If you are visiting the Outer Banks for the Fourth of July, you simply can’t miss the Whalehead Club Independence Day Festival and Fireworks.  As locals, we attend every year, making lifelong memories of many magical evenings at Whalehead. During the day, bands play, vendors sell food and children enjoy clowns, crafts and face painting.  But at dusk the real fun begins.  People “in the know” drive to Whalehead, cars loaded with blankets, chairs and picnic baskets.  The Department of Travel and Tourism has the parking down to a science.  They pack cars in quickly and tightly, however it is best to arrive before dark to be sure you get a spot.  There is ...