The Outer Banks

We drove to Cedar Island. It was a long day 513 KM - about six and a half hours of driving. However we had found that we could stay at an RV site (thanks to Passport America discount) at Cedar Island. 

The RV site was close to the ferry to the Outer Banks that we were able to get a reservation for 7 am the next morning. This day we had a two hour ferry ride to Ocracoke then another hour ferry to Cape Hatteras. It is a National scenic route. Wonderful sandy beaches and sand dunes where we stopped for lunch and walked on the beach. Many Kite surfers and even a windsurfer.  Clearly a holiday place. 

We ended up in the Kitty Hawk Rest Area where we will spend the night as either the RV sites were full or rather expensive. A lot of history particularly of the  Orville and Wilbur Wright site where they made their first flight. Also the site of Roanoke Island were Walter Raleigh first grew tobacco and also was a Freedman’s safe haven during the American Civil War. Although we missed visiting these we learned a lot at the Kitty Hawk Rest Area Museum. That is where I can access high speed Wi-Fi after it has closed by sitting out on the patio!

It is amazing how many shipwrecks have been recorded off the Outer Islands as is shown on one of these pics.