Zero Mile Day

We drove zero miles today.  After the last two days of many hours per day, this was a good thing.  Actual driving consisted of moving the RV about 50 feet from one campsite to the one next to us.  When we reserved two nights a while back, we couldn’t get the same campsite for two nights in a row, so we reserved one and then the other.  We found out that this is a very common occurrence in this state park.

When the time came to check out, we were waiting for the person occupying our next campsite to leave.  We were talking to a couple of the volunteer rangers and found out that another person one campsite over was waiting for our site to clear so he could move onto ours.  We later saw the truck camper that we were waiting for on a different site. So it looks like there’s a game of musical campers that goes on around the 1pm checkout time.

We took a long walk around Sandy Point this morning.  It was quite foggy for most of the walk, but still a good day for a beach walk.  We ran into a guy who was fishing who said he spends his winters here but lives in Ohio in the summer.  There seems to be a lot of that going on.  He had a great big starfish in a bucket that he just picked up out of the surf.  He was going to show it to his wife, who was hunting shells, and then release it.

Around the other side of the Point there were many fallen trees and debris that blocked further progress, so we went inland and ended up at the group camp.  The road into this camp led back to the administration buildings and we walked past more pickup trucks and 4-wheelers than I would think this state park would need.  They also seem to have a large staff and many volunteers working here.  On our way out of this area, we were stopped by a ranger in a pickup who inquired why we were walking here.  I think she was ready to read us the riot act, but we explained that we had been walking the beach and gotten somewhat lost because of the beach blockage.  I think she could tell that we were not terrorists or something else, just some old geezers walking the beach, so we parted ways amicably.  We learned later from a volunteer ranger that she was the second to the top dog at the park.

We got out the kayaks and paddled quite a bit of the same route as we walked, ending up almost to Sandy Point. We went this direction because the wind was against us.  Better to go out against the wind and come back with the wind at your back. Sure enough, coming back, no paddling required; the wind just pushed us along.

We looked for starfish in the surf, and only saw some small ones, not nearly as large as the one in the bucket.  I took a picture of one by just sticking my phone in the water.  I had to adjust the contrast with Photoshop, but it turned out pretty decent. The water was only about a foot deep here, and was pretty clear.

After lunch we biked into town for a ways, past all the high rises and surf shops and restaurants.  I would imagine this gets pretty crazy around Spring Break, but, right now, it’s rather quiet.

Fairly low-key day. We even took nap this afternoon.  The sun was out and it was rather hot in the sun so we turned the air conditioning on and took a nap to let the heat of the day pass.  It’s supposed to rain later on this evening into tomorrow

We enjoyed our dinner on the picnic table at our campsite, watching other campers set up their sites.  One couple a few sites over made sure their RV was perfectly level by putting one wheel on a small block.  Then it was getting out the portable fire pit and the grill, the cord and the hoses for the hookups, making sure the waste hose was perfectly sloped.  It took the entire dinner for them to set up.

Yeah, we’re easily entertained.

We just backed into our site and plugged the cord in. Total time, about one minute.  We’ll deal with the water and waste when we leave.