Kitty Hawk Dinner of Seafood!!!

After we visited the Wright Brothers Memorial Museum we checked into our hotel room! Bestwestern right on the beach! It is a one bedroom room with a little kitchen! It is so nice with a beautiful view out our sliding glass door!

I had a tortellini with Shrimp, Scallops and Spinach in a Gorgonzolla Cream Sauce! Bud had Shrimp Fetticine and they were both delicious!!! We thought we should have seafood since we are on the coast, the Atlantic Coast!!!

This  is the view from our room!!!

The Wright Brothers Memorial

The motto of North Carolina is “First In Flight”! Wilbur and Orville Wright came here from Ohio to test their flight in a manmade airplane. First of all, there was a hill, Secondly there was consistent wind, thirdly there was sand which meant a softer landing in case of a crash and fourthly there was privacy! This museum is very well done especially all the information outside at the sites where events took place. Luckily for us it had stopped raining through most of the time we were outside. It was cold today about 58 degrees but with the rain and wind it seemed colder than that. But the stop here at the Memorial was awesome!!! Years ago, Bud and I came through here and we had stayed the night about 57 miles south of here. It was beautiful sunny day our first day. But the second day it was pouring down rain. Well Bud was driving and he just kept driving past the Kitty Hawk Wright Brothers Memorial part of the National Park System. So here we are another rainy day but this time we stop and see it!

Yorktown Virginia

Since we saw Jamestown, we thought we would see Yorktown. The sad thing about this trip, is back in 1989, Bud, Misty, Travis and I came back here with the DeBellis’ Family. We went to Williamsburg and Bush Gardens but I didn’t hear about Jamestown so we didn’t see it. That is why Bud and I came back here to see it all!!! Yorktown was very small, extremely small but cute! People live here just not in the few houses that are part of the historical buildings. Here is where George Washington secured America’s independence in 1781. There is also a Civil War National Cemetery here. There is a main street and a river walk which on beautiful days, one can meander through shops and little cafes all along the street by the river.

Jamestown Settlement Virginia

Jamestown was America’s first permanent English colony. It was founded in 1607, 13 years before the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Massachusetts. The colony was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London, a group of investors who hoped to profit from the venture. It wasn’t easy and I am sure I would have stayed in England!