Confessions of a Nags Head Woods Experience on the Outer Banks of NC

Bonnie with our two kids and Lady Luck at the mall just before her water broke.

Delivering Babies While Wearing Board Shorts Aug 19, 2022

Sometimes life comes at you all at once.

August 18, 2005. It was a typical, busy Thursday of watersports in Duck, North Carolina. We got a call over the marine VHF radio from our jet-ski patrol about a situation on the water. I did not hear the original call but our staff responded quickly and they...

Best Food On The Go, Outer Banks Aug 12, 2022

My Best Picks for Food-On-The-Go

If you're running around on the Outer Banks there's a good chance you need to grab some food on the fly. Maybe it's breakfast on your way to work, a quick lunch, or snacks for the beach. Here are my favorites.

Best Pre-made Salads: Cahoon's Market, Nags Head

C...

Watersports Crazies Aug 06, 2022

Screw-Loose Bob

Having owned a business for 24 years I've had tons of employees. Frankly, I've forgotten quite a few of them. A few, however, I will never forget. For better or worse.

Many summers ago I was in my home-office catching up on some paperwork. It was a slow day at the business an...

Ready for an Outer Banks Weekend, 8/5/22 Aug 05, 2022

Things To Do

Manteo First Friday, 8/5/22. A great opportunity to experience music, art, drinks, and fun.

https://www.facebook.com/manteofirstfriday/

Don't Panic

If the pandemic, fuel crisis, and baby formula shortage taught me one thing; if there's just a whisper of a shortage, people will hoar...

The Renegade Jet-Ski Renter Aug 05, 2022

Preface

In 2004 I owned two watersports locations; Kitty Hawk Watersports in Nags Head and another in Duck (by a different name). On June 25th I received a phone call from my manager in Duck. At the time of the phone call I was twenty miles away, managing Kitty Hawk Watersports. She informs me t...

Ready for an Outer Banks Weekend, 7/29/22 Jul 29, 2022

Things To Do

Northeast North Carolina has amazing peaches. Why not celebrate?

https://knottsislandruritans.org/knotts-island-peach-festival

Elmo Has A Swear Jar?

https://twitter.com/old5choolcool/status/1552084836428369920?t=xqA6gv_S9gFMZIHjPb1sXQ&s=19

Ernie Bowden

You may recall I ment...

Look, Mom, I Made A Podcast Jul 26, 2022

The one thing I really wanted to get out there when I came up with the idea of this web site was the podcasts. I felt like there were so many great, personal stories that needed to be told and recorded. Well, I have finally submitted and been approved by Apple Podcasts. All you have to do is open...

Ready for an Outer Banks Weekend, 7/22/22 book stores local news movies twitter Jul 22, 2022

Uh Oh

If you were on the Outer Banks yesterday and wanted/needed to go north to Southern Shores, Duck, or Corolla, you had a bit of a surprise waiting for you. A water main break on Ocean Boulevard in Southern Shores flooded Rt. 12 and all traffic was diverted to South and East Dogwood Trail. I c...

Did You Hear Something? Jul 20, 2022

My goal for yesterday was to post a new podcast. When I opened the file I realized I still had a bunch of work left to do. No problem, I said to myself, I'll knock it out Wednesday morning. I woke up at 4 a.m. today, looked at the file again, and realized it's going to be next week's post. We'll cal...

Steve The Dream Jul 19, 2022

There once was a man who lived on this beach and his name was Steve Thomas. Many of us remember him as Steve the Dream. Steve Thomas was a stay-at-home-dad to his two daughters while his wife, Anne, worked for the Dare County Health Department. Steve the Dream was his alter-ego who would entertain p...

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