Gosnolds Hope Park in Hampton was a real bargain. $10.40 for the night gave us a site with 30-amp electricity and water. Free showers with hot water are available as is a dump station. The showers are large and tiled from floor to almost the ceiling. They are relatively clean but that is hard to judge since we were there on Memorial Day and since the park is city, all the workers were on holiday. The only odd thing is they won’t take cash. Check or credit card only.
We picked up a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts for the road before filled the Roadtrek’s gas tank at $2.999 per gallon.
We stopped at a roadside fruit stand and picked up a few peaches and plums. It’s nice to have a selection other than the apples and bananas offered at grocery stores.
There was little traffic as we drove I-664 across the James River to I-158 and on to highway 12. We have seen very few RVs on the road at anytime during this trip and again, this area follows that pattern. The staff at the Nags Head Visitors’ Center said the Memorial Day Weekend was crazy but now it is quiet. RV parks we passed were not more than one-half full.
We arrived at the Fresco campground on Hatteras Island around noontime and had a wide selection of sites. Of the 127 campsites, not more than 15 are occupied. We selected site P-57 because of its view over the entire campground and the Atlantic ocean.
We picked up a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts for the road before filled the Roadtrek’s gas tank at $2.999 per gallon.
We stopped at a roadside fruit stand and picked up a few peaches and plums. It’s nice to have a selection other than the apples and bananas offered at grocery stores.
There was little traffic as we drove I-664 across the James River to I-158 and on to highway 12. We have seen very few RVs on the road at anytime during this trip and again, this area follows that pattern. The staff at the Nags Head Visitors’ Center said the Memorial Day Weekend was crazy but now it is quiet. RV parks we passed were not more than one-half full.
We arrived at the Fresco campground on Hatteras Island around noontime and had a wide selection of sites. Of the 127 campsites, not more than 15 are occupied. We selected site P-57 because of its view over the entire campground and the Atlantic ocean.
We had lunch at Fish House Restaurant. Mary had the Crab Cake and I had the special, Clam Fritters. Both were good and reasonably priced. Mary thinks the crab cakes we had in West Monroe, LA are still the best ones.
We climbed the Cape Hatteras lighthouse for exercise. There are 269 stairs to reach the top of the 198.49-foot lighthouse. The view of the ocean and beach was spectacular. Several years ago, Mary and I watch a TV show where a lighthouse was moved from its original position. This is the lighthouse that was moved. It was an amazing feat to see on TV and is even more amazing when standing next to the lighthouse.
It has been 2-months and 1-day since we left Redding and today we stuck our feet into the Atlantic Ocean. The water was much warmer than we had thought it would be. This is great.
We stopped for coffee and WiFi before returning to camp. A local amateur radio operator, W4ALG, saw our APRS transmissions on his equipment and stopped by to say hello. We talked about all the normal amateur radio topics including equipment and local repeaters.
Given everything we eaten today, we just had yogurts for dinner.
