Day 9 – Rob was up at 7:15 a.m. & I got up ½ hour later. It was sunny, low 30’s. Last night when Rob was outside waiting for the moon to come up, we could hear the horses whinnying in the campground. When the moon came up, it lit up the campground, but we still couldn’t see the horses. Today we move to Virginia. We haven’t yet camped in Virginia, so we’ll be able to add a sticker to the U.S. travel map on the RV.
103 miles, (2:40), 32683-32786
There’s a storm coming, starting later tonight, not a huge storm, but we wanted to travel & get settled in before the winds picked up. We left Assateague Island after dumping tanks at 11 a.m. It was 46 degrees & sunny. On the way to the dump station, 2 campground loops from our campsite, we saw two little Sika Deer, a Flicker, and at the dump station there was a large hawk sitting in a tree, hoping to not be seen. I grabbed the camera & took a walk leaving Rob to do the work. It scared away the hawk but I hoped to find that the deer were still there. Nope, they’d taken off, too.
The drive south, then west, was nice. We love rural Maryland. The roads were well-maintained and there wan’t much traffic. Passing into Virginia, and turning onto the busier Route 13, the roads weren’t as good & there was more sprawl, shopping centers, and more traffic. It was 50 degrees & partly cloudy, a little windy. We stopped for lunch in one of these parking lots & gave the girls a break.
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We reached our destination, Cherrystone Family Camping Resort outside of Cape Charles, at 1:40 p.m. We usually avoid independent campgrounds, preferring State Parks, but the Parks around here were closed for camping off-season. This campground, Cherrystone, was an excellent alternative, particularly this time of year. It is HUGE with more than 700 campsites on over 300 acres. The campground has many sites on the Chesapeake Bay & they’ve left many of the larger trees up for shade. On-season, most sites are full hook-up. Off-season, electricity & sewer is available at the campsites; water is offered at the welcome center for filling tanks. It was perfect for us because there were very few campers & we had our pick of campsites. The person who checked us in said that they were already almost fully booked for the entire 2019 camping season.
We chose site #609, right on the Bay. There was a fishing pier with benches at the end of the pier nearby, a small sandy beach in front of us, and big ships were beginning to line up in the Bay, we assume getting ready to go over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and out to sea. We unpacked and totally enjoyed the view. The kitties passed out on the dashboard. There was a nice sunset & Rob took pictures. Let the storm begin.
