Tall Pines, Virginia

Friday our lease was up over at Fort Whaley, so we picked up and moved house just an hour away south-east to Tall Pines Harbor campground in Sanford, Virginia. Now we are on Chesapeake Bay proper - Pokomoke Sound to be specific. It was a rainy day for travel, so I was glad that it was a short day, although the wet road driving wasn't a problem for Gigantor and the Whale. So, we got minimally set up, walked dogs between showers, and I made pizza for dinner in our little propane oven.
Yesterday was sunny but cold and very windy. We tried to go kayaking but took a while to find the hidden launch site, and then didn't go because of the cold and wind. Instead we got some groceries and then explored a bit in the truck, ending up in the nearby town of Saxis, where we found a fishing pier and strange shallow graves in peoples yards. A few pictures of Saxis:




In the evening I grilled burgers over a fire, and then we went to the Rec Hall for the "show" appropriately called "Hillbilly Hoe-Down" where they re-enacted skits from He-Haw and played game-show games using Beverly Hillbillies trivia. Silly, but fun.


Today I plan to take a crack at fishing for striped bass, although the water is very brown and cloudy from recent rain and wind, so expectations are low.