Summer Duck - Rodanthe, OBX

01/01/2025

Happy New Year from Summer Duck!!! ❤️🏖️☀️🦆

12/24/2024

Some new additions to our decks!! The covered porch on the top floor now has 2 pollywood bar height chairs and a pollywood table and the smaller top floor back deck has 2 pollywood bar height chairs! They’re so comfortable to sit in and enjoy the views! We ate breakfast and lunch out there the other day when it was warm! 😊

12/23/2024

With 2,678,290 visitors recorded during the first 11 months of 2024, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) is on track to have another busy year. Per statistics from the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, CHNS recorded the following monthly totals for 2024: January – 77,193 February – 79,256 Marc...

12/23/2024

Moonrise over the ocean in Rodanthe last night after midnight!!! Some of the pictures are a little blurry, because the wind was blowing my iPhone around. It was so beautiful and there were a billion stars out!! I saw a shooting star also!! 🌕⭐️☄️

12/22/2024

After a chilly (the windchill was 29°) beautiful walk on the beach up Pea Island from our home, we came back and had Bloody Mary’s and pizza for breakfast lol! ❤️

12/17/2024

The Wright stuff…

On the morning of December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright took turns piloting and monitoring their flying machine in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Orville piloted the first flight that lasted just 12 seconds and 120 feet. On the fourth and final flight of the day, Wilbur traveled 852 feet, remaining airborne for 59 seconds. That morning, the brothers became the first people to demonstrate sustained flight of a heavier-than-air machine under the complete control of the pilot.

Who was first? North Carolina and Ohio both played a role in the Wright Brothers quest for flight. Learn more about their story and early aviation on a visit to North Carolina’s Wright Brothers National Memorial and Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in Ohio.

Image: Aerial view of granite monument, dedicated in 1932, perched atop Kill Devil Hill.

12/16/2024

It’s a gorgeous sunny 65° day in Rodanthe!! I finished putting the ornaments on our tree this morning! A lot of these I bought here at the Outer Banks! 🎄

12/16/2024

We put up our Christmas tree today!!! ❤️🎄🏖️

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving!! May you have a blessed year!!

🦃🍁🍽❤️🏖️☀️🦆🐚

11/21/2024

With 2,509,873 visitors recorded in the first 10 months of 2024, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) is on track to have another busy year. Per statistics from the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, CHNS recorded the following monthly totals for 2024: January – 77,193 February – 79,256 March .....

11/11/2024

Thank you to all the Veterans who have served our nation! May you have a blessed day. 🇺🇸

11/08/2024

Over 170 bird species were spotted during the recent main session of the 26th annual Wings Over Water Wildlife Festival, which was held Oct. 22-27, with a number of the sightings occurring within the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. A second session of the 2024 Wings Over Water Wildlife Festival...

10/30/2024

The Chicamacomico Historical Association (CHA) held a 150th anniversary celebration to honor the history and the faithful service

10/28/2024

10/24/2024

With 2,298,288 visitors recorded in the first nine months of 2024, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) is on track to have another busy year. Per statistics from the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, CHNS recorded the following monthly totals for 2024: January – 77,193 February – 79,256 March ...

10/16/2024

Maggie Miles | Outer Banks Voice Across the Outer Banks, a growing movement to reduce artificial lighting at night is taking hold, aimed at protecting local wildlife, preserving the natural night s…

10/16/2024

The Rodanthe Pier will temporarily close for imminent maintenance and repair projects, (which includes the replacement of several older pilings), starting on Sunday, October 20. “We are going to begin some much-needed repair and maintenance on the pier in the next week as that is when the crew can...

09/15/2024

🎵 Ain't nothin' gonna break my stride
Nobody gonna slow me dowwwwn
Oh no, I got to keep on moving! 🎵
-Matthew Wilder

The sea turtles are hatching! We've already had many baby turtles make their first trip out to sea and over the next month, hundreds more will follow. Be sure to respect barriers put up around sea turtle nests along the beaches.

🚗 Although night driving begins today, some routes may be temporarily closed if there is a specific need for sea turtle protection. All closures are clearly signed.

Check beach and route status here: https://www.nps.gov/caha/planyourvisit/conditions.htm

📸 NPS | P. Doshkov | Loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings make their way down the beach towards the ocean.