Travel & Vacation Guide, North Carolina

By Adrien White

North Carolina is an evolving state with booming cities, yet retains its rustic charm. In this article, we highlight motorhome lodgings in North Carolina you can use as a base camp for your trip.

North Carolina is a southern state with a variety of different atmospheres. The coastal region, with its beautiful beaches and warm sun, is a popular vacation spot for families and those who enjoy the ocean. Further inland, there are mountains to please any naturalist – from the Great Smoky Mountain range to the Blue Ridge mountains; there is a spot for any hiker to enjoy. For those who are more into a collegiate atmosphere, the “Triangle” region of Durham and Chapel Hill is home to many universities. Finally, historians always enjoy a trip to Kitty Hawk – home of the Wright Brothers’ first flight. One thing is true in all of these spots – the motorhome lodgings in North Carolina are a great place to stay to experience these settings.

Located in the beautiful beach region of the Outer Banks, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina draws visitors from all over the United States. This area is a great place to experience the beach atmosphere along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, as well as a good place for historians to see what the Wright Brothers saw. Once a tiny village, Kitty Hawk has become one of the biggest villages on the Outer Banks – due to the historical meaning of the spot as well as the ideal beach surroundings. You can walk through the village and enjoy the fishing atmosphere, as well as the quaint beach houses and shops. Four miles away, you can see the actual site of the 1903 flight, in what is now known as Kill Devil Hills.

About an hour away from Kitty Hawk, NC is the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. While finding an motorhome park in the Kitty Hawk region is quite difficult, there are many motorhome lodgings in North Carolina that are nearby, especially in the Hatteras region. One of these lodgings is the Camp Hatteras, located in Rodanthe, NC. This lodging offers many different types of accommodations, from full hookups for your motorhome to “primitive” tent sites with no services. The camp is open year round, making it an ideal spot for a trip any time of year.

Other amenities at Camp Hatteras include concrete pads and full hookups with cable TV and wireless Internet, and three swimming pools and a Jacuzzi. Additionally, there is a laundry and shower facilities, a clubhouse and conference center, 1000 ft frontage on the Atlantic Ocean and even three stocked fishing ponds. Miniature golf and tennis are also located on site, along with a playground for children and other sporting facilities. You can easily spend a lot of time on site at this motorhome lodging and thoroughly amuse your family!

There are many different motorhome lodgings in North Carolina – with the amenities and seasonal availability varying depending on the part of the state the park is located in. Those along the shore are extremely family friendly, and are a great place for your next family vacation.

By Christopher DiCicco

The NASCAR Hall of Fame was designated to be built in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 6, 2006 and groundbreaking began in 2007. It is projected to be opened for visitors in 2010. The Hall of Fame will be a welcome asset for tourism in Charlotte plus create jobs for the locals. It will have an office building that will house the business operations of marketing the image and licensing. The Hall of Fame has also adopted the words “Racing was built here Racing belongs here” as its slogan.

Besides being a very modern building that captures the spirit of racing, the Hall of Fame has as its first mission to pick the first inductees. There are some unofficial Hall of Fame sites where people are taking polls and we’ll take a look at some of the popular drivers getting voted for.

Lee Petty

Lee Petty had 54 victories and is the father of Richard Petty. He raced during the 1950s an 1960s when it really began to take off. His home state is also in North Carolina. He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, and elected to the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.

Richard Petty

He is getting a lot of votes at unofficial Hall of Fame sites and it is to no surprise. Richard Petty has 200 wins and 7 championship titles. He and Dale Earnhardt are the only two drivers in NASCAR’s history to have 7 championship titles. Richard Petty was dubbed the title of the “King of Racing.” He is the son of Lee Petty who was also a championship driver.

Bobby Allison

Here is another well-known name is racing. He has 84 victories with 3 Daytona 500 championships.

Cale Yarborough

Cale Yarborough has 83 victories plus he’s famous as being the only driver to win 3 straight championships. He is ranked 5th in the All-time winner’s list. He has also been the winner of the Daytona 500 four times.

Bobby Isaac

Bobby Isaac had to leave a race in 1977 because of heat exhaustion. During the time they were treating him he had a heart attack and died. In his short life of 45 years, he would achieve 37 victories. He would also set 28 world land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah (outside of the competition). He would eventually be named as one of 50 of the all-time great drivers. He is also a 1979 inductee of the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame.

There are other driver greats being considered including Buck Backer, Clay Earls, Tim Flock, and Junior Johnson.

Charlotte, North Carolina is a perfect location for the NASCAR Hall of Fame because there are over 50 teams of the Busch, Craftsman Truck, and Nextel Cup Series Championship competition all in close proximity to Charlotte. And Charlotte was the home of the first premier race in 1949. That’s why they say racing started in Charlotte and should remain in Charlotte.

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