"Jay Honeck" wrote

So, we're looking at heading to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina instead.
The progs look great for at least three or four days, and I'm sure
there is plenty to see and do in the Southeast -- an area that we have
not explored very much.

Any recommendations?

Jockey's Ridge. It is dunes; of the type that the Wrights likely used to
try their early gliders.

As a matter of fact, the parks department runs a hang-glider class, from the
dunes, there. My daughter and son-in-law took it a couple weeks ago, and
had a great time. You get the morning to run down the dunes and get briefly
airborne-solo! That might be fun for _all_ of you to try.

Also, if you can spare the time, go and see the Cape Hatteras Light House,
http://www.hatteras-nc.com/light/ one of the most famous in the world. It
is the one that they moved 2900 feet, away from the eroding beach.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/caha/lrp.htm It was an engineering marvel,
just figuring out how to do it. Unfortunately, you can only go up in it,
from April to October. The keepers' house is there, and open, and has been
converted into a small museum. It has a lot of pictures, facts and
artifacts. You get a pretty good feel what lighthouses an life-saver
stations are all about, from the displays.

There are many small airports, with nice long runways at most, all up and
down the seashore, and the barrier islands. Do some googling to find the
things you want to do, then pop in and do them.
--
Jim in NC