Heading to the Outer Banks and need information

[taterguy]

Has the fare for the Hatteras - Ocracoke Tunnel increased?

[rug]

1. You can't get there by bicycle.

[taterguy]

6. You can, it would just take a really really long time

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. Call Google. He will know.

[mnhtnbb]

3. Ferry info here

http://www.ocracokeisland.com/nc_ferry.htm

If you find a tunnel, better stake your claim!

[taterguy]

11. Only suckers take the ferry

The tunnel is much quicker.

If I wanted to know information about the ferry I would have asked for it.

:eyes:

[MilesColtrane]

4. When you get to the Inner Banks....keep going, you can't miss them.

[taterguy]

8. The Inner Banks don't exist

It's just a made-up word to promote tourism in coastal North Carolina areas that aren't the Outer Banks.

Are there banks in Edenton? Maybe a couple branches of Wachovia and Bank of America.

Is Roanoke Island an Inner Bank? It's located in the middle of a Sound, between Bodie Island and the mainland. Nevertheless, it's the home of the Outer Banks Visitors Center.

[LostinVA]

15. I like the Elizabethan ship they have there

[LostinVA]

5. Not if you ride your bike through it

If you drive a car or motorcycle, yes. It's gone up $2. But, there's that bypass road you can take at Avon that takes you to Ocracoke and then to Topsail.

[taterguy]

7. Finally, someone who knows what they're talking about responded

Thank you.

Do I go East or West on the Avon bypass?

[mwooldri]

9. Due West.

Then turn right at Albuquerque.

[taterguy]

10. You go West on the Bypass in Southern Shores to get to Hatteras

Are you sure you're talking about the Bypass in Avon?

[mwooldri]

12. The A4 via Bath? Or the A363 via Bradford-on-Avon ? nt

[taterguy]

18. If you're coming from Bath you take the Swan Quarter ferry to Ocracoke

Have you ever even been to North Carolina?

And what's this 'Bradford on' shit?

It's just Avon. The locals needed something easy to pronounce.

[mwooldri]

22. North what? Never heard of the place.

Been to Portsmouth a few times though. Bath is quite a quaint place. Did you know that Bath is IN Avon?

As for me, I was born in Guilford, and raised in the Surry Hills. Considered going to Durham for college, I hear they got a good school there.

:P

[mzteris]

33. Go Duke!! n/t

[LostinVA]

14. DO NOT GET ON THe BLACKBEARD TURNPIKE!

They changed the exit numbers, so you really have to pay attention past Duck.

[taterguy]

17. Since when does North Carolina name roads after criminals?

Nevermind . . .

Actual road sign. Really. Yes, he was pardoned but still . . .

[mwooldri]

23. Ah but NC is the most fun state in the world!!! Seriously!

When you got places like this...



you just can't go wrong!

[taterguy]

26. Lots of things can go wrong in High Point

I speak from experience.

[LostinVA]

27. He's right -- High Point is the nexus of strangeness and insanity

[LostinVA]

13. West -- it swings you past Wrightsville before you reach Topsail

get some BBQ for em at the Stamey's there!!!

[taterguy]

16. There's a Stamey's at the Coast?

I thought Stamey's only served Western-style Que.

Is it legal to sell Western-style BBQ in Eastern North Carolina?

[LostinVA]

19. It;s in Greensboro

You crazy man.

[taterguy]

20. Swinging by Greensboro when you're going from Hatteras to Ocracoke would be crazy

Their new Civil Rights Museum is quite nice though.

Seriously.

[LostinVA]

21. At the Woolworth's?

I ate there when it was still open as a Woolworth's, when I worked downtown.

[taterguy]

29. Yes, it's at the Woolworth's

Highly recommended if you're ever in the area:

http://www.sitinmovement.org/home.asp

[tigereye]

24. hmm, it's been a very long time for me, so I don't know

but it's a great ride.


Love Hatteras- hope it's not too crazily built up since we were there...

[taterguy]

25. Only an idiot would build on a spit of land that sticks out in the ocean and is a hurricane target

But since there are plenty of idiots in the world, yeah, it's pretty built up.

The good news is that most of the island is still protected National Seashore.

[LostinVA]

28. And one where the highest elevation is like 20 feet

Except for Kitty Hawk and Jockey's Ridge.

[tigereye]

30. we used to drive those last 50? 70? miles of the Natl Seashore in the dark

desperate to get there finally and have a drink.


One time we stayed in those silver trailers on stilts- forget the name of that town near Hatteras. There were great shack-type places to eat, and people fishing on the beach, and very few giant houses. Also the largest biting skeeters I have ever seen.



But wow, few better places to see the Milky Way. Just beautiful. Hope you have a great time, we haven't been there since my husband's parents passed away.

[taterguy]

31. Frisco is the town closest to Hatteras Village

Yes, it's named for that city in California.

It's about 60 miles from Nags Head.

[tigereye]

32. do you fish in the surf? That's what my FIL used to do...

loved how folks parked their trucks on the beach - never saw that anywhere else. My sister also used to camp there at futher in at Oregon inlet, I think, and fish.

[taterguy]

34. The tradition of trucks on the beach began because roads came late to Hatteras

For years, the only way to get from one end of the island to the other was drive up the beach. The sand on the other side of the dune line was too soft.

Now there's a big raging controversy because the Park Service is placing some restrictions on it.

I don't fish, I just enjoy the sights and sounds.