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Must Stop for Crafts
Leaving Natural Tunnel State Park, we back-tracked to photograph a railroad trestle we had passed yesterday. The Copper Creek Trestle is one of two here. The visible trestle is 167 feet tall. A lower trestle, built in 1890, is hidden by the trees. Constructed in 1908, the high trestle still services 18 coal trains per…
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Lover’s Leap
With Noah landing a cool paid internship this summer, we didn’t have to worry about who would be taking care of the house or his cat. After getting him through his driver’s license exam and driving to work with him for a week, we felt comfortable enough to head out on a month-long adventure. Well,…
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Turtles Ashore
Snuck out of the condo early enough to see the sun rise over a calm Atlantic Ocean here in Juno. It was a perfect morning to walk on the beach. The water was warm and the air temp was still under ninety. Connecting the sunrise and sea to land, I counted thirty-three sets of turtle…
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Cape May with Pleasure-Way
Cape May was the destination for this trip. A ten minute drive from the ferry dock had us checking in at Holly Shores Camping Resort. Here we joined a group of Pleasure-Way owners for a relaxing long weekend of socializing and exchanging ideas. We did get out a little bit, finding the start of a…
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Tower Defense, Crabs, and Delaware Bay Ferry
Leaving the wild horses of Assateague behind, we drove north to Lewes, Delaware to catch the ferry across to Cape May, New Jersey. With plenty of time before our 5:15 departure, we elected to explore Cape Henlopen State Park. Formerly a military installation protecting the entrance to Delaware Bay, the park now has beaches, picnic…
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Bridges, Tunnels, and Horses
Heading to a Pleasure-Way camper van rally in NJ, we decided to leave a few days early and camp at Assateague Island on Maryland’s eastern shore. Getting there from North Carolina provided the opportunity to cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. The twenty-three mile bridge, trestle, and tunnel route across the mouth of the bay…