OBX Beach House for Rent - pool - sleeps 10

12/16/2025

08/22/2025

Kitty Hawk NC at Eckner st.

Update #021: Outer Banks this afternoon.

“Usually a hurricane in the Atlantic gets us hyped for the Outer Banks, but when the forecast shows onshores every day, the stoke drops fast. We scored some fun, clean surf Monday and Tuesday morning—then the wind turned onshore and stayed. Up here on the northern Banks we did alright, just some erosion and light overwash. But south of us got hammered—roads buried in sand, dune lines gone. Good thing they cleared out the tourists, or they’d be stuck.” —

08/21/2025

10-15' surf at Avalon pier

It's going off at Avalon Pier!
See the people out there? If you are wondering why people go out onto the beach, or walk around in high winds, or go to the end of a shaking pier during a storm, well, I do, too.
But I get it. If it's a real bad storm, you have the windows closed, maybe the shutters back in the day, and the house gets still and dark, especially if the power went out. You go a little stir crazy, and kind of want to get out in it. It's the kid still in us that likes to put our arms out in the wind to see if we can fly.
Now, admittedly, we adults should know better. But obviously, we don't. After this storm passes I guarantee people will be driving around, wandering the beach, maybe even setting up their canopies tomorrow. Just don't go around barricades, and if you have a high clearance vehicle, that doesn't mean you should drive through high water and splash other cars or make wakes that washes into buildings. No one thinks you are cool if you do that. Girls will not like you more. People will not admire you from afar. Show some style.

07/28/2025

Beach carts... For years we've watched people bring thin wheeled beach carts to the beach and struggle with them. Today we saw a nice elderly gentleman pulling one who fortunately had a strong son who took over and got it done, So I figured I'd post about it. The Outer banks beaches are large grain loose sand. Balloon tire carts will help make your trips to the beach MUCH easier, and help get you through the hot sand faster. Yeah they cost more, but are well worth the cost. Our 13 year old grandson easily pulled a packed 52 qt Artc deep freeze cooler, 3 chairs, an umbrella, the beach bag of many things, and a sun ninja tent today. he blew by the nice folks pulling the thin tire beach plow.

This is a slightly smaller version of what we use. https://a.co/d/jaVOSRn

06/30/2025

It's been a crazy hot June. Looking at the weather it looks like we might get a break just in time for the 4th of July. Hoping that happens and cooler weather (mid 80s) sticks around. We hope you all have a great 4th of July with family and friends.

05/27/2025

Ironically, in 1870 his father Bishop Milton Wright is quoted as saying, "If God had meant man to fly, he would have given him wings." and stormed out of a Methodist convention in the Dayton area of Ohio, with his 2 sons. ...And wings (although not what the good bishop expected) they were equipped to have.

“For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man…”
—Wilbur Wright, May 13, 1900

This month marks 125 years since Wilbur Wright wrote those words in a letter to engineer and mentor Octave Chanute—a quiet beginning that would change the course of human history.

In that letter, Wilbur confessed a growing obsession with flight, calling it a “disease” of imagination. He shared his dreams, his doubts, and his intention to begin experiments. There were no blueprints for success—only a sky full of questions and a mind unafraid to ask them.

The journey from this letter to the windswept dunes of Kill Devil Hills took courage, humility, and community. The Wright Brothers didn’t work in secret—they built with transparency, generosity, and fierce intellectual curiosity.

Today, we honor not just the flight—but the letter that launched it.

Join us in the Visitor Center to see the words etched in the exhibit and carried on the wind. And ask yourself:

What dream are you brave enough to write down today?

Alt Text: A Wright Brother piloting a glider, soaring gracefully through the air above a scenic landscape, with two small buildings visible in the distance. The image captures the spirit of early aviation and the beauty of flight.

Photo Courtesy of Wright State University Archives Special Collection

05/27/2025

04/15/2025

As the weather warms up we are working hard to get the place in ship shape. We have 2 weeks left to rent which are Sat 8/23 and Sat 9/6. Book here -

This family-friendly Kill Devil Hills vacation home is located near the beach, within 2 mi (3 km) of Professor Hacker's Lost Treasure Golf, Avalon Fishing Pier, and Hemingway Gallery. Paradise Fun Park and Children at Play Museum are also within 3 mi (5 km).

04/09/2025