Virginia Beach and Kitty Hawk

Week of Nov. 10, 2009

Virginia Beach and Kitty Hawk

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After getting back from the aircraft carrier, we had a couple days to kill at Virginia Beach before our flight back to LA, so we used them as best we knew how: partaking in the magical beverage known as Yuengling. The first day we literally spent the entirety of the afternoon at a sports bar watching football games whilst devouring buffalo wings and imbibing our delicious yeasty libations. It was a really cool bar right on the beach, and it was great to just hang out. Oh, and play some sort of basketball game?

Great form, Rich. But I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Hogan is winning this game.

We came home and looked through out HUNDREDS of pictures from the carrier while listening to "I'm on a Boat" on repeat. Good stuff. And Rich passed out with his eyes open, which was really really creepy. So we put shaving cream all over his face. Great decisions were made that evening.
The next day we decided to check out Kitty Hawk to see the Wright Brothers Memorial. I don't know if you knew this, but stuff with flight is something I dabble in. Just sometimes. There wasn't a lot there, but it was still cool seeing the place where flight first happened. We saw a replica of the original glider and then the field where the Wright Brothers first flew.

I got yelled at when I tried to get on and fly out of the building

The Wright Brothers made four attempts at flying before it was technically "controlled, sustained flight." So the fourth attempt was actually the "first flight." You're welcome for the free history lesson.

Double hang-10? Rich, that is WAY TOO MANY hung tens.

Phallic

I think we ate tacos that night.

Our flight to LA was the next afternoon, so we went into work with Rich, Amanda, and John to Oceana the next day. We got a tour, similar to our Norfolk tour before the carrier. We saw where they do engine acoustic testing, which was cool for those of us who are nerds.

"I <3 Jet Noise"

Then we hopped a flight back to LA and went about our merry way. By which I of course mean we drove down to San Diego for 5 days instead of going back to work.