East Coast

From Washington, Pippin and I continued east to the Atlantic Ocean. We toured Yorktown, Virginia, site of the British surrender in 1781. Historical reinacters were firing a cannon, a replica of those surrendered by the British (that's one of the actual surrendered cannons, in the picture above). We also visited Jamestown, Virginia, site of the first permanent settlement in North America.

After leaving Virginia, we turned south, onto North Carolina's barrier islands. While touring the islands, we visited Kitty Hawk, site of the Wright Brothers' first flight. Those white stones mark the landing spot of each of the first four flights. And we saw a lot of lighthouses, including the famous Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.

Happy Travels!
-JT