Over Water, Under Water, Wombling Free

Benjamin and Elephant enjoying 101 Dalmations...

Our morning in Pocomoke started at the much more civilised hour of 7.30am. This was going to be one of our longer drives on the trip so the boys took advantage of the in car-DVD player whilst the parents took advantage to have a conversation which wasn't punctuated by questions and shouts from the back. Benjamin enjoyed his new headphones very much:


We took to the road and were soon in Virginia, singing 'Country road, take me home, to the place, I belong...' 100 miles later, which conveniently coincided with the end of the film, we paid the toll to cross the magnificent Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel...3 adjoining bridges connected by 2 tunnels along a 17.6 mile span of the Chesapeake Bay. Halfway across we stopped at the Welcome Centre to stretch our legs and have some lunch in the cafe.

Next came a brief jaunt around Norfolk, Virginia, home of the worlds largest Naval Dockyard where the boys spotted some big warships and aircraft carriers and then we headed off down Highway 13 towards our next destination - Kitty Hawk on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

We made excellent time and by 3pm we were at the Wright Brother National Monument in Kill Devil Hills, the site of the first powered air flight.

We discovered that Orville and Wilbur actually made 4 flights on that first day, ranging from just 12 second and 120 feet to a 59 second flight which covered 852 feet. What a wonderful feeling for those of us with itchy feet to think that it all started here.