We just finished up a week's vacation at Nicole and Alan's Marshallberg Way House and had a wonderful time. The house is inviting, comfortable, peaceful, extremely clean and well furnished, and felt more like a home than a house, with lots of family photos and artwork. The place has character!
Each morning, we took our time and enjoyed observing and listening to all the birds who also make the place their home. There are plenty of bird identification books and even binoculars for birdwatchers. And our two dogs loved the large, private yard. We all also really took to the screened in porch.
Each day, we set off for a different adventure, exploring the Down East area of the Crystal coast of NC. We had such a great time. The highlight adventure was taking the ferry out to both Shackleford Banks and Cape Lookout on the same day. We saw the Spanish Mustangs on Shackleford, visited the lighthouse at Cape Lookout, and spent hours on the beach hunting for shells, with great success, I must say. :)
Harker's Island was a lot of fun and we really enjoyed the Core Sound Museum as well as visiting some of the locals' decoy workshops. We spent a day over at Morehead City and Atlantic Beach, as our nearly 4 year old daughter is definitely a beach girl, but we highly preferred the greater area surrounding the house.
We had many great meals in Beaufort, which is just a 20 minute drive from the house and has plenty of nice restaurants. We definitely took advantage of the area's fantastic seafood.
We highly recommend the Way House. Nicole and Alan are welcoming hosts and will quickly answer any questions you may have. We look forward to returning and exploring more of the area, including the Cedar Island area, as we ran out of time on this trip.
Thanks so much, Nicole and Alan!