16 days left until we leave for a week in Nags Head to celebrate Thanksgiving with family. We already have a pile started for packing but time to get serious. This will be our second visit this year (first in July). We are 100% beach people in the summer so visiting at a different time of year gives us the chance to check out some other things. Any suggestions?
We have done Thanksgiving week in the Outer Banks for probably 10 years on and off over the last 20.We have a beachfront home in Nags Head this year and it will be our first since 2020.Thanksgiving week basically everything is open still. Obviously on Thanksgiving day it is different. Weather can be quite lovely some years. In fact I remember one year we had a high of 82
I rented an ocean front home in Hatteras Village for Thanksgiving week in 2006. A winter Nor'easter blew in on Monday with winds gusting to 90 MPH+. The master suite was on the top floor and the house was shaking so much the shower doors in the bathroom were banging back and forth in the tracks. There were white caps in the toilet. No one could get on the Island until late Thursday and the power was out for most of that time. But turkeys were cooking on Weber grilles and some guests still arrived for a late dinner. There were plenty of dune breaches, and flooded roads in all of the likely spots. I didn't go north of Buxton until Sunday. Burrus Red and White stayed open and saved the day for many! Quite the experience, but fun none the less.
Thanks for the feedback! This will be our second Thanksgiving in Nags Head so we're familiar with the range of weather possibilities, that most places are open etc. We got rained out for WinterLights two years ago so we'll try again this year. How long should we plan for that to take? Trying to decide if we want to eat dinner before or after. If you see people sitting outside at Fishheads, that will probably be us. Coming from NY, anything above 30 this time of year feels a bit like a heat wave.
16 days left until we leave for a week in Nags Head to celebrate Thanksgiving with family. We already have a pile started for packing but time to get serious. This will be our second visit this year (first in July). We are 100% beach people in the summer so visiting at a different time of year gives us the chance to check out some other things. Any suggestions? Many things are still open that time of year. I can't speak for touristy stuff as that's not my jam. Fish Heads will be closed. Manteo may be a cool spot to walk around as some folks may have holiday decorations out at that time. The 12 Bars of Christmas starts up on the 29th in case you want to go out for some beverages or you're sick of Thanksgiving grub. Click to follow link... I've done "Jingle 12" (Lucky 12) a few times and it's always a fun time. Of course there's always the beach.