It's for 10 days now to avoid Memorial weekend traffic going back home can now leave on Tuesday. You can share the room with someone as there are two twin beds, Heidi, Janelle and Janet are going.
Have you always wanted to go to Paradise but didn't know where it was located? Look no further because we found it on Ocracoke Island, Outer Banks (OBX), NC. It is better than Negril, Jamaica, or Key West, with 16 miles of almost deserted beach; it's your own private island! Its beach was rated better than Hawaii for multiple years.
One bedroom just opened up as they got a new job and do not have the vacation time to come anymore. Lucky you! There is one private bedroom with two twin beds.
The cottage has WiFi, washer/dryer, kitchen (fully equipped & dishwasher), dining area, one full bathroom and two half bathrooms (and an outside shower) and living room with cable TV and movies and games and books, and a huge screened-in porch overlooking the wildlife filled marsh (birds mostly). Porch has a picnic table, rocking chairs, and chairs, and there's a deck. Off street parking. Sheets and towels are not provided so either bring your own or rent them for $30. (Don't forget your beach towels!)
There are no hotels/motels or houses on the beach because Ocracoke Island is a wildlife preserve. Very few people live there (~600) or go to all the beach spots, so in some spots on the beach you can go naked if you wish! They have great restaurants and a fresh seafood market and a marvelous grocery store.
Activities: There's parasailing (~$60-80), sailing (sunset sail $50), fishing trips and boat rentals, 4x4 Jeep rentals (~$125/4 hrs.), bikes ($45/wk.), kayaks and canoes (~$85/wk.), stand up boards, all day tours of nearby historic Portsmouth island with deserted beach and perfect shells (~$40), golf cart rentals, two different places to go on nature hikes (free), wild horses penned up, great food at their gourmet and regular restaurants and cooking out on our grill with fresh fish from the seafood market; it's a surreal place. Or you can just relax and read a book. A week isn't enough!
You can be on your own most of the time if you choose, but if you like we can get together for special events like sunset sail, nature hikes, excursion to Hatteras, Portsmouth boat trip, live bands, and some dinners and lunches. You don't have to hang with us, you can do whatever you like! We usually watch movies and play games at night; Poker, Yahtzee, Dominos, Scrabble, Rummikub, etc. Bring your favorite game and we'll play it.
You can send money via a check (I'll send you my address) or you can give me cash in person, and I'll write you a receipt. I do not do Venmo anymore because they think I am renting out rooms and making money, and they charge me a transaction fee and then the IRS taxes me! I am not making any money. I am only breaking even if I am lucky. Contact me if interested and we'll work out the details. Possible payment plan if needed.
I can send pictures of the house and the island and links to the island's pictures and activities upon request just send me your email address and phone number so I can text pictures as well.
You can shorten your drive by 2.5 hrs. and save on gas if you take the ferry from Swan's Quarters, NC that costs $15! Well worth it and highly recommended. Make your reservation ahead of time. Here is the link for the $15 ferry (last one is at 4:30 pm but be there by 4 pm and don't be late!):
https://www.google.com/search? Ei=ZJajXNnnBoyx5wLYqKyYCg&q=Swan+Quarter+Ocracoke+ferry&oq=Swan+Quarter+Ocracoke+ferry&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i20i263j0j0i22i30l4.4663.11751..12126...1.0..0.115.1490.16j2......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j35i304i39j0i13i30j0i8i13i30j33i10j0i13.eJrxcvfCHUc
No smoking is allowed in the house, but you can smoke on the side deck. No dogs allowed but you can board your dog at 'Sandy Paws' down the road for reasonable prices. I am boarding my dog there. Janet does a great job taking care of them and does private walks of each dog four times a day.
I can text you the address and door code so you can go directly to the house after 5 pm or we can meet at SMacNally's for dinner on the water first and then go to the house. Your choice.
All aboard, mates!
