Last night, Darren, his parents and I flew down to Newport News, Virginia to kick off the start of our vacation.  We flew into Newport News to cut down on what would be a 10 hour drive to the outer banks from New York.  After a quick 50 minute flight on Air Tran we picked up our rental car, grabbed a light dinner and hit the road for the 2 hour drive to our destination.  Darren was busy playing with his blackberry as Mom and I sat in the back chatting and napping.  Little did we know, a wrong turn was made and we awoke to find out we were headed deep into Virginia rather than driving down the coast and into North Carolina.  Instead of playing with his blackberry, we would have been better off if Darren was using his iPhone to guide us but we relied on the sketchy directions from Hertz.  We also neglected to bring the navigation system or print out directions so we were pretty much in the dark as to where we went wrong.  We stopped at a gas station and the attendants in the convenience store were baffled by how far off course we were but managed to put us back on the right track.  By 1am we pulled into the driveway of our friends house where we are staying for the week and were greeted by laughter considering this wasn’t the Hermans first visit.  Oh well…lesson learned.  A great week lies ahead….let’s just hope our trip home is less adventurous.