Our route to this campground included the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. That started me thinking of the time I traveled over the bridges and tunnels with my family when I was a little boy. My family had a 16 foot travel trailer that we pulled all over America.
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| The toll booth |
I remembered that the toll collector left the booth and asked my father to switch off the propane gas tanks on the trailer. Things are different today in that the toll collector only asked for the $24 fee. I was the one who brought up the propane tanks. That was when she said the LP gas tanks need to be switched off, which I did while waiting in line to pay the toll.
It was windy going over the 17 miles of bridges. We appreciated the aerodynamic design of Airstream trailers as we didn’t feel the wind pushing us around.
Mixed in among the bridges are two one mile tunnels. We were able to pull Rosie, our Airstream trailer, through both of them.
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| Entering the tunnel |
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| On the bridge |
We were somewhat surprised when we arrived at the campground. Our expectations were low after reading the online reviews. Our first impression was that the campground appeared to be nice. We didn’t see any yachts as in the campground's name, but we did see some fishing and pontoon boats docked near some campers.
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| Foot bridge to another section of the campground |
We were a little leery of our assigned campsite. It had a few muddy areas and we feared it may have some drainage problems during storms. This would come back to haunt us during our departure.
We visited an estuary and learned about blue crabs while there. It turned out that harvesting crabs was a major industry in this region.
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| Tribute to a blue crab |
We also visited a fossil museum and had fun looking for shark's teeth.
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| Becky looking for a shark's tooth |
Our next excursion was to the Tryon Palace. This was the residence of the royal governor appointed by the King of England prior to the Revolutionary War.
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| Entrance to the Tryon Palace |
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| Main stairs inside the Tryon Palace |
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| The gardens |
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| View of the palace |
We ended the afternoon by having an ice cream at a restaurant about four blocks from the palace. That was a great way to end a day of adventures.
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| We found the ice cream store |
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| Dessert? |
The remnants of Tropical Depression Nestor passed over our site during our last night in this park. There was several inches of standing water all around Rosie when we woke up the next morning. That made our departure more challenging.
Here are some specifics about this campground:
- Our site was a pull-thru
- Our site was paved with dirt that turned into mud during the rain storm
- Our site was not level and we had to use leveling tools to correct a right to left lean
- Our site had 20, 30 and 50 amp electrical service
- Our site had a water connection
- Our site had a sewer connection
- The restroom and showers near our site were clean
- We were able to watch ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and PBS using Rosie’s antenna. We also saw digital channels Bounce, Charge, CW, Escape, Get, ME-TV, MY-TV and Stadium
- AT&T placed two bars of 4G service for voice and data over our site
- The campground did not provide WiFi service
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