1285 October 14, 2025 Looking For Sunshine!

Thankfully we were able to get off the ferry in Cedar Island.  The RV park that we intended to stay at was less than a mile from the ferry terminal.  GPS took me to the right and fortunately, Tim was not directly behind me.  Tim found the campground entrance and pulled in.  It was very dark.   There was no one at the office and we were going to have to book online.   There were no lights and there was no signage to guide us.  We stumbled upon some waterview full hookup sites but they were pricey.  After getting out to walk around, we noted that many of the campground roads had large puddles and soft spots.  In an abundance of caution, elected to use the available pull through.

Tim didn’t feel well.  He had a headache and felt unbalanced…I believe that he had some seasickness.  He was in bed by 8pm.

The wind once again pummeled us.  Tim got up sometime in the middle of the night, started the engine and pulled the bid dining room slideout in. 

In the morning, it was misty and grey and the wind was still whipping.  I slept late and Tim was already out walking when I got up.  In any other weather this would have been a very cool place to stay.  There is equestrian camping here and people come with their horses to walk the miles of beach trails.

Our goal today was to find sunshine and to escape the wind.  We headed south Down East on the Crystal Coast.

We traveled through a marshy National Wildlife Refuge and it was beautiful.

We drove past Tony’s Sanitary Fish Market in Morehead City.  Our family used to vacation at Atlantic Beach and Tony’s Fish Market was a favorite.  I remember that the hushpuppies were amazingly delicious.  Back in the day, the servers would bring us heaping baskets full of hushpuppies and when they were gone, they would bring us more! 

We moved further south past Newbern and then further still to Holden Beach.  We stayed here years ago.  Today, we were lucky to find a site right along the beach near the pier.  The pier was badly damaged in a storm but the campsites are available through the town hall.  This was the view out our front door!

All of the windy and consequently noisy nights had taken a toll on me and I desperately needed a nap.  When I woke after 4pm, we hopped on our bikes and rode to the bridge.

We went to Castaways for dinner. 

This mural is a picture of Wilson from the Tom Hanks movie.

We tried to drive to the end of the island to watch the sunset but the end of the island is a private and gated community…boo!

We walked out onto the beach instead.  It was a lovely evening…warm and NO WIND!!! The waves lapped gently at the shoreline. It is hard to believe that this is the same ocean.

We spent a long time this evening making future reservations. We had assumed that because it was not the high season, that it would be easy to find places to stay. We were wrong and so we decided to plan ahead so that we can visit the parks we know we want to stay. We are booked now until October 27th.