Day 4 Nags Head

Yesterday was a travel day for us.  We left the campground at 8 AM, stopped in Lewes for a sticky bun and cinnamon roll at the "Old World Bread" bakery, and then headed south to the Outer Banks and Cape Hatteras.  Along the way we crossed Chesapeake Bay via the bridge tunnel, and stopped in Norfolk for lunch at Free Mason Abbey Restaurant, which we would highly recommend, especially the she crab soup.

One of the many carriers and battleships in Norfolk.  

December 17,1903...the Wright Brothers first flight. It last only 120 feet.

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The large stone to the left marks their take off point.  The four smaller stones mark the distance of their four flights, the last of which lasted for 800 feet.

The Wright Brothers arrived in Kitty Hawk in 1901 and spent two years developing gliders.  The monument marks the dune from which they launched their gliders.  There was no grass on the dunes in those days, but the National Park Service planted the it to preserve the dune for posterity.

Joni and Rosemary hike up to the monument, Bill and I did not.

The view toward the Atlantic from the monument.

Oregon Inlet Campground, Cape Hatteras National Seashore.  Like most National Park campgrounds, this lacks privacy and many of the modern conveniences that other campgrounds possess, but it makes up for those it sheer natural beauty.

We dined at "Tortugas Lie" that whose Caribbean dishes were featured on Drive-Ins, Diners, & Dives.  Skewered Barbados shrimp with pineapple, black beans and rice.