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.
The Perfect Drive-to Destination
May 28, 2020
The Outer Banks offers so much to so many people. There is the fresh ocean breeze and warm sunshine ...
The Reopening of the Outer Banks – Phase 1
May 14, 2020
Saturday, May 16 will be a banner day for us. After almost two months visitors will again be allowed...
A Different Part of the Outer Banks
April 25, 2020
From
Carova to Ocracoke, the Outer Banks is about 125 to 130 miles beautiful
beaches. That’s what ...
So Much to Do at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
April 22, 2020
Officially opening in 1959, Cape Hatteras National Seashore was the first national seashore and nati...
The Outer Banks Begins to Reopen
Six
weeks after restricting access to the Outer Banks to residents, employees of
local businesses, a...
The Spirit of Kitty Hawk Returns—Igor Benson and His Gyrocopter
April 20, 2020
Since
the Wright Brothers proved that heavier than air flight was possible, inventors
have dreamed o...
Cape Hatteras National Seashore – How the Nation’s First National Seashore Came to Be
April 17, 2020
Stretching
from South Nags Head to Ocracoke, Cape Hatteras National Seashore is one of the
most beau...
Zoom Virtual Backgrounds
April 15, 2020
FaceTime, Google Hangouts, Zoom – there are a number of ways to connect with friends and family fa...
A Day of Fear and Heroism
April 11, 2020
In
many ways, WWI was a harbinger of things to come, from the introduction of what
we now consider m...
Outer Banks National Parks 2019 Review
April 8, 2020
Who knows how it was done, but somehow the Outer Banks Group of the National Park Service had one of...
Springtime Comes to the Outer Banks
April 6, 2020
It’s easy to get so focussed on our daily troubles that we sometimes forget to look around us and ...
Good Things Happening Around the Outer Banks
March 27, 2020
This is certainly a difficult time for all of us to be going through. Yet here we are at a place whe...