OBX - Hatteras area

I'm in the Outer Banks, or OBX for short, right now at my friend's beach house, Ducked Out.  The Outer Banks  is the name used for a series of barrier islands that line the North Carolina coast.  At the north end lies Corolla.  Hatteras lies at its southern end, although you can pick up a ferry to Ocracoke Island, if you wish.  OBX is a great place to visit, even off-season, like it is now.

My friend, Tammy, and I took a drive down to Hatteras because I had never been that far.  When my family comes to OBX, we typically stay in the Duck area.  Hatteras, it turns out, is about an hour and half drive from Duck (without traffic).  There were really nice beach houses down south and I saw the inn from the movie, "Nights in Rodanthe."  We also saw a lot of storm damage down south from a hurricane that bruised through here last year (2011).

A little shop beckoned with a sign alerting us that it had been on the Food Channel.  It sold delicious fudge.  There were also some cute little pottery and jewelry shops along the way.  We had originally planned to take the ferry to Ocracoke, but it was very windy and it was getting late in the day, so we decided to skip that part of the journey for another day.