Outer Banks Area?

[ratatouille]

May be taking a family trip to the outer banks and the wife asked if I wanted to take the bike. Heck yeah! Just to clarify. My youngest is 20 and they are all still living at home. lol So it's not like it's a "Family, watch the little ones at the beach" kind of a vacation. So having the bike isn't an issue. :-)

Would anyone know of any good riding out that way? Google says Raleigh is about 3-1/2 - 4 hrs. I would be looking for just maybe 4 or 5 hour/day jaunts throughout the possible 2 weeks down there. Any good twisty, scenic roads out that way?

Thanks for any insight.

[GS1150Pilot]

When would you be doing that trip?

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Only been there one time, when my older son was a newborn, summer of 2001. We, and extended family rented 2 houses on the beach in Duck for a week. It was beautiful. The golf was very expensive. Wish I'd gone to Kittyhawk. Next time. Sorry, don't know much about the surrounding area. Definitely want to go back. Wished I had had a vehicle suitable for driving on the beach, that looked like fun (wouldn't try it on a bike, seen enough Million Dollar Bogan videos to know that's not a good idea).

[ratatouille]

When would you be doing that trip?

Not definitive yet, but mid May or so.

[GS1150Pilot]

That's a great time of year to go there.

[gtem]

I'm headed down to the OBX in a few weeks, we stay farther down, in Avon this time around, in the past I've stayed in Hatteras and also not as far, up in Salvo/Rodanthe. Sort of considering trailering a bike down just to cruise up and down NC12 in the evenings, though I suspect I won't. Also not a fan of the salt mist that rolls in overnight and ends up on everything (like nice shiny metal on a motorcycle).

[Rob S.]

Bring your golf clubs!