March 25, 2022
We woke to clear skies – YEA! - and continued our journey north into North Carolina (sorry, missed the sign):
This is I95 in North Carolina. It was a beautiful road with little traffic:
Now into Virginia:
In Virginia, we turned east on US58 and settled at a Walmart in Franklin, Virginia.
Arby’s was within walking distance so we headed there for supper. When we got there, the inside was closed but the drive thru was open and we did a “walk-thru” – LOL! The worker told us that it was not unusual. She was great with us. The inside was shut down because of lack of workers – so sad.
Stats for today;
Routes Traveled:
South Carolina: US301; I95
North Carolina: I-95
Virginia: I95; US58; SR671
Miles Traveled: 229 Miles
March 26-27, 2022
We were up early and on our way. Today’s journey took us on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel. On the way to the Bridge:
On our way across the Chesapeake:
A few tidbits about the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, not to be confused with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge further north:
“There are two one-mile tunnels beneath the Thimble Shoals and Chesapeake navigation channels and two pairs of side-by-side high-level bridges over two other navigation channels: North Channel Bridge (75 feet clearance) and Fisherman Inlet Bridge (40 foot clearance). The remaining portion comprises 12 miles of low-level trestle, two miles of causeway, and four man-made islands.
The CBBT is 17.6 miles long from shore to shore, crossing what is essentially an ocean strait. Including land-approach highways, the overall facility is 23 miles long (20 miles from toll plaza to toll plaza) and despite its length, there is a height difference of only six inches from the south to north end of the bridge–tunnel.
Man-made islands, each approximately 5.25 acres in size, are located at each end of the two tunnels. Between North Channel and Fisherman Inlet, the facility crosses at grade over Fisherman Island, a barrier island that is part of the Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The columns that support the bridge–tunnel's trestles are called piles. If placed end to end, the piles would stretch for about 100 miles, roughly the distance from New York City to Philadelphia.”
There is a lot of information here as well as history “http://www.cbbt.com/”
We have traveled this bridge quite a few times and it is always amazing to me. We have never stopped at the scenic overlook nor the restaurant/gift shop but some day we will. They are currently closed due to building new tunnels.
We are on our way:
It was breezy. Check out the whitecaps on the water:
The first tunnel under the Thimble Signal Channel:
And we are out:
Second tunnel is between those two islands:
The second tunnel under the Chesapeake Channel:
And we are out again:
Coming to the other side:
Right after we crossed the bridge there was a huge rest area. Since the road we were on was extremely rough and bouncy, we had to stop to put the inside of the MH back in place. This is what it looked like (lots of stuff on the floor):
We did find out that the rest area allows overnight parking. We continued north:
Into Maryland:
Then into Delaware:
Our site at the Delaware Seashore State Park:
This is beautiful park but it was so so cold and windy. We were here about 9 years ago and it was the same. Some day, we hope to be here when it is sunny and warm and not windy so when I go to the beach, I will not be sandblasted – LOL.
We are here to visit with our daughter, granddaughters, grandson in law, and our five great grandchildren. Once we set up on 3/26, we went to supper with our daughter and then to a birthday party for our oldest great grandson who is 8.
Sunday was a rest day for us – we needed it from traveling. Plus it was even windier and colder – BRRRR!
Stats for March 26:
Routes Traveled:
Virginia: SR671; US58; I64; US13
Maryland: US13; US113; SR90; SR528
Delaware: SR1
215 Miles
Stay tuned and enjoy today.
. All the ranger talks, walks, and programs are all finished for the season – 
. Oh well!
