Dam Neck

We have not had internet service for a couple of days so I have been catching up with these posts. Our next stop on the drive home was Sea Mist Campground in Virginia Beach. Last year we had gone to Virginia Beach and stayed at Fort Story (Cape Henry) just north of Virginia beach...We had wanted to stay at Sea Mist but they had not returned our call for reservations. So we thought we would stop for one night and see what this campground was all about. Glad we stopped. The campground is brand new with the old campground being renovated to double the size of the FamCamp. All new concrete pads with full hookups but no wifi or cable...ok stop groaning. But the beach!!! Absolutely gorgeous. Not exactly a beach day as we arrived to increasing winds and darkening clouds.The base meteorologist's spouse, camped across the street, told us that severe thunderstorms were predicted around 3 pm. We just got in a walk to the beach and the clouds were coming. Not too much rain but a lot of wind that continued throughout the night and into the next day.

Dam Neck after all is a training base so Pat had plenty to entertain her.

But the wind...it continued to blow into the next day. So much so that we were reconsidering our choice to use the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel. But we pressed on.

I usually do the "white knuckle" thing through the tunnels because of their narrow lanes but this time they were a relief from the wind. The wind was not as bad as I thought because it was not gusty. It was steady and once you put a bit of a "crab" into the steering you were OK. But the surf was wild as you can see above.

We continued on Route 13 through the DelMarVa (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia) and landed at Timberlane Campground in southern New Jersey. There are not many places to stay in southern New Jersey and we have found this to be the most convenient. Our other choice was the Camper's World down the road but we went for the "Full Monte" on our last night.

Timberlane is a great campground if you are visiting Philidelphia as it is less than 10 miles away. It has full service with batting cages and a fishing pond. We'll clean out the tanks this morning and zip up 295 with a wing and a prayer to slip through the New York City area before anyone notices that we are there.

Ships awaiting passage through Chesapeake Bay. I noticed they were all facing away from the port (into the wind) even though they would have to turn around to enter the bay.