Outer Banks Rum Cakes: Taste the Treasure!
What it is: A Kill Devil Hills company who makes the best rum cakes we’ve ever had! The adorable box tells the legend of “Kill Devil Jill,” a pirate gal who survived a ship wreck off the coast of NC along with a barrel of rum “strong enough to kill the devil.” Jill shared her rum with the locals who rescued her and an Outer Banks tradition was born!
East Carolina University’s Center for Sustainable Tourism and BlueGreen Outer Banks have come together to create a survey in order to better understand what Outer Banks residents and vacationer’s perceptions of recycling. Take the survey and help the Outer Banks in their sustainable environment efforts.
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Monday July 12
Yoga on Duck Towne Green at 7:30 a.m. For more information call (252) 255-1286.
Sunset on the Ridge at Jockey’s Ridge State Park 8 p.m. For more information call (252) 441-7132.
Outer Banks Daredevils game at 6 p.m. $5 for adults $4 for seniors and children. Kids 5 and under are free. For more information call (252) 441-0600.
Behind the Scenes of “Nights in Rodanthe” 2 p.m. at Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site Free with paid site admission. For more information call (252) 987-1552.
Head out to the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills this weekend for the 32nd Annual Wright Kite Festival. Admission to the memorial is $4 for adults and free to children 16 and under. All festival activities are free. The festival will be held on Saturday, July 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sunday, July 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in celebration of the history of aviation. Large kite displays will dazzle festival goers from the top of the Wright Brothers Memorial.
