Camp Lejeune-Onslow Beach

We left Mayport on a beautiful day and headed north. Our destination is Camp Lejeune but it will take us two days to drive it. We were going to drive it in one day 10-12 hrs. but Pat pushed our reservation at Mayport back a day leaving us two days to drive. Our interim stopover is Huntington Beach State Park...just south of Myrtle Beach. We have been here before and really enjoy the beach. Again we enjoyed sitting on the beach and a great overnight in a beautiful campground. We started staying here because we found that the lifeguards at Myrtle beach studied at the Rhode Island lifeguard school of continuous whistle blowing...at the state park it is swim at your own risk but it is quieter. Even now they had only three open sites. No bobcsat sightings like the last time we were here but we did confront that ferocious beast pictured below.

And now, we are at our last planned stopover for this trip...Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. This is one of our favorite campgrounds. It is located between the intracoastal waterway and the Atlantic Ocean. We can see the many boats heading north through the intracoastal from our camper. Every half-hour you hear the bell signaling the opening of the drawbridge. As many as ninety boats per day pass through here. The bridge does not swing up but rather opens like a gate...only one I have seen like that.

We pulled in next to some talkative neighbors...after a few minutes we learned that they are from Foster, Rhode Island and still maintain a home there. Sunshine and Fish keep us talking...
They are doing a lot of work here in the off season. They are building new shelters at each site, a new store, a new office, new cottages, and renovation work to other buildings. It is good to see that our fees are helping to upgrade the facilities. Alas, but as it always is...things are not going smoothly. The store and office are ready to be installed...pre-fab buildings...but there is a snafu. All buildings near the water have to be nine feet above sea level...not...so they have to now install stilts for those facilities while the buildings and installation equipment wait. Gaffe!
The beach is still great though. Continuous rolling surf with many shells for Pat to search through.

Yesterday was a down day. There were on and off showers so we read and napped...tough.
We'll be here until Wednesday when we head for home. That will take us two or three days.