After an outstanding stay in Asheville, visiting the Biltmore, a distillery, and hanging out with Richard and Nancy, our next stop on our trip is the Outer Banks North Carolina.
We made reservations at Frisco Beach, which is a National Seashore Park. When we got there, the sites were full of sand dunes, and certainly not big enough for our Cedar Creek’s. The campground host saw us driving into the park with amazement, not sure why were trying to park our behemoth houses on wheels in maze of sand dunes. Well, their website indicated we could fit into these sites, but that was not the case. So the host contacted another campground just 8 miles away and coordinated for us to move there.
Cape Point campground is full of large, paved, back-in rv sites with plenty of room for Gypsy and Chapter 11 to spread-out. The next day we decided to go to Kill Devil Hills. Why is it named that you ask? Who knows for certain, as there is folklore about pirates shipwrecked rum washing onto the shore that when drank, would “kill the devil”.
In 1903 a couple of bicycle repairmen wanted “man” to fly. So they studied “lift” and built a wind tunnel for testing. They chose Kitty Hawk due to the tall sand dunes, no population, and lots of wind. Orville and Wilbur, thru much engineering trial and error, carried their glider to the top of the sugar sand hill a thousand times before there was some lift…and then they motorized it and the rest is history.
We arrived at the Memorial, and had just missed the last tour, so we walked the grounds on our own. Once inside the visitor center, I sought out a docent and started asking him questions. He in turn, gave us a private briefing on the bike guys and and many details that only “He” would know. This National Memorial is well laid out, and the importance of the work, innovation, and dedication of these two cycle guys is not lost on us.
I placed a call to our ole friends, Virgil and Delores (Elkhorn) and asked them about things to do at our next stop in the Virginia Beach area. They were stationed in the Norfolk area back in the day. They provided a good list of sights to see, so we we will see how much we can do.
Remember, as Gypsy and Chapter 11 travel north to New Foundland, we are basically stopping for three nights at each location. This provides us to travel, setup, and relax on day 1, sightseeing on day 2, and a combination of sightseeing and relaxing on day 3 before we travel to our next destination. We will have a few longer stays around the national holidays and in Maine in order to eat a sufficient amount of lobster.