Today was a trip to Kitty Hawk to the Wright Brothers Memorial. Very interesting to see where all the work in Dayton finally paid off. Also very interesting to see that the hill where they took off from has moved 450 feet to the southwest from where it stood in 1903. The terrain, of course, was all sand at the time, so yes, it did move. The ( Read more... )

Tonight after dinner we all went kite flying on the beach. Geo and I purchased inexpensive kites when we were out and about today (we went to see the Carrituck Beach Lighthouse. We climbed to the top, and on about the third landing, I remembered that I'm afraid of heights). I used to be pretty good at flying kites (it's been years--perhaps even ( Read more... )

I spent much of the day inside today, due to being in some pain from my burn. Late this afternoon, Nephew16 and I got a chance to watch some SPN. We watched the pilot, "Hell House," and "Dead Man's Blood ( Read more... )