The Wright Brothers National Memorial

On Thursday morning, we headed to the Wright Brothers National Memorial.  This was literally up the road from where we were staying.  Orville and Wilbur Wright were the first two men to fly in an airplane in 1903.
We climbed the hill to see the monument.

Jon and Buddy almost to the top.  It was a steep hill and a very windy morning.

The view of the ocean from the top of the hill.

Our munchkins by the monument.  You can see how windy it was by Sissy's 'fly away' hair!

A view from the top of the hill.  This is the area where the Wright brothers plane flew off the ground.  They chose this area in NC because it was so windy, for the take off, and the ground was sandy, for soft landings.

Here's a replica of their first plane.

Another view of the monument from the replica of their plane.

The munchkins did great walking up and down that big hill.

As we were walking back to the car, the munchkins were holding hands...
thought it was a good photo op!