Outer Banks News And Views
Welcome to the Carolina Designs blog. Here you’ll find information about the Outer Banks, what’s going on, and what we hope are some entertaining posts, quizzes and articles.
H2OBX Waterpark
July 10, 2017
In the quest to ensure that our CDR guests have the best information available when visiting the Out...
Shelly Island
July 6, 2017
Photos courtesy of the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau
Life on a sandbar can be pretty interesting at...
Outer Banks Restaurant Happenings for 2017
June 29, 2017
Restaurant Happenings
Summer is coming to the Outer Banks and it’s sort of a tradition that new...
Live Outer Banks Music Summer 2017
June 27, 2017
Summer and our spectacular weather is coming to the Outer Banks, and that wonderful weather should l...
Dowdy Park In Nags Head
June 23, 2017
Some time ago, if you were traveling along the bypass in Nags Head, you would have passed Dowdy’s ...
Five (Almost) Unknown Facts about the Corolla Wild Horses
June 16, 2017
Standing in silhouette against the horizon or playing in the surf on a hot day, the Colonial Spanish...
Two Day Trips from the Northern Outer Banks
June 13, 2017
Roanoke Island
Roanoke Island is where the historic town of Manteo is located, and that’s a great...
Harry Schiffman & Oregon Inlet
June 9, 2017
Most people don’t know who Harry Schiffman is, but almost everyone who lives in or visits the Oute...
Still Moving After All These Years
May 26, 2017
As land masses go, the Outer Banks is a pretty recent addition to the earth’s geology. There are a...
Northern Outer Banks Inlets
May 16, 2017
It’s standard knowledge that the Outer Banks is a dynamic strip of sand. Since the 1930’s, it ha...
Things for Kids and Young Teens to Do on the OBX
May 5, 2017
There are lists upon lists of things to do with kids on the Outer Banks, and they’re very helpful ...
Nourishment, Sea Level Rise and the Big Picture
April 26, 2017
In March of this year, the town of Southern Shores decided to move forward with beach nourishment, p...