On October 17th, we left our Virginia Beach campsite and drove to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. We were going to drive down to Hatteras but found out there were no available campsites down there. You’ll have to look at a map if you’re not familiar with The Outer Banks. You don’t want to get all the way down there in a big RV without a place to stay. It would be a long way back if you don’t already have Ferry reservations. We wanted to mostly go to see the Wright Brothers National Monument anyway. If you’ve not been down the Outer Banks it is a very narrow stretch of land east of the mainland starting at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina and going south all the way to Hatteras, about 75 miles. There is more south of Hatteras but you can’t drive it. The part we saw had many houses along the water, hotels, businesses and restaurants. It was very overcast and cool, but it is probably beautiful in the summer. We stopped at Kill Devil Hills and toured the Wright Brother’s Memorial. It was interesting to learn about the first airplane flight. Wilbur and Orville Wright first flew over 1,000 glider flights. Then on December 17, 1903, they flew an engine powered plane for 120 feet. The second attempt went 175 feet, the third attempt 200 feet and the last attempt that day went 872 feet. They had markers where you could see exactly where it had happened. We learned a lot and really enjoyed it. We then drove inland for 2 hours and spent the night in Tarboro, North Carolina. We could not find a campsite anywhere close. They were either closed for the season, or they were full. For the first time, we spent the night in a Wal-Mart parking lot. It was a very different night than we had experienced before. We woke up often but had no problems. Kathleen loved being so close to shopping. We really didn’t save any money.
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