Do you know what part you're staying in? I went last year and stayed in Duck. We went to the Wright Brothers museum, visited three lighthouses, drove the entire length of the outerbanks but the most fun I had was at the far north end the road kicks you out to the beach. You can drive I think 14 miles on the beach to the Virginia line if you have a 4x4. You can drive over the sand dunes in certain areas and there are back roads for houses all the way up to Virginia. They do wild horse tours through there with Hummers and F250's that get bumper deep in the large puddles on the back roads. I went through a number of them which was fun.