12/26

We drove about eight hours from North Olmsted to south of Washington, D.C., to a place called Aquia Pines Campground in Stafford, Virginia.  Nice camp but very, very hilly.  Washington, D.C. looks very doable from here.

12/27

Washington, D.C. to Hatteras.  A beautiful, clear day until we got close to Hatteras and it clouded over.  We went for a beach walk and went swimming.  A nice day.

12/28

Still Camp Hatteras.

12/29

We've been swimming each morning and playing all day.  Yesterday it was beautiful!  66 degrees and sunny.  Natch, I got burnt.  We spent lots of time flying kites.  The kids had a ball flying Trilbys.  We went to Kitty Hawk Kites and, natch, the salesman wouldn't let me leave until I bought a new kite.

12/30

Now with a new kite I did not have enough wind to fly it.  We spent the day looking at houses and checking out the south end of the island.

12/31

Matt is 13 now.  No longer a teenie bopper.  We looked at quite a few houses and then went to eat.  Finding most restaurants closed at 5 PM we started shopping.  We stopped at Kitty Hawk Kites, went up to Jockey's Ridge State Park and flew kites.  Matt had a ball.  He reported it was a great birthday.

1/1/97

Spent most of the morning flying kites.  Went to Kitty Hawk.  Checked out the Hatteras Light at night.
 

1/2/97

Although home in 13 hours, we hit no delays.  Very, very, very unusual