We have arrived in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina for our week on the outer banks. Saturday we left Grand Cayman flying first to Atlanta and then on to Charlotte. We spent the night at a hotel near the airport then got our rental car and made the six hour drive across the state to our final destination the Outer Banks Beach Club on the Atlantic side of Kill Devil Hills. We are just south of Kitty Hawk and from our balcony can see the big Wright Brothers Monument. We are staying in a two bedroom condo with Katie's parents Russ and Gail and her grandparents Joyce and Chuck. We don't directly overlook the beach but are a short walk across a parking lot and through another set of condos from the dunes and the beach beyond. We got in last night around 4:30 and went for an evening walk on the beach after dinner.
Today we headed up to Currituck County for the first of four big lighthouses we will be visiting, Currituck Beach Lighthouse. We climbed to the top of the lighthouse and could see for miles down the sound on one side and the Atlantic on the other. The Outer Banks are very narrow at points and you can sometimes see both the sound and the ocean from the road. There were a couple of neat trails as well as a hunting mansion and a museum all within walking distance of the lighthouse. We ate a picnic lunch on the grounds and generally enjoyed a pleasant day out and about with family. We are both loving the fact that it is quite chilly here and we have an opportunity to use the hoodies and other "winter" clothes that never get used in Cayman. The weather today was supposed to be rainy but it held off and we had a fantastic day of lighthouse climbing and trail walking in Currituck. Tomorrow, weather permitting we are headed down to Cape Hatteras.
Today we headed up to Currituck County for the first of four big lighthouses we will be visiting, Currituck Beach Lighthouse. We climbed to the top of the lighthouse and could see for miles down the sound on one side and the Atlantic on the other. The Outer Banks are very narrow at points and you can sometimes see both the sound and the ocean from the road. There were a couple of neat trails as well as a hunting mansion and a museum all within walking distance of the lighthouse. We ate a picnic lunch on the grounds and generally enjoyed a pleasant day out and about with family. We are both loving the fact that it is quite chilly here and we have an opportunity to use the hoodies and other "winter" clothes that never get used in Cayman. The weather today was supposed to be rainy but it held off and we had a fantastic day of lighthouse climbing and trail walking in Currituck. Tomorrow, weather permitting we are headed down to Cape Hatteras.
