We stayed at a KOA, much to my chagrin. We were planning to stay at a Passport America park in New Bern, but after driving thru it, we decided to stay at the KOA that we had seen on our way. It appears that PA does not check out the parks in their system. This place was a grass parking lot with lots of people who appear to be there permanently. Didn't look good at all to us so we moved on.
We went to the Outer Banks of North Carolina before going to New Bern. We spent 3 days there on Hatteras Island. It was very nice in the campground in which we stayed. We went to the Cape Hatteras light house (the East coast light houses are so very different from the ones we saw in Oregon). We decided that we didn't want to make the climb to the top, so we stayed and took some pictures. We then went over to the place where the light house had been for 140 years. It was moved in 1999 to it's present location to more solid ground. It's old location was very close to the water and was surrounded by sand. There was a man made breakwater just a few yards from the site.
The next day we just kicked back at the house as we had been on the go for the last several days. We did go the beach on the windward side and watch the waves. There were several people on the beach and in the water. I didn't attempt to fish as I needed a license and I don't have any saltwater fishing gear.
We were going to take the ferry over to the mainland, but the ferries were all booked up for the next several days. So, we drove around. We surely would have liked to take the ferry, but oh well.
Gas prices here are totally outrageous. We paid $3.53/gal. in Newport News, on Thursday and $ 4.09/gal in New Bern. That is price gouging as far as I'm concerned. We did see one station charging $4.63/gal on highway 17 on our way to Charleston. I hope they close that guy down.
Yesterday, we went to the city center. Brenda wanted to take a carriage tour, so we did. We rode in a mule drawn carriage with 12 other people. Many of them oohed & awed. I had never been around people who actually do that sort of thing.
We definitely learned allot about this city. It is only 14 feet above see level at it highest point. It would definitely be a scary place during a hurricane.
It is also a very old city. It was very instrumental in both the revolutionary war and the "war of northern aggression".
We then went to a farmers market only open on Tuesdays after 3 pm. Lots of selections of veggies, but prices weren't all that great. We did get some tomatoes and cuc's at a fair price.
We are planning to go to Fort Sumter and to visit the USS Yorktown today if the weather holds.
It really rained here last night. Lots of thunder boomers, but nothing like what the people of Houston/Galveston got last weekend.
We were going on down to Savannah tomorrow, but we have decided to start our way back to Houston, going on I20. I can't seem to find out any info on the condition of I10. It will take several days to get there, and if there is still no power in the area we will stay in Livingston for the time being. We are leaving here tomorrow.
We are planning to stop and see an old nursing school chum, who lives near Augusta, GA We will only be there over night as it is in the middle of the week and he is still working. (poor guy)
Will add more as our travels continue.
Ta ta for now.
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