June 14 thru 16, 2007

We are in Edenton, NC close to the North Carolina Outer Banks. Our campground is several miles out in the country. The weather has become quite cool which is a welcome relief to us. This campground has about 25 RV sites and lots of space for tents. Last weekend there was a motorcycle rally at the campground. Today there are only about 5 or less RV’s in the park so it is quiet. We do not plan to do anything today as we did not arrive till late afternoon. On Friday morning we drove over to the Outer Banks, Kitty Hawk, Nags Head and other towns along the narrow strip of land. We thought it would be much like other beach towns with huge hotels and tourist shops but we saw very few hotels and not nearly so many restaurants and shops. We ate at a very nice restaurant with good food and then went to the Wright Brothers Memorial and Museum. There is a full scale replica of the first airplane to fly as well as a full scale replica of a glider they built. An employee there gave a very interesting talk on their life leading up to the construction of the airplane. It was quite interesting. There also is a museum telling of problems they encountered along the way and other interesting facts about their drive to fly an airplane. We did find a spot to park and walked out on the beach. The beaches in this area are not nearly as pretty as we have seen before, no white sands and no shells. The ocean is much rougher with bigger waves.