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40th Anniversary Trip to Hampton Roads VA and Outer Banks NC
(Left): Family photo at Yorktown Battlefield Memorial. (Below): On the beach at Nags Head (Right): F-18 at the Langley AFB Air Show
Beth and I decided to take a nice trip to Hampton Roads VA and Outer Banks NC in April/May 2025 to celebrate our 40th Anniversary. We were married in Hampton VA in 1985 and had a short honeymoon in the Outer Banks NC just 10 days before I shipped out to Texas for Air Force Basic Training. We spent our first 4 years together at Langley Air Force Base, just 20 miles east of Williamsburg VA.
We decided to meet Spencer, Lauren, and Owen in Williamsburg to explore the area, and also to see the HUGE air show at Langley AFB that weekend. Owen loves anything to do with airplanes, and especially enjoyed the Thunderbirds F-16 demonstration!
DAY 01 – Driving from West Virginia to Williamsburg VA and having dinner with Debbie Blackstock
DAY 02 – Meeting Spencer, Lauren, and Owen and exploring Williamsburg
DAY 03 – The big Air Show at Langley AFB VA
DAY 03 (Part 2) – Beth and I visited some of our first apartments and the church where we were married
DAY 04 – Exploring Fort Monroe and the Maritime Museum
DAY 05 – Exploring Historic Yorktown, where America won its independence. Saying goodbye to Spencer, Lauren, and Owen
DAY 06 – Beth and I head south, stopping at the Norfolk Botanic Gardens before checking in at the Outer Banks NC
DAY 07 – Beth and I head south to re-visit Ocracoke Island and see if it’s changed in the past 40 years
DAY 08 – Beth and I explore the Outer Banks: Elizabethan Gardens and the Wright Brothers National Memorial
DAY 09 – Beth and I head west to Raleigh-Durham NC to visit two very nice botanic gardens
DAY 10 – We meet up with Mike and Beth Everton in Lynchburg VA. (Mike is one of Beth’s cousins)
DAY 11 – Time to head home to Morgantown, West Virginia via scenic Seneca Rocks and Blackwater Falls.