Summer is here (as if the heat wave and severe storms weren't enough of a sign), and it's vacation time for many North Carolinians.
Cherie Speller, an education and community reporter for the Greenville Daily Reflector, has an insightful column (available online here) about how to make an Outer Banks vacation an educational experience as well, especially for children.
"The children have enjoyed most of the places we've visited so far," she writes. "The bonus is that most of them are educational, although we're real slow about pointing that out to the kids to spare some groaning."
Among the highlights listed by Speller are the Wright Brothers Memorial and "The Lost Colony," among others.
She also recommends Jockeys Ridge in Nags Head.
"In Nags Head, it's the tallest natural sand dune system in the eastern United States and is open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the summer. A state park, it offers free programs such as a crab clinic, kayaking and kite flying. We climbed to the top of the dune to see the sound side, a great feat hauling a 2-year-old child. My advice is to save this trip until later in the day when it's not as hot (the sand can be 20-30 degrees hotter than the air temperature) and wait until the children are old enough to make the hike on their own."
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