A Visit to the Outer Banks

It's possible that I took us on the "scenic" route from New Bern to the Outer Banks today. It's also possible that means it took about an hour longer than expected. 
It's also possible we were a little road weary today. Between extra driving, a lighthouse under construction, worrying about Murray's out of control sunburn, and the storm that quickly swept the horizon today might not have been the best day of the vacation. Still, the OBX is beautiful and after some time on the beach, we took our "first flight"...

The best part of the National Seashore is perhaps its lack of people.
We spent the afternoon seeing if we could capture "feelies"
 before the ocean took them back. Murray has a pretty good collection.

See, no people!

After the light at Bodie was closed for construction,
we were happy to find this one at Cape Hatteras.

Murray goes flying at the sight of Orville and Wilbur's first flight.
The first flight lasted less than 12 seconds.
Still, you got a sense of the creativity that it must have taken
to be able to pioneer aviation.