Winter Excursion 3, Day 10

We left Oceania Naval Air Station (Sea Mist RV Park) around 0830 this morning. Drove the backroads to Point Harbor, NC and then across the bridge to Kitty Hawk, NC at the northern part of the Outer Banks (OBX). Drove Rt 12 through Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head, NC. This area is very populated and very touristy!
We finally reached the entrance to Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the tourist stuff ended!

Got into our new campground at Oregon Inlet about 8 miles into the National Seashore. We are right on the dunes, the ocean is maybe 150 feet away. Got the camper all set up and then headed back north to Kill Devils Hill and the Wright Brothers National Monument.

Here's the sign at the entrance.

These are the four markers from the flights on 17 Dec 1903. The first three they were getting used to the controls. The last one (852 feet) is way in the back of the picture.

Here's the monument from the visitor center. The hill was used for the earlier glider flights in 1899 to 1902.

And a close up of the monument.

A replica of the plane and it's a playground! 

On the way back to camp we stopped at Bodie Island Light Station.

Picked up a few more geography shirts and a few fridge magnets. All in all a good day. Rain in the forecast, but we will do some more exploring tomorrow.