Hidden Outer Banks

10/08/2024

What is this? Round three? Four? Seven? Who knows. Reading the Rules Review Commission objections to Area of Environmental Concern (AEC) leaves me wondering if there is any desire on the part of the review commission to protect Jockey's Ridge. Maybe things will be different this time.

By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice At an August 6 special meeting of the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission (CRC), the commissioners voted unanimously to begin the process of reinstituting A…

06/08/2024

Birds eating. Something a bit different.

05/08/2024

I can't even begin to say how good this movie was. Moving, disturbing at times, and it is movie that defies a simple description. Unfortunately it has ended its premier run at the Pioneer Theater, but when this comes back around, see it.

By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice Los Frikis is a complex movie. It is at times difficult to watch, and yet, it is also difficult to look away because the story it tells is ultimately a triumph of th…

02/08/2024

How dare you say no to this invitation.

31/07/2024

This is a follow up to the death of Bullwinkle the 10 year old stallion that was struck by a utility vehicle late Friday evening. There's some pretty graphic details in the story.

Meg Puckett of the Corolla Wild Horse Fund said the recent death of Bullwinkle, a 10-year-old stallion struck on the beach by the driver of a side-by-side utility vehicle, affects the future of the herd.

26/07/2024

With a $1 billion price tag (yes that is with a B) it rather begs the question, just how big are the tolls going to be to pay for this.

Soaring price tag for the project now put at about $1B By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice After years of delays, missteps and lawsuits, the Mid Currituck Bridge project appears to be finally moving t…

24/07/2024

It is just insane to me that after all this time, people still think releasing balloons is a good way to celebrate life. It may work for humans but it sure doesn't work well for wildlife.

Debbie Swick of Southern Shores, who's passionate about marine life, led an effort that has made it illegal to release balloons from Duck to Hatteras Village.

24/07/2024

Amazing evening at Sandy Run. Just amazing.

20/07/2024

The rains ended this afternoon so I had a good chance to get the camera out and see what I could see.

18/07/2024

14/07/2024

Pics from adventures at Sandy Run and Run Hill.

07/07/2024

Be there if you can and bring thoughts, stories, poems, essays and an open mind.

28/06/2024

Time to relax, take a deep breath and another trip to Sandy Run Park.

25/06/2024

Caption this, Why I Love Sandy Run Park.

21/06/2024

Just an absolutely amazing treat. Seeing John Buford back on keyboard, TTshombe Selbys voice I swear is getting more range and nuance, some great tidbits of history and the weather was perfect.

By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice With well over 100 people in attendance at the Pea Island Cookhouse Museum in Manteo, the fourth annual Juneteenth Celebration featured the remarkable voice of nati…

17/06/2024

And now for something completely different. Two Boat Tailed Grackles on the Kitty Hawk Beach. Two leaping out of the way of the way of incoming waves...well, the same grackle different shots, and one grackle in the middle of humans, figuring, no doubt, they'll drop something I can eat. I'm torn between the shot of the grackle with something in its bill and the pic of the grackle looking at me as a favorite.

15/06/2024

The Man. The Legend. The Mojo. Like the EverReady Bunny on stage with killer blues/rock guitar. Amazing.

By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice After 60 plus years of blues, rock and roll and a few other genres, a heart attack five years ago and two new hips recently, Mojo Collins, at 81, still knows how to …

10/06/2024

I've been busy and haven't gotten out with my camera as much as usual. Still, over the past week or so, I've managed to get a few pics that may be interesting.

07/06/2024

Looking forward to the best open mic yet.

06/06/2024

This is a fantastic book for children by Hannah Bunn West with Ann-Cabell Baum. I was really impressed with the work they did with Save Our Sand Dunes.

The 50th anniversary of the official opening of Jockey’s Ridge State Park is just around the corner in 2025. It seems fitting, then, that Save Our Sand

05/06/2024

A fascinating two days that really challenged perceptions on the first contact between the Indigenes People and the English. Yet regardless of the telling, Ralph Lane continues to be the poster child for how to ruin relationships and kill people.

A two-day program in Manteo last week brought together researchers who study the Indigenous people of the late 16th century in what is now northeastern North Carolina and their short-lived relationship with colonists.

02/06/2024

So much better than three years ago. I'm still not a fan of telling of the death of Wingina symbolically. It really does not work and context is lost. Nonetheless, it was a pleasant night of theater in a beautiful setting.

By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice Telling the story of the first attempt by the English to colonize the New World, The Lost Colony has opened for its 87th season on Roanoke Island. With strong perfor…

29/05/2024

An amazing addition to game lands in Hyde County. What is particularly good about this is the NC Wildlife Commission is very good about protecting the environment.

The parcel purchased earlier this spring is mainly marsh and is bordered by Spencer Bay, Germantown Bay and Rose Bay in Hyde County.

27/05/2024

This just scratches the surface of who and what Billy Mitchell accomplished. And our nation is more secure because of him, but that doesn't change the fact that his trials for insubordination was justified, or that he was a prima donna who was probably almost impossible to work with. And he was certainly visionary. It doesn't show up in the article (it was already over 1000 words) but in 1924 he predicted Japanese expansionism would force them to confront the US and the war would begin with an attack on Pearl Harbor quickly followed by an attack on Clark Field in the Philippines.

Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice The Billy Mitchell highway sign on the north end of Hatteras Village gives a sense of who Brigadier General Mitchell was. But it does not come even close to telling the…

25/05/2024

What an amazing group of people to meet. Great stories of competitions, friendship and family. All of the competitors agreed on one really important point...the Worrell 1000 is unique in teh world of competitive sailing for how grueling and demanding it is.

Worrell 1000 competitors on the thrills and challenges of the race By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice Eleven impressive 18-foot catamarans came ashore on May 23 at Kill Devil Hills on the next to last…

19/05/2024

Not earth shattering but a nice time for plants and people. Including a pic that didn't get included but I like. Adrian leaning about lady bugs and gardens at the Dare County Extension Service tent. Gardenershttps://www.outerbanksvoice.com/2024/05/19/about-2500-plants-on-display-at-coastal-gardening-festival-2/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2Z2ddT7Vi07u_dtrLKRpfmgopMsBtY446Bboyy-CybfWZd9qKWK5FoF6g_aem_AXyHvS-Z_ScjZ9kU2qLm_YUsAx4g5IB9eNxZEXQ7wRZ66gL6verQzrpSFoBBgoFNTkrD7vAUxXeX5EW8EUMZh3Fy

16/05/2024

This was one of my all time favorite fun stories to write. Great people to interview who are passionate, interesting subject, cool research. What's not to like from a writer's perspective.

Record numbers came out Saturday to tour the remaining few modest, single-story block homes that are a reminder of simpler times on the Outer Banks.

12/05/2024

I did a pretty deep dive into history and research for this one. Fascinating man.

Arriving on Roanoke Island in 1585, he created the first science center in the New World By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice There’s a historic marker at the entrance of Fort Raleigh National Histori…

10/05/2024

Whenever I need to feel hope for the future, I look at the faces of children. Children & Youth Partnership for Dare County that was an amazing KidsFest.

By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice The are hints that today’s 15th Annual KidsFest, held on Friday, May 10 and sponsored by Children & Youth Partnership (CYP) of Dare County, was as well-attended…

06/05/2024

Something I have never seen before. Two red-bellied woodpeckers hanging out together. One of the cool things about this shot is the red bellies that give the bird its name can be clearly seen.