Heading South

We have been on the road for over a week and are working our way south, slowly. We did an overnight in Delaware and Virginia as we made our way to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. You haven’t lived until you drive a 39 ft motor home towing a Jeep through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. It cost $34 dollars and we had to assure them our onboard propane tank was under 60 pounds and off. It was a bit tight in spots but Derick handled it beautifully.

We spent one full week in the Outer Banks. One week in Kitty Hawk and one in Nags Head.
Kitty Hawk RV Park was tight and sandy but right across the street from the beach.

We drove to Roanoke Island and went to the National Park there. It was there to commemorate the lost colony of Roanoke which to this day we do not know what happened to them. Unless you believe that American Horror Story knows something historians don’t!

As we packed up and headed south to Nags Head, we stopped at the Wright Brothers Memorial marking the spot of their first flight. They made 4 flights that day in 1903 making it it only about a hundred feet on the first go. The last was 2000 feet. Amazing that something so seemingly short had such a profound impact on history. We also bought out Interagency Pass to get us in to National Parks for free since we have lots on the docket this season!

Nags Head was just down the road and we stayed at Oregon Inlet which is a campground on the Cape Hattera National Seashore. It was on the beach but was a haul up over the dunes to get there. Thanks to the Park pass we had just purchased, we saved $10 a night! We walked the beach, being sure to look out for vehicles which are allowed on the beach with a permit and visited the Brodie Island Lighthouse. We had great weather albeit buggy! Pesky mosquitoes were still in season .