my mom is talking about renting a house on the beach in outerbanks this summer for my whole family (sister, bro & families).
she was in touch w/ a real estate agent who mentioned a town called cordova (i think that is it). when i looked at it online, it said no cars unless you have 4 wheel drive. does that make sense? are all of the towns like that?
w/ 2 kids and a boatload of stuff to bring (we would be driving), we'd want to be able to drive right up to the house.
also, can you recommend any other towns? do any towns have "activities" for the kids.
any insight you can offer would be appreciated!!
ETA: I just looked up the town - it is called Carova; When I did a google search, it said there are no paved roads & you need 4 wheel drive.
Re: anyone know a lot about outer banks in NC?
I would look into houses in Duck or Southern Shores. That is correct about Corolla.. you need 4WD.
Just to clarify what pp said, Corolla does have some 4wd access (one year we stayed in the house that was 2 down from the beach access) but in generally it's a really nice area. Lots of houses that you drive right up to and have lots of amenities. That's where we stayed with my family a year and a half ago. I think what you are talking about is different and further north.
North on the island there isn't all that much for kids to do. You've got the beach and the playground at the tim buck too shopping center. There is an environmental center that has programs I believe, we only walking around on our own. There is an aquarium but that is way way south. We didn't really need to do all that much other than the beach. Teagan was 3.5 and wanted to go every day
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That's totally wrong. I just googled it. It's Carova you must be talking about.
Mom to Teagan 4.11.07 and Cora 9.30.11
D&E @ 22w 9.30.09 CMV infection BFP 10.15.10 C/P 4w4d
We drove on the beach and needed 4WD..tons of signs! . We saw houses and thought you could only get to them from the beach.... but I must be wrong. Sorry. Just assumed you needed it.
Not sure where Carova is.