O.B.X.

The Great Plotnik had never heard much about The Outer Banks of North Carolina until he started researching a travel feature about them yesterday. Now, when he sees O.B.X. mentioned on travel sites, he knows they are talking about a huge, hundreds-of-miles-long barrier reef which protects the Coast of the Carolinas from hurricanes, and is itself filled with birds, sea life, old inns, lighthouses and American History.

The first Europeans to try to settle in America landed here, on Roanoke Island in 1587. They ended up pelican food.





Plotnik and Ducknik would like to see all the pockets and corners of their own country some day, but they figure if they're lucky enough to get older and still in one piece, they'll do it then. Right now, Argentina, Tasmania and GodKnowsWhereistan still sound more exotic.