May 22, 2011

Waves NC to Williamsburg VA 160 miles

(plus a few extra miles in Chesapeake when Jim didn' t listen to TOMTOM)

Day #10

 Such a beautiful day, calm and sunny. We didn't have to be out before 11:00 am so we took a break from packing up to leave and went walking on the beach.

I had some grouper left over from last night's dinner so I brought it along to feed the seagulls. I really made their day, they certainly seemed to enjoy it much more than the dead fish they were previously dining on. Here are a few photos from our walk...









Fisherman art?  Fish tales nailed to a piling....





Taking a chance getting a photo



We pulled out of Hatteras Camping at 10:30 and headed north on US12 toward Kill Devil Hills (again I ask where the heck they got these town's names from?) and Kitty Hawk. On the way we passed a TJMAXX. Jim is starting to realize he likes this store. Jim really likes shirts too. So...four shirts later we were once again on our way. The smoke was very thick in Nag's Head and we were glad to be leaving it behind.

It was a nice ride on US 12 and then US 158. We'd never been in this part of North Carolina. It's hard to believe that we've been on the road for 10 days and we are still in the same state! Normally, by now, we'd be half way across the country and at least six states away! Jim must be mellowing...

Not far from the whole Chesapeake/Hampton Roads/Norfolk/Newport News snarl of highways, we encountered our first toll charge. It cost $7 to go about 5 miles and we're still trying to figure out why.

I had set TOMTOM for Williamsburg when we left, and hadn't made hardly a turn until we were entering the spur to I64 in Norfolk. Jim knew he needed to get on the interstate, and he knew where. So a few minutes before the turn TOMTOM says, “Right turn in two miles.” The arrow TOMTOM is pointing the way, TOMTOM is reminding him to 'keep right' and the ramp is in sight. TOMTOM says, Turn Right!” I turn to look at the exit as we pass by. Jim looks at me and says, “Oh...was I supposed to go that way?” Apparently, he's not only tuned our my voice, but now TOMTOM's too! I knew we should never have chosen a female voice! So we saw a little piece of Chesapeake that we would have missed if we hadn't had to make a loop...

Back on track we crossed the bridge/tunnel to Newport News...the tunnel was NOT my favorite part of the trip! We followed I64 up to Williamsburg and our RV park, American Heritage, which is very nice. There are large cement pads, level sites and trees. There's  also is a railroad track, but not too close, maybe a quarter mile off...you can hear the trains, but it's not enough to wake you from a sound sleep.

We went back out to a nearby Fresh Fields supermarket...much like our Publix back home.

Tomorrow we go to Colonial Williamsburg, only about 8 miles down the road.