This morning we went to the Wright Brothers National Memorial Park. We arrived in time to hear the National Park Ranger talk about the development of the plane that brothers designed and then flew back in 1903. It took them 4 years of experimentation and perseverance but their flight changed the world forever. I found the talk very interesting along with the samples of their work. Next we went to the Outer Banks Arboretum for a walk around their property. Our next stop was at the Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve where we walked 2 different trails. The first trail we saw several Common Wood-Nymph butterflies and a numbers of toads and frogs. The second trail featured a small butterfly garden filled with several species of swallowtails in addition to Pearl Crescent and Common Buckeye. Along the trail we saw turtles sunning themselves on a log. This is a park that I would return to for a longer visit time premitting.
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| Common Wood-Nymph Butterfly |
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| Pearl Crescent Butterfly |
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Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly |
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