An Autumn Experience: The Northern Outer Banks | Eastern NC Now

    The Duck Community's boardwalk has many access points and just becomes part of the scenery on this fine Autumn afternoon: Above and below.

    As one can easily surmise from this image, the Town of Duck provides an outstanding landing for kayaks, canoes, etc. at the end of this public dock extending from the boardwalk: Above. The sound's waters' continuous lapping upon the marshy shoreline, which acts as the perfect barrier to the effects of this erosion agent, and protects well the many fine eating establishments that line US Hwy. 12 that passes through the center of the community: Below and further below.


    In the Visitors Center of the Wright Brothers Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, just south of Kitty Hawk, we can witness the scale replicas of the first Wright glider, which flew in 1902, and the first self-propelled flyer that became airborne in 1903: Above and below. Through the window of the Visitors Center, you see the field, where the dunes once stood where Orville and Wilbur Wright made these first flights ever.

    Observe the large commemorative stone marking where the first flight was initiated. Along the path heading mostly north, you can see smaller stones marking the distance of each succeeding flight: Above. From this view on top of the high dune where the Wright Brothers monument rests, one can see the path of their initial successful flights to the left. In the center of this image one can distinguish the Visitors Center, and to its right, one can see the museum built like a futuristic hanger, which was constructed for the world's first flight Centennial Celebration: Below.

    Inside the museum, one can see the perfect replicas ot the Wright Glider, and with detailed expositions explaining the lives of these two inventors on top of these cold dunes in December, with the spartan conditions that were lives for the better part of two years as infrequent members of this seaside community: Above and below.

    The centerpiece of this national Monument is the Wright Memorial, which sits on the highest point of the Monument. It is a stunning presentation of appreciation: Above and below.