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Festival Park - Adventure Museum
grandmaR Says: This is called an Adventure Museum because the displays are set up for participation. You can dress in Elizabethan costume and learn how 16th-century sailors navigated their ships. There are exhibits on an Outer Banks Life-saving Station - much-needed in the early 1900s,...
North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island
grandmaR Says: There was a huge blow-up crab in the lobby with a sign saying "Happy Holidays from Sandy Claws". Bob took my picture in the grasp of the claws (see second picture), but it was very soft focus because it wasn't very light and that makes the exposure time longer which he...
Festival Park - Settlement Site
grandmaR Says: We went over to Roanoke Island two days, and on the second day we went to Festival Park. As we went in, we were told that there would be a 40 minute movie shown at noon (in 20 minutes) that would not be shown again until 2 pm. So we browsed a bit in the gift shop and then...
grandmaR Says: I was particularly interested in this garden because someone on VT has a tip under Elizabeth City where she says "The thing I liked a lot was going to the Elisibeatan Garden. .. I miss seeing the beatiful flowers and plants and sitting by the ocean and listening to the...
Toja Says: and not only because there are various aqua-creatures in this aquarium. The cooles were the otters, but unfortunately I can't offer a picture. Those mammals are so joyful and playful that it's hard to leave their spot and go forward :-)
b1bob Says: Folks, those who know me know I never have been real big on flowers, even before I started having allergies at 17. I visited the Elizabethan Gardens in June, 1977 when Daddy deferred to Mama's wishes to visit all these flowers. The gardens were landscaped in the 1950s as a...
Pirate's Cove: A holiday in a gated community
b1bob Says: This is not a hotel per se, but rather a complex of flats that can be privately owned, let or time-shared (you own it for one specific week of the year). Sometimes these rental places will offer gifts like a meal on the town if you listen to their sales pitch. It is on a...
Darrell's Seafood Restaurant: Try the Sunshine Cake
grandmaR Says: Not all the restaurants were open this time of year, but this one was. It was a very friendly and inexpensive place and the food was good.They introduced me to Carolina clam chowder. It was completely different from any that I've had before. It wasn't milk based like New...
Darrell's Restaurant: Darrell's Restaurant
b1bob Says: The air of a small family-owned restaurant. The atmosphere is no different from a family diner 100 miles (170 km.) inland. What it lacks in decor, it more than compensates in terms of good food and friendly service. When we would come in the 1980s, Daddy was a member of the...
Fisherman's Wharf: Fisherman's Wharf
b1bob Says: Really on a fisherman's wharf at the end of US 345. From the windows of the restaurant, you can see the fresh seafood being offloaded from the boats. Friends and neighbours, it doesn't get much fresher than that. Many times, restaurants blessed with such a great view as the...
grandmaR Says: We ate lunch at a place called the Full Moon Cafe.The website says:An Amalgam of Cuisines from around the World.Sharon Enoch and Paul Charron opened The Full Moon Cafe in the fall of 1995. The restaurant was an instant success with both locals and tourists. The menu, an...
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Every summer since 1927 (with the exception of the World War 2 years- due to blackout rules), they have put on a production of the historical event that made Roanoke Island famous. Roanoke Island was the first English colony in the Americas, but it wasn't permanent because the colonists mysteriously disappeared. Famous actor Andy Griffith got his start acting in "The Lost Colony" in the 1940s.
Updated Aug 19, 2006
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The Nags Head-Manteo Causeway is the bridge that links eastern Roanoke Island to Nags Head and the Outer Banks. This isn't just an ordinary bridge. It has a high hump in the middle to allow for passage of taller ships and, as you get closer to Nags Head, especially, there are plenty of shops and restaurants on either side.
Written Aug 19, 2006
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Mosquitoes are a big problem here as opposed to most parts of the Outer Banks. See, Roanoke Island is further inland so the air is more stagnant than at oceanfront. There as also more stagnant water. Furthermore, they are either so small they can fly through the holes of a screen porch or so large as to be able to break it down. Just as you apply sun block during the day at the beach, you should apply mosquito repellent during the evenings.
Updated Aug 19, 2006
The Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse
grandmaR Says: This is a replica of an 1877 screwpile lighthouse that was located offshore in Croatan Sound. It was decommisioned by the US Coast Guard in 1955. It has a short tower with the lantern on roof of the 1 1/2 story wooden keeper's house. An attempt to move the structure to the...
North Carolina Maritime Museum
grandmaR Says: After we visited the Aquarium and had lunch, we thought the Maritime Museum might make a good next stop. Unfortunately, it was closed - at that time of year it was only open Thursday to Sunday. The North Carolina Maritime Museum of Roanoke Island is located in the George...
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Every time we drove over to Roanoke Island, we passed this marina next to the causeway. Their website says:
"Pirate's Cove boasts a protected, deep water, full service marina consisting of 179 slips and a charter dock of 24 sportfish boats, which ranks as one of the world's finest and most experienced.
"The depth within the basin at mean low tide is between 7' and 8', with a tide of only about 1'
"We have a fuel dock for gas and diesel, but almost all of the boats can fuel right in their slips from mid-fueling stations strategically placed along our docks."
Equipment: $1.80/ft daily and weekly
$24/ft monthly
Please call for annual rate
Dockage rates include water, electric, and cable. Internet access is also available in our shipstore. Our staff includes a dock crew who works tirelessly all season long to provide transients, charter captains, and slip owners with fuel, bait, ice, or anything else they may need.
Updated Mar 22, 2005
Address: 2000 Sailfish D, Manteo Cswy
Phone: 473-3906
Website: http://www.fishpiratescove.com/
grandmaR Says: .. my grandfather visited Roanoke Island and mailed some post cards to my grandmother from Maneo. He didn't say much on any of the cards. Mostly all that was written was her address. The first card is General Ambrose's headquarters. Early in the Civil War (1862) Flag...
Island Gallery and Christmas Shop
b1bob Says: From 1967-2005, visitors have been discovering the special magic of the Christmas Shop and Island Gallery. Browse through room after room (36 in all) of Christmas decorations. There is also a Halloween Shop. Gifts include music boxes, jewelry, toys, decoys and Outer Banks...
b1bob goes to Roanoke Island, NC
Roanoke Island, the site of the first English settlement in the Americas (1584-'87) by Sir Walter Raleigh. Virginia Dare was the first English person born in the Americas in the county that would be...
Three Visits to Roanoke after Thanksgiving 2004
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