We were going to spend a nice rainy day at the campground, doing laundry and catching up. But when I went up to the office to get quarters for the laundromat, they told us that the storm predictions for today and tonight were severe thunderstorms, tornado watches, flash flood warnings, and very high winds--up to 80 mph. Since we were nervous last night with winds gusting up to 23 mph, and since we were on a narrow peninsula with water on both sides, and since the tornado warnings were for the middle of the night (so we could have spent the night in the cement block bathhouse), we decided to move on 1 day ahead of time to our next location.
Unfortunately, lots of folks also decided that was a good idea, and getting across the Hampton Bridge/Tunnel had quite a backup. Also, unfortunately, when we arrived at the next Thousand Trails campground, it was determined that even though we called, and they had a site, our free membership only allows us to stay a max of 4 days, without then needing to be out of the system for 7 days. Since we already have our reservations, for 4 days at a time, going all the way back to MA, we ended up deciding to back into Gloucester, the town nearby, and stay in a hotel for the night. That way, we wouldn't worry about being blown over by winds while in the RV, and we wouldn't have to change all of our campground reservations to accommodate their funky system.
Had dinner at a sweet little local pizza place, with hand-made ice cream from the local ice cream parlor. Here's hoping for a calm, safe night.
No photos today.
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