5/31/2023 0 Comments The ocean isale bridge![]() I know taking a trip right now is not for everyone-and I totally respect that! A lot of people have asked me if people were taking socially distancing seriously when we were there, and I would candidly say not really. It was such a relaxing trip and just reminded me of simpler times. I hadn’t spent a week at the beach in five years, and I forgot just how wonderful it is-unlike a sightseeing trip you’re not go, go, go, and I am convinced that a cold drink just tastes better on the beach. ![]() We all love the beach, and given it was very conducive to social distancing-we could cook most of our meals at home, eat on a patio outside with a lot of ocean airflow when we wanted to go out, and set up our umbrella at least six feet apart from others-we quickly decided a week at the beach was the perfect way to escape from the four walls we had been staring at for the past three months. Right before Memorial Day as things were beginning to open up, my sisters, my cousins, and I started brainstorming what type of vacation we might be able to safely go on this summer and quickly decided a road trip was most realistic. Brunswick County is also home to Oak Island, Calabash, Holden Beach, Sunset Beach, Shallotte, Southport, and Bald Head Island-all of which are great places in their own right, and many of which my family has spent time exploring, too.Īs many of you know, my trips to Las Vegas, France, and Italy were canceled as a result of COVID-19, so I found myself with a lot of extra vacation days for the year. It’s about an hour south of Wilmington and an hour north of Myrtle Beach. Ocean Isle Beach is not in the Outer Banks, but in Brunswick County, the southern most county on North Carolina’s eastern seaboard that borders the line with South Carolina. Enter: Ocean Isle Beach, my family’s favorite coastal Carolina town! It became so commercialized and so crowded that we really wanted to find a smaller, quieter beach town to set up camp at for our annual seaside respite. We went to North Myrtle Beach-bouncing around between Cherry Grove, Windy Hill, and Ocean Drive if you’re familiar-up through the time I was in high school, and then it really just started growing out of control. I’m so excited about today’s post as Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina is one of my favorite vacation spots in the US-and it’s one I feel like not as many people know about! Growing up, my family spent a week at the beach every summer and it was always my favorite week of the year. ![]() Editor’s Note-you can read a recap of our 2021 trip to Ocean Isle Beach here!
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