We had a great trip to North Carolina recently, and got some schooling in on our trip! We had cold, windy, rainy weather most of the days, but we were fortunate to have a couple of days where the sun was out and the temperature wasn't frigid, so we ventured outside!
We started off the trip visiting with good friends of ours who recently moved up there. The day we arrived was exceptionally chilly and grey and we were welcomed into their home by a roaring fire in their fireplace. I could have stayed in their living room, in front of a fire for the whole week! We enjoyed hanging out with our friends very much .
From their house, we traveled to Kill Devil Hill and Kitty Hawk. On the way there, we stopped at Digger's Dungeon, which for those of you who don't follow "Monster Truck's", is the home of Grave Digger, my son's favorite Monster Truck and it's driver, Dennis Anderson. They have a store there that sells Grave Digger merchandise, and the shop is there where they work on the truck. There were trucks outside, and giant wheels, too, as they had just had an Easter Egg Hunt on their property the week before and apparently needed somewhere to hide eggs. While we were there, my hubby recognized the voice of the owner of Grave Digger, speaking to some people who were apparently putting up a diner on the property, soon to be opened as "Digger's Diner"! He went over and asked if we could take a picture of him with our son and he was more than happy to oblige. What a nice guy! He talked to us for a while and then we went on our way, deciding that was the highlight of our trip! Above are a few photos of that fun stop!
We also got to see (and play on) the largest sand dunes in Eastern North America at Jockey's Ridge State Park. Our pictures don't do it justice, but it was awesome! We climbed huge dunes and then the kids and dad rolled down them... they loved it, although dad was dizzy and couldn't get his balance for a few seconds after the rolling stopped.
We visited the Wright Brother Memorial and saw where those amazing first flights took place. We saw replicas of the first planes and where the gliders took off from, as well as where the first successful powered flights lifted off from, and how far (or not-so-far) they flew! We learned a lot about the Wright Brothers and already knew some of it, from our previous study on them.
We got to see the world famous lighthouse at Cape Hattaras. It was beautiful! I'm hoping to be able to frame one of my shots of this scene and hang it in our home!
I'll try and post soon about the rest of our trip!
Have a Blessed Day in your Homeschool!
