This morning, we continued North to visit Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, which preserves the first English Colony established in North America in 1587:

The kids received their Junior Ranger badges:

Continuing North, we visited the Wright Brothers National Monument:

Looking out from where the Wright brothers launched their airplanes:

Working on the Junior Ranger workbooks:

An Osprey flew by and landed in an adjacent field:

Walking the flight line:

Looking back at the launch site:

We continued North to reach Assateague Island, which we’ve visited several times before, well after dark.