The new hit Netflix TV show took the world by storm during quarantine. The show revolves around group of four teens in North Carolina's Outer Banks, are on a treasure hunt for gold worth $400 million. The show centers on John B Rutledge, played by Chase Stokes, a 17-year-old rebel that lives in the Outer Banks. His father goes missing on the search for this $400 million treasure. He and his friends (they call themselves Pogues) go search for the gold themselves but they encounter many obstacles along the way.

You may be wondering; is this how the Outer Banks really is? As from someone who spends every summer there, for a quick answer, yes and no.

The Outer Banks are islands off the coast of North Carolina. They have beaches, state parks, shipwrecks and many vacation sites which make it a popular vacation. There's only one bridge to get to the Outer Banks (locals like this, since adding another bridge would bring more tourists).

The Netflix show depiction of the Outer Banks is a small town surrounded by marshes, sand, and water. This is partly true. Yes, the Outer Banks is surrounded by marshes sand and ocean, but there are many different towns in the Outer Banks, as well as counties. These counties include Dare County, Currituck County, and Orcaroke Island. Whenever I go to the Outer Banks, I am in Currituck County, so I will tell you a little bit about that.

I spend most of my time at the beach whenever I am in the Outer Banks, specifically the town of Corolla. I surf with my cousins, go on bike rides, longboard/skateboard, and enjoy the beautiful scenery. The surfing aspect that we saw John B and Pope experience in the first episode is all true.

As for the shipwrecks, that is true, but not the $400 million treasure we see in the show.

The whole show revolves around the $400 million that is supposedly in the sunken ship, "The Royal Merchant". However, there is no "Royal Merchant" in the actual Outer Banks. Sorry to ruin it for some of the adventure people out there. However, there are five shipwrecks you can visit along the Outer Banks coast. These include The Huron, The Triangle Wrecks, The Oriental, The Pocahontas, and The Winks Wreck. The newest shipwreck is The Ocean Pursuit, a 72 foot scallop boat that became seen on the shoreline at Coquina Beach in the beginning of March.

I enjoy every minute while I am in the Outer Banks. Eventually, when I'm older, I would like to have a house there. I go every summer to visit my cousins to their house there and they live there for the summer. There is never a dull moment when I am there. The shops, ice cream, life by the beach, riding our bikes everywhere, waking up and the sand is only a few yards away. The Outer Banks is definitely "the life". I cannot wait to go there for Fourth of July week. Anyone looking for a new vacation spot, and hasn't visit the Outer Banks, I highly recommend.

You never know what you might find.