On To Virginia!

We left North Carolina this morning, once again heading north. This is one of many similar houses we saw in the state. Dormer windows on a second or third story and a front porch -- almost a requirement for a North Carolina house I think!

We were on Interstate 64 heading north when we crossed the border into Virginia and started seeing signs to check our gas... There was a l-o-n-g bridge and tunnel coming up. Next we saw signs saying that rigs with propane tanks must stop at the inspection station. We pulled off onto the right lane where there was a little hut. A man came out; went around the front of Auntie Violet and wrote down our license number; then he came to the passenger side door, opened it and asked if our propane tank was shut off; I said it was (I ALWAYS shut it off when I pick up the jack pad from that compartment!); he must have believed me 'cause he waved us on without checking further!

It took a bit to get back onto that VERY busy highway, but finally there was enough of a break in the traffic to allow us back on. We started to see signs warning us NOT to change lanes...

And then we were in the tunnel! It seemed pretty narrow...

And then it started getting darker... (there was only one row of lights along the ceiling instead of two!)

Many miles later -- but probably not as many as it seemed, we were out the other side! It sure was nice to see the sky again. Other than the GPS routing us right through downtown Norfolk, we pretty much traveled on tree-lined roads -- you certainly don't see much scenery in the East! As we got closer to King & Queen Courthouse, where the Rainbow Acres Campground is located, the narrower the roads got --

When we got to the Campground which was a half a mile down a dead-end dirt road, the ladies in the office did NOT have our reservation! Fortunately, I had the print-out of the confirmation email. It's a good thing they had several empty spaces. One of the ladies took us around in a golf cart to check out the available sites. We decided on one that was fairly level and wasn't in too dark of a treed area.

Off we went to set up, but when I checked the electricity, there was NO power. The lady from the office called the maintenance man, who was having his day off. He told her to try resetting the breaker. She did, but it kept popping back off. The maintenance man finally came over himself and after checking out the box at the site, decided the breaker was bad. He went and got a new one, replaced the old, and it worked! So almost an hour after we started setting up we finally finished the job.