October 29, 2020

Wind Restrictions

Kiptopeke State Park Cape Charles, Virginia

When we left Reisterstown, it was raining.  It was not a very nice driving day, but it wouldn’t have been a nice day for much else either.  We had the intention of staying at Cherrystone, one of our very favorite campgrounds but it was raining and unpleasant and we decided that instead we would just keep moving.  We did stop in the town of Cape Charles just for a quick lunch break and walk on the pier.

We had made arrangements to stay at a Harvest Host Campground.  Harvest Host is new to us.  For a yearly fee, members are allowed to camp in over 1,100 locations.  These sites are farms, orchards, breweries, wineries, museums, and other similar attractions.  Our first time was in Virginia at a brewery and we really enjoyed having this different kind of experience.  Today, we had hoped to make it to Morris Farms in NC but that didn’t work out!  We got to the toll booth at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and we were directed to turn around.  There were wind restrictions due to 47 mph wind gusts and so we were not able to cross. 

We went back a couple of miles to Kiptopeke State Park and set up camp.  I had forgotten how lovely it was.  We went for a nice hike from the campground to the beach and then through the woods.