available at Wal-Mart, with a free bus shuttle to The Promenade departing every ten minutes, beginning at 9:50 AM.  Handicap parking will be at Victory Chevrolet.  There will be no parking at The Promenade for the event.  Children’s activities include free inflatable rides, Home Depot children’s workshop, face painting, Kitty Hawk Kites rock wall, kite making, Magic Mike and Steve the Dream’s dancing and hula hoop performances, and much more.  An extensive heritage area will feature local crabbing, fishing and hunting displays and demonstrations, children’s casting contests, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Lost Colony, Kitty Hawk History display, and storytellers telling of days gone by.  Continuous entertainment from 11:00 AM-4:00 PM will include a special performance by the U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Command Four Star Edition at 12:30 PM, and our talented local youth, with the First Flight High School Jazz Hawks at 2:30 PM. There will be plenty of great food, prize drawings, a craft fair, silent auction, EMS Helicopter landing and Coast Guard displays.  The town of Kitty Hawk invites everyone to celebrate our town’s heritage, meet friends and neighbors and enjoy this great family event.  The festival ends at 4:00 PM, and the last bus will depart The Promenade for Wal-Mart at 4:25 PM.

Turn down Sound side Road in Nags Head just south of the Jockey’s Ridge State Park, it runs over to the sound and there is a rear entrance to Jockey’s Ridge with a parking lot and sound access. It closes around sunset so be careful and read the sign.

There is sound side gazebo at Windgrass with great sunset views. It is at the end of Tateway Street

in Kitty Hawk. Turn west on Tateway at Gateway Bank and turn right on Windgrass. The water is very shallow to wade or play in and there is a great walking path there too.

There is also a public gazebo just north of Millers Sound side restaurant that you can go to in Nags Head. It is south of old Windmill Point and north of Millers with its own parking lot. Good place to launch a kayak too.

“Just wanted to say again, THANK YOU CAROLINA DESIGNS! We just returned from our 6th stay at #536 Ocean Pocean in Nags Head. We left several items in the elevator upon leaving, we contacted your office and they were able to return them to us. We have rented from several other companies in the past, in several states, NO ONE has been as professional, friendly or provided such excellent service as Carolina Designs. From beginning to end, everyone we had contact with (office personnel, pool, maintenance, linen and housekeeping) was very helpful and provided exceptional and friendly service. Needless to say we will book with Carolina Designs again and again, and we tell all our friends that there is no other company in the Outer Banks to rent from but Carolina Designs!”
Thank you,
Danny
Chase City, Virginia

Come out and celebrate the grand opening of the Duck Town Park Amphitheater on Friday, September 18, 2009. A reception will be held at the park picnic shelter beginning at 5:00 p.m., with the opening festivities beginning at 6:00 p.m. featuring a family magic show by OBXtreme Magic. The event, being held at the Duck Town Park, 1200 Duck Road, is free and all are welcome.

The king is back in full form, Sterling Riggs performs a tribute to Elvis, at the Outer Banks Music Showcase on Friday, September 11^th at 7:30 p.m.  He know how to have a good time and just may pick you out in the crowd and embarrass you by getting up close…  It all in fun and what a great time – kids 12 and under are free!

For tickets, call 252.261.7505.

In an article published yesterday by John Murawski for The News & Observer, Outer Banks Ocean Energy Corp. will put their plan into action for 150 wind turbines placed 25 miles off our coastline.  These turbines stand 465 feet and will span across 54 square miles of ocean.  The $900 million project is estimated to generate power for more than 40,000 homes.

The planned Cape Lookout Energy Project could take seven years to build and would have to secure hurricane-resistant towers to the ocean floor.  In the future, plans call for increasing the size of the wind turbines to 150 towers over 54 square miles if the demand increases.