Off We go.............

Well it took an extra day but we finally pulled out of Charlottesville at 8:40 this morning and after the longest driving day ever (I hope) six hours later Winona landed in Site 17  at Cedar Point Campground in the Croatan National Forest in Coastal North Carolina. 

This is a great place.  The sites are wonderfully treed have nice size pad,  picnic table with 30 amp electric.  Water is available but not at each site.  There is a dump station.  It is all very nicely kept up.  There is a great long wetlands trail. AND a canoe trail as well.  Can’t wait to get out and do those.  All of this for  $17 a night with electric,  $12 without or $11 with electric for those  with the Senior Pass.   A shout out to Howard and Linda Payne for so highly recommending COE campgrounds.  If this one is any example they are fabulous!   And another big shout to Gin and Syl for recommending this specific one.  You guys are the best.

I haven’t posted in a number of days due to the chaos of the 4 days prior to blast off.  One thing after another seemed to take up 25 hours of each day.  There was one really major disappointment when I got out the sea eagle to pack it.   Turned over the bag and there were two holes in it.  Upon getting the boat out to see, I discovered a mouse couple and their 3 offspring who had made a nest and chewed this hole in the boat.  Just what we needed the day before  leaving to go on a kayaking trip.

But we’ll still be kayaking as you can see from this just before leaving  picture  we have a wilderness cape lookout and a necky strapped to the Accord’s roof .  Hope we can get the sea eagle repaired or I guess we’ll have to replace it sometime before the 2011 Rally and the Sea Eagle Rigotta  :-)  It really is a great boat to go out in as a pair especially if as I take my advice from Linda Payne and put the paddler in the back as I recline back with my feet out in front.

Totally exhausted at this point.  But check back tomorrow when the plan will be hikin’, bikin’ or kayakin’ for sure.