lemmie see, rte 64 over from richmond area and then the fun
started....right? then ya ended up going down Va. rte. 158 to Nc. rte.
168, out over the north causeway and a few mile posts ....you were there!
the view from up at the monument is pretty cool!
chuck.
me? ever been there?.....naaaaa! ;)
shoulda gone over to the air strip for a plane ride! the aerial views of
the ship wrecks off shore is quite amazing! not hard to understand why
it's called the graveyard of the atlantic.
-----Original Message-----
From James Gruber <thistle_3619 at yahoo.com>
To: spridgets-digest@autox.team.net <spridgets-digest@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, April 04, 2004 10:46 PM
Subject: Spridgets at Kill Devil Hill, NC today
>I was stuck in Richmond, VA over the weekend with a free Sunday and decided
I needed to take a drive. Was sitting in the Waffle House eating breakfast
and I looked at the map Avis supplied and what did I see down on the bottom
corner of the map but Kitty Hawk, NC. Now living in Dayton, OH and having
just finished a bio on the Wright Brothers, and not knowing when if ever
I'll be in this neighborhood again, a quick decision was made to got to the
shore vs. poke around Civil War battlefields. After getting lost trying to
find my way through Norfolk I found myself taking a very pleasant drive on a
nice sunny but windy day through the VA and NC countryside.
>
> I pulled into the Wright Monument at Kill Devil Hills and what do I spot
but a Blue '74 Midget with Minilites and Abarth and a Red '72 Midget
equipped the same. Both loaded up for camping and touring with luggage rack
or both loaded up with mattress pads. Cars were absolutely stuffed for the
weekend with gear and luggage. I didn't get their names but they are
brothers, and the one guy said they were from Chapel Hill, NC area. They
were there touring with their wives and said that they would by the time
weekend was over put 500+ miles on their cars. With a jaunty wave off they
went. Again didn't get their names and as much as I love driving Bugsy a 250
mile one way drive makes my ass hurt thinking about it.
>
>Wright Brothers monument at Kill Devil Hills is quite interesting as is the
scenery along the sea shore. I realized that they didn't fly all that fat on
the first flight day, and the lngest fllight only covered 859' but into a
25-30 mph headwind the plane was only averaging 6 1/2 mph but stayed aloft
for almost a minute. Once out of Nag's Head and all of the houses on stilts,
Rt. 12 South of there is quite pretty and at times even desolate. Based on
all of the traffic down there in April I can just imagine bumper to bumper
horrible traffic in July. Anyway, a nice way to put 350 miles on the rental
car this afternoon, plus even a little unexpected LBC time.
>
>Temps in Dayton are 65 for Tuesday and I'm taking the day off. Bugsy get
ready, we're going for a ride.
>
>
>
>
>Jim Gruber
>Bugsy '68 Sprite (future Bugeye in disguise)
>Dayton, OH
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