{"id":528,"date":"2019-05-26T19:30:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T23:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larrykooper.com\/?p=528"},"modified":"2019-05-26T19:30:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T23:30:11","slug":"day-5-the-first-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/26\/day-5-the-first-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 5: The first flight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Norfolk, VA to Kill Devil Hills, NC <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Breakfast at Charlie\u2019s Cafe in Norfolk. The real deal. \u201cSeason of the Witch\u201d playing to add to the time-warp vibe. Counter with the grill right behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_8123-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-529\"\/><figcaption>Charlie&#8217;s Cafe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In North Carolina, State #8!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visited the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_8130-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-530\"\/><figcaption>The Wright Brothers Visitor Center (built 1960), a lovely midcentury modern building <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s windy, which is why the Wright Brothers came here. Also flat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I walked on the actual spot where the Wrights made the first flight. The first flight started at the far boulder and ended at the foreground boulder. (The boulders are NPS monuments, and this was all sand in 1903.)<br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_8146-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-531\"\/><figcaption>Where the first flight took place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Their story, their persistence is so inspiring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_8153-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-532\"\/><figcaption>Late afternoon light in Kill Devil Hills<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norfolk, VA to Kill Devil Hills, NC Breakfast at Charlie\u2019s Cafe in Norfolk. The real deal. \u201cSeason of the Witch\u201d playing to add to the time-warp vibe. Counter with the grill right behind it. In North Carolina, State #8! Visited the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills. It\u2019s windy, which is why the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":533,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions\/533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}