My new husband and I wanted to visit the outer banks for our honeymoon and were bringing our jon boat along on the trip. We wanted more comfort than a hotel, so we chose a B&B. In order to find the B&B we were looking for, we checked the outer banks visitor's center website and read about all the things to do there. We chose Roanoke Island, as it was near the Alligator River Wildlife Refuge (I am a biologist and he is a forester, so wildlife ventures were a MUST for our trip). The website showed a list of B&B's under the accommodations section, and I read about all of our choices and selected the Wanchese Inn B&B, due to the boat parking and boat slip availability to its guests.

After calling the Wanchese Inn, the owners were so nice and laid-back (and we are laid-back people), that we knew that was the place for us. We weren't disappointed. Great people, great conversations over breakfast with the owners, and nice huge comfy room with jacuzzi that was fabulous! We had almost the entire top floor of the house to ourselves. Not ever having been from the outer banks before, we were interested in its history. There were countless historical pictures on the wall how the town once looked. We were so glad we stayed in Wanchese and away from the bigger town of Manteo and hustle and bustle of Nags Head.

While there, we visited the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Pea Island National Wildlife refuge, fished in Oregon Inlet off of Pamlico Sound, checked out Spencer Yacht Manufacturing area, ate great seafood at RV's, and caught a pool game or two at Shucker's. We also visited Jockey's Ridge State Park in Nags Head (huge 140' sand dunes) in which we hiked barefooted, and Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge on the way back home to Columbia, SC.

We had a nice time. Many thanks to Lynn and Bill of the Wanchese Inn B&B for an awesome time!

Katy and Chisolm Beckham
Columbia, SC