TRAP POND STATE PARK

We arrived here last Sunday noon. The Park is located six miles East of the small city of Laurel, Delaware. Laurel is located in this small state in the Southwest corner; about 50 miles south of Dover the capital.
There is one other RV in the park. Will be staying here until
Wednesday AM. The campground is located under tall pine trees. Each large site has water & 50 amp electric. A good location to take it easy which we have. Some household chores done.
Yesterday we took a drive over to the coastal town of Rehoboth Beach. A tourist area on Delaware's Atlantic Coast. Many places to stay in this resort city. 3 outlet malls.
The best part of the drive was through the farming country side. This part of the state is level with sandy loam soil. The farmers are just starting to work their ground. Looks like they raise a lot of corn & cereal grains. The big thing here is broiler fryer operations. The TV news reports they harvest 2,200,00 fryers daily.

Trap pond a beautiful pond filled with clear blue water. Our campsite is just to the right of the picture.
A happy fisherman. Spoke to him from shore. "Fishing is good today". Had a larger bass in the fish well. This was the best picture.
The campground. As you can see no other RVs in this loop.
It's clear & sunny today. Temp is 62 degrees.
We received an Email today from our congressman that 2 of our Washington DC tours have been approved: "The Capitol" & the "Archives".
Tomorrow we make a short move to Greensboro, Maryland for a 2 day stay. Will arrive Friday at Cherryhill RV Park in
College Park, Maryland. Will use this park for our home while touring Washington DC the following 7 days. This is about the only park in the area. A 5 star park but expensive.

Until next time wish you were here. Roger & Pat.

I LEARNED SOMETHING ON THE PHOTOS. IF YOU DOUBLE CLICK A PHOTO THEY WILL ENLARGE!

CHINCOTEAGUE, VA.

Friday & Saturday March 27th & 28th a two day stay on this Island. Chincoteaque is located on a peninsula on the coast of Virgina known as Delmarva named after the three states that are on the peninsula. The wildlife refuge is located on the next door island of Assateague 14,000 acres in Delmarva. Acres of beach, sand dunes, marsh and maritime forest. The refuge is located on the Atlantic waterfowl flyway. A modern visitor center explains life on the island. Good roads and hiking trails are available. We were a little late to see the migrating birds going North. We did see several hundred snow geese feeding & resting in the marsh.

Chincoteaque is known for it's wild ponies that have been here a few hundred years. Not sure where they originated.
Could have survived from a sunken Spanish ship. Or early settlers may have turned them loose because at times they didn't have feed. There are 150 wild ponies on Assateque that belong to the local volunteer fire department. They have an agreement with the Refuge to graze the ponies on the Island. At the end of each July they gather the herd & swim them to the Island of Chincoteague where the mares are separated from their foals. A selected group are auctioned off and their proceeds are used to support the fire department. The remaining herd is swam back to Assateaque for another year. The pictures show 4 mares grazing. Had a short hike to view them. Told they average 14 hands in height. We saw approximately 25 out of 50 in this pasture. Many tourists frequent the park.

The Island of Chincoteaque is an old fishing village that has become a tourist area with motels, shops & restaurants.
Maddox Family RV Park is where we stayed...an OK park .



This is about as far as you can drive out to the beach on the Atlantic Coast. We had it to ourselves. You can walk for miles. A couple of surfers were there. Water temperature was 44 degrees. The weather ranged while here from a low of 48 to a high of 60 degrees. Cloudy in the day & rain at night.

I saved the best for last. Where is the best seafood restaurant in town? Locals said go to The Village. We did...the best we have had on the trip. Shared the seafood platter for one...$28.95. The platter included: a small lobster tail, a crab cake, flounder, shrimp, scallops, clam strips, oysters with a potato & salad. There was left overs for lunch the next day. "No more pigging out".

Will be making a short move North Sunday into the State of Delaware. Until next time wish you were here. Roger & Pat

GPS GOES HAYWIRE- CHERITON, VA

After leaving Jamestown our Garmin GPS refused to take us thru Norfolk, Va and was routing us North on US I 95. Oh well we decided to do our thing without the Garmin's assistance & go South thru Norfolk Va. Got lost in Norfolk 1 time; managed to get the rig turned around on a dead end street.
Crossing the Chesapeake Bridge & Tunnel (21 miles total) was an experience as the picture shows...narrow & costly. $28 toll for us. The light bulb came on as why the Garmin wanted to go another route (programed avoid tolls). Once across the Chesapeake Bay we are on a narrow strip of land with the Bay on the West side and the Atlantic Ocean on the East side known in these parts as: "DelMarVa".


We soon arrived in Cheriton Va at the Cherrystone RV Resort. A huge campground with over 600 spaces on the Chesapeake Bay. Our site is right next to the water as the picture shows. It is off season & there were only 5 or 6 rigs d here. In addition the owners have an Aqua Farm & Hatchery on site. Raising Cherrystone Little Neck clams...the area has many such farms. Guess what...Roger had 5 pounds of steamed clams for dinner with French Bread. Managed to get Pat to eat one!!! The land here is level and sandy. Many farms raising just about anything you want to raise. From wheat to tomatoes. Poultry raising of broilers is also big with two major processors.. Sport fishing is also attractive to many people.

The villages of Cheriton & Lake Charles are old & small.
In the warmer months they become a tourist resort area.
Lake Charles has a new development where you can purchase condos starting at $229,000. Again while here in the off season we enjoyed the area under cloudy skies & light rain.

Our next stop will be in Chincoteaque, Va...where they swim the ponies.

Until next time wish you were here...Roger & Pat

March 25, AM. Three things will happen for us today. First a stop at the Williamsburg Wal Mart for groceries. Then a short drive to visit Jamestown settlement. Then on to Cheriton crossing the 21 mile Chesapeake Tunnel & Bridge.
Arriving at the newly opened (2007) Jamestown Visitor Center & Museum we were able to spent 2 hours here. You can easily take a lot more time. Good RV Parking. A modest fee. You are guided to view the orientation film that is well done. The Settlement is divided into four parts: The Museum (two floors), Powhatan Indian Village, the Port and the fort.
England formed a company called the Virginia Company that was expected to make money from the resources on newly acquired land in America. Company later went broke.
A visit to the Powhatan Indian Village. They were friendly to the settlers arriving in 1607. If it weren't for the Indians the first settlers would have all starved (many did).
Their huts were covered with grass made reed mats that were waterproof. Quite cozy inside with animals furs & fire pit. A daughter of the Chief, "Pocahontas" later married a settler & moved to England to promote the Virgina Co. She died a couple of years later in England.





Three sailing ships are moored at the port. All replicas of the originals. They carried a total of 144 settlors plus crew. It also took the same amount of time...144 days from England to Jamestown on the mouth of the James River. This one is the, "Susan Constant" which actually sailed in the 400 year Celebration.
Later came the construction of the fort. More settlors arrived. Thus the village inside the fort grew. They formed their own representative legislative goverment and church.
The buildings were constructed from timber harvested. To my surprized they were plastered from some sort of clay mixed plaster.



Until next time wish you were here. Moving into a rain period. GPS goes haywire in Norfolk. Crossing the Chesapeak & Cheriton Roger & Pat

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WILLIAMSBURG, VA.

We left Surf City, SC early & enjoyed the back roads of SC & NC arriving early afternoon at Lainers RV Park in Williamsburg, Va. a 300 mile move. We found $1.88 diesel this AM. The pump was so slow I filled from both sides...getting out of my routine I apparently forgot to put the right side fuel cap on. After getting set up at the campground I discovered all the above. The Honda was covered with a film of diesel. So we were able to do three things this afternoon. 1 purchase a new fuel cap. 2. Run the Honda through a car wash. 3. Visit the Williamsburg Visitor Center & purchase our tickets for the next day to tour the Williamsburg Historic Village dating back to the early 1700s. The Rockefeller Foundation has done a complete job of purchasing all the properties & putting them into the historic village. The Governors mansion for the period is on the right.
The Foundation uses both paid employs that are in costume & volunteers to guide visitors through the village. Here we are being addressed by Thomas Jefferson. To get to the village you park at the Visitor Center & shuttle buses take you around to various bus stops.
We toured various homes for the period that have all been restored.

An enactment occurs later in the afternoon where the Governor addresses the Colony the British were taxing the Colonies and that they had no voice.

The Governor's addresses the colony of Williamsburg dissovling the House of Burgesses. Because of the Boston Tea Party taxation events. History in the making.

Williamsburg is well done complete with a full city of shops and restaurants that we didn't visit. We felt it was well worth our time to visit the Historic village & Visitor Center. You can spent days here.

SURF CITY, NC

Sunday March 22, 2009

We arrived early last Friday afternoon in Surf City at the RV Park. Surf City is approximately 75 miles north of Myrtle Beach, NC. A small town with no hustle & bustle tourist stuff going on. Endless miles of quiet beach & beach front homes.
On Saturday & Sunday we had the beach to ourselves. Got in our long walks on the beach. Saturday on the way back we stopped at the local fish market. The fresh flounder that night was so good,




In the market for a beach front home? They go for a million dollars plus. Several for sale signs, some say bank owned.
I don't think they are worth it. Location location. Note the sand berm in front. There is endless miles of berms for storm protection. Many rentals are also in the area.
Roger getting his beach fix the last two days. Able to enjoy the local area & relax. Tomorrow morning we will be leaving for Williamsburg, Va. A 250 mile move. Now out of the warm weather. Both days here were in the 60 degree high with a low of 35 degrees. Good crisp walking weather.
Until next time...wish you were here. Roger & Pat

Continued SURF CITY, NC

This photos shows a ypung family's motor home & a camper. A young family in their forties with four children that are full timers. His mother inlaw lives in the camper which is loaded on a pick that he tows. He is a computer geek that works out of the motor home. Have been in at least 25 states in their travels.
Where we are parked at Surf City. On the Bay side. Have a nice spot backed right up to the water. Park is called, "Laniers Campround". Beach is 2 miles away.
Another view of the bay.
This is a boat parking gargage...downtown surf city. Back side is on a channel

TRAILER TRASH & SAVANNAH

THURSDAY MARCH 19th
We left Carrabelle, Fl last Monday early. Planned our move to stay in Thomasville Fl at a participating Past Port Park (PP). PP gives you a 50% discount for the night. Rose City RV park looked fine when we pulled up...$12/night "can't beat it". Several nice rigs parked out front.
Soon learned this was a park of have & have nots. I learned quickly where the expression, "Trailer Trash" came from . Pat had to take this picture the next morning on our exits. Great collectors of junk. Fun to watch. Made sure all our stuff was locked. An experience!

Our next RV Park was in the city of Statesboro, Ga. About 50 miles NW of Savannah. Home to Southern Georgia University. A larger modern campus. Statesboro is a city of around 20,000. Complete little city.
We liked the city.
Wednesday morning we drove the car into Savannah. Toured the Historic district & port where we had been in 2005. So glad we didn't come yesterday for the St. Patrick Celebration. The Port side walks reeked of beer. The locals told us it really got wild last night. For us a great scenic walk this morning with no crowds!.

City Hall
This gives you the history of the Waterfront.

Something we learned in our info package. Wal Mart has a lot of containers shipped to Savannah's Port. There largest distribution center is in Statesboro. 125,000 sq ft building.

Looking at Savannah's Waterfront & touristic district where the party was last night.





A few more Savannah photos are on the next post. Until next time wish you were here! Roger & Pat

The Lady & Sons Where we didn't have lunch. Paul'a reviews that we read did't say many good things about the resturant. It was about an hour wait to get in.
Park right downtown in the old historic district.
This where we had lunch. Fried oysters & scallops plus key lime pie.
Patio dinning over looking the Marsh.

RVers CAMPSITE IN HEAVEN

We were real lucky to find this RV Park in Carrabelle, Fl. on the Gulf Coast. Located 75 miles East of Panama City, Fl. Parked right on the water. They said they had dry camping only when we phoned. An hour after we arrived a couple had to leave so we got the best spot in the park. Ho Hum RV Park; their name just tells it all.. Wanted to stay for 2 nights. We really enjoyed our stay here; if was so relaxing. Not a tourist spot; quiet; just enjoy the views. Our rig is on the right.

Looking out of the motor home at the gulf.

Parked right on the beach with full hookups.



The many kinds of birds were entertaining to watch.







Wish you could enjoy this with us! Roger & Pat

Downton Mobile, Al.

The tallest building in Mobile


A great looking restored home.


Another great looking home that is right downtown


The old historic district