Eastern Shore of Virginia

We arrived in Sanford, Virginia on April 4th to spend a week.  We are in a very nice RV park on the eastern shore of Virginia.  To get here we came over the Chesapeake Bridge and Tunnel highway, for $28.  It was a beautiful drive.

First order of business was to take the truck into the local Ford dealer for a repair.  While in the Outer Banks I had noticed that the truck was leaking antifreeze and a local auto repair shop discovered that it was coming from the lower radiator hose but he could not fix it as the parts would have to come from the dealer.  Fortunately it was not leaking very fast and the hose appeared to be intact so I made an appointment for a dealer near our next stop, Virginia.  I took the truck in on Friday and ended up spending 8 hours there while they did the repair.  I am guessing the hose must have a gold lining based on the cost of the part, $125.  All told the repair cost $400, for a RADIATOR HOSE!!

Our first night it rained heavy and our space had huge puddles all over it.  I figured the ground would absorb the water but by late afternoon the puddles were still as deep.  To get to our trailer door we had to walk on two pieces of wood so we would not soak our shoes.  The park said we could move to nearby site that has a concrete pad and less flooding.  We completed the move on Saturday morning.

With those items out of the way we have done some exploring of the area.  The biggest attraction in this area is Chincoteague Island and Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.  The island has a quaint little town and some tourist stuff, along with restaurants and such, but really, to us, it was not that big of deal.  The big event is in July when the wild ponies from the Wildlife Refuge are herded up and swim to Chincoteague Island for an auction.  The wild ponies are similar to what we saw on the Outer Banks.  They have been here for something like 400 years.  The herd is kept to a size of 150.  We took a walk on a trail in the park and could see a few off in the distance.  The pictures are blurry as the camera focused on the trees that were in front.

What was amazing on our walk was to see the destruction to the forest caused by superstorm Sandy.  Trees were snapped in half and bark blown off trunks.  Trees are piled up all over the area we walked.

After the first couple of days the weather significantly improved to where we are now running the air conditioner!

Next stop Delaware.