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[firstdown]

There are several places that have sky diving but I would be no help. As fo fishing let me go to a site and ask for some help and see what I find. You do have Jenett's fishing pier in that area that was just built and is very nice. This time of year the action for spot and croaker should be pretty good. Its also not very expensive.

[CooleyAsCanBe]

I just got back from there. My kids are in that age range. Here are a few suggestions:

3- is there anything to do around that area .. we are going to be a couple of families with 5 kids from 1 yr to 6 yrs old

I agree with Firstdown on the aquariums, especially with kids. We enjoyed the one at Roanoke Island with ours.

Hit the Kittty Hawk Wright Brothers museum, but make sure to drive around to the other side of the hill where the big granite monument is, they have a life-size metal recreation of the Wright Flyer your kids can climb on and take pictures. My kids loved that.

Hit the Jockey's Ridge State Park dunes. It's a few miles south in Nags Head. My kids had a blast running down them and you can get some hilarious pictures of them tumbling. I'd go in the morning or afternoon, not at peak heat hours since it gets hot.

5 - any bbq/food places that we must try out

Best Carolina BBQ we got was all the way up in Corolla at Corolla Village BBQ, so not likely worth the drive.

Great burger and seafood fast food joint in Kitty Hawk is John's Drive In. It's just a block from the beach. The mahi mahi fish and chips are great and their shakes are good. Old and authentic and better than any fast food places.

Driving-wise, make sure to take 664 around Norfolk to avoid the city traffic and keep your eyes on traffic on 95 and be ready to jump off on Route 1 between DC and Richmond if there's an accident or a bad back-up.

Have a great time. Work's been tough this week after being down there all of last week.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by CooleyAsCanBe

I just got back from there. My kids are in that age range. Here are a few suggestions:

3- is there anything to do around that area .. we are going to be a couple of families with 5 kids from 1 yr to 6 yrs old

I agree with Firstdown on the aquariums, especially with kids. We enjoyed the one at Roanoke Island with ours.

Hit the Kittty Hawk Wright Brothers museum, but make sure to drive around to the other side of the hill where the big granite monument is, they have a life-size metal recreation of the Wright Flyer your kids can climb on and take pictures. My kids loved that.

Hit the Jockey's Ridge State Park dunes. It's a few miles south in Nags Head. My kids had a blast running down them and you can get some hilarious pictures of them tumbling. I'd go in the morning or afternoon, not at peak heat hours since it gets hot.

5 - any bbq/food places that we must try out

Best Carolina BBQ we got was all the way up in Corolla at Corolla Village BBQ, so not likely worth the drive.

Great burger and seafood fast food joint in Kitty Hawk is John's Drive In. It's just a block from the beach. The mahi mahi fish and chips are great and their shakes are good. Old and authentic and better than any fast food places.

Driving-wise, make sure to take 664 around Norfolk to avoid the city traffic and keep your eyes on traffic on 95 and be ready to jump off on Route 1 between DC and Richmond if there's an accident or a bad back-up.

Have a great time. Work's been tough this week after being down there all of last week.

John's is actually on the beach road 4 mile marker and they only have picnic tables outside. Great food but parking sucks.


Hit the Kittty Hawk Wright Brothers museum, but make sure to drive around to the other side of the hill where the big granite monument is, they have a life-size metal recreation of the Wright Flyer your kids can climb on and take pictures. My kids loved that.

The raod to drive around the back is Colington Road across from Dairy Q and if you keep goin down Colington Road you will hit Billy's Seafood. Its a winding road back to Billy's and its just over the bridge.

[firstdown]

The info I gave you in my first post I was thinking you where in Nags Head not kitty hawk. The info is good its just a little drive south from where you are staying. Do you know what mile marker you near.

[over the mountain]

we are actually in Duck, not kitty hawk. real cool house with a pool hot tub and volley ball court.

we drove down to avalon pier and plan on driving down to perhaps as far as nags head today.

thanks for all the ideas fellas. my girl is only 1 year old so we cant do too much with her.

my buddy and his wife did save a 40 plus year old guy from drowning in the ocean yesterday. they say he stank of whiskey .. it was 11 am.

[Chico23231]

if you want good BBQ in OBX gotta hit Pigman BBQ around milepost 6.5. They actually have some old Skins pics hanging up in there. Trying the Tuna BBQ, outstanding

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

we are actually in Duck, not kitty hawk. real cool house with a pool hot tub and volley ball court.

we drove down to avalon pier and plan on driving down to perhaps as far as nags head today.

thanks for all the ideas fellas. my girl is only 1 year old so we cant do too much with her.

my buddy and his wife did save a 40 plus year old guy from drowning in the ocean yesterday. they say he stank of whiskey .. it was 11 am.

Tell em' thanx for me! I'll try to do better from here on out......

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

if you want good BBQ in OBX gotta hit Pigman BBQ around milepost 6.5. They actually have some old Skins pics hanging up in there. Trying the Tuna BBQ, outstanding

I've only been there once but I definitely second this recommendation!

[dmek25]

just got back from corolla and what a blast. nice family atmosphere, with everything being very relaxed. would definitely do again

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by dmek25

just got back from corolla and what a blast. nice family atmosphere, with everything being very relaxed. would definitely do again

You should have gone there back in the 80's as it was kind of a gost town. We would run up and down the beaches serching for waves without a care in the world. The dunes had 4x4 trails all over the place put now cottages sit in those spots.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

if you want good BBQ in OBX gotta hit Pigman BBQ around milepost 6.5. They actually have some old Skins pics hanging up in there. Trying the Tuna BBQ, outstanding

The times we ate at Pigmans it pretty much sucked but its been 10 years or more. We gave it several tries as did other and we all agreed it was not very good. I'll have to give it a try and see if its changed.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by firstdown

The times we ate at Pigmans it pretty much sucked but its been 10 years or more. We gave it several tries as did other and we all agreed it was not very good. I'll have to give it a try and see if its changed.

Tuna BBQ dude. Tuna BBQ

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Tuna BBQ dude. Tuna BBQ

I'll have to give that a try. Have you had their regular BBQ? I've had it drunk and hungry and it still was not very good.

[CultBrennan59]

Anyone know of any good sports bars in the Florida keys where I can watch the skins game?

[dmek25]

first what do you know about kill devil? going there next year