Last visited: 11/2022
We stayed at Barrier Island Station
What's cool a bout Kitty Hawk? Well, it's the sight of the Wrights (Wilbur and Orville) first flights in 1903. (Spoiler alert...the actual first flight happened in Kill Devil, but was uneventful and so the brothers moved to Kitty Hawk) This site was chosen because it has a great wind coming in from the ocean. This national park has a wonderful visitors center that has highlights of the historical aspects of the age of flight all the way up to more current space shuttle flights. This is a kid and dog friendly location.
Although the original plane, the Wright Flyer, hangs in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in D.C., a model is available to view at the visitors center. There are also recreations of their housing, markers that show the distances of their flights and a sculpture of the plane that kids love to climb on and have their pictures taken as if they are flying it next to Orville and Wilbur. Find more information here: https://www.nps.gov/wrbr/index.htm











There are several outdoor sculptures that we had fun with





What is the downside of the Outer Banks? It has a LOT of very tiny burrs that get stuck in everything. So, be careful when walking children or dogs anywhere on the island.

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