Apr 16 - On to Quinby, VA on the Eastern Shore

  Did I mention that yesterday, April 15th, was the first time since 1987 that I didn't worry about tax returns due on that date!!  I even forgot what date it was!  Here's to Retirement.
  We traveled across the long Hampton Roads Bridge/Tunnel and the 18 mile long Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnels to get to the Eastern Shore of VA.   I was very proud of myself, as there was an inspection station before getting onto the bridge/tunnel, as RV's need to turn off their propane tanks.  This inspection station was hard to access, but I did it!  The Chesapeake Bay Bridge was an amazing construction feat, and a very scenic drive --if I dared to take my eyes off of the narrow driving lane, while doing 55 mph to look.
  We stopped at the Eastern Shore Welcome Center, just over the bridge.  It borders a wildlife refuge, and had some hiking trails.  We walked out to an observation tower, which was above an old WWII bunker.  Then, we drove half-way up the peninsula, and along a VERY long road, with woods on both sides, finally ending at the Virginia Landing RV Thousand Trails campgrounds.  Our site overlooks the ocean and the barrier islands, but there are no beaches along here, only marshes. 
  This campground is like being in a ghost town, partly revived.  It was built in the 60's, and seems like it hasn't been touched since.  But the grounds are huge.  It must have been a very posh vacation spot, in its day.  Now, they make most of their money from renting out annual sites, and people build big additions onto their mobile homes. 
  We set up our spot (there were only a few full hook-ups that were not flooded out), only to discover that the water spigot was too far away to reach our water input tap.  And, we have a 25 ft hose. What kind of RV campground puts their full hookup water that far away?  So, we are working off of our fresh water tank (thankfully we arrived with it 1/3 full), until we can get to (arg!) Walmart's RV section, and buy an additional hose. 
  We decided to explore the campgrounds, and walked most of the areas--very large, and nice, but I kept saying, all of the buildings, boat ramps, docks, swimming pool , miniature golf, etc, look decrepit. 

WWII bunker and Wildlife Refuge observation tower photos:

Virginia Landing RV campgrounds photos: