Days 22 & 23: Oyster Point Campground, NC

Sunday was even more blustery than during my ride on Friday.  But Alea only did a bit more than 24 miles to reach our current campsite, at Oyster Point Campground ($8, primitive, vault toilets and water available) located 7 miles north of Newport, NC.

The campground is located a couple of miles off of a county highway, so it is very quiet.  We have a peek-a-boo view of Newport River.  We are also conveniently close one of the two vault toilets, which fortunately doesn't smell (which isn't always the case).

Our peek-a-boo view.

It is a small campground with a host and 14 other campsites.  There is pretty dense undergrowth beneath the pine trees, which helps to block the strong winds.  There is also plenty of firewood that has been left behind by previous campers (and even a chunk of Firestarter Log), so we'll be able to have roaring campfires both evenings that we are here, plus there was a doughnut shaped squeaky toy that Lana found the instant she jumped out of the van.  So for $16 for two nights of camping, this is about as good as it gets.  The only downside is that there is poison ivy growing along the perimeter of the campsite, but there is still plenty of room for Lana without the risk of her getting any on her fur and then sharing it with us at night when we climb into bed.

Another great campsite!

I'm a happy camper!

We were also fortunate to have our camp neighbors stop by before they headed for home and offer us some of their awesome owl cake.  Bettina is honing her skills in hopes of eventually having a part time cake baking business, so we were given the opportunity to sample her wares.  She and Kooba have pet pig, Oliver, who is their kayaking companion.  It was fun swapping stories with them, but it wasn't long before they needed to head home to prepare for another week at work.

Kooba & Bettina...

...and their pig, Oliver.

Since we will be here for two nights, tomorrow will be a shopping day for us.  We'll head to town to pick up a prescription for Alea and then we go grocery shopping to stock up on food, since there are limited shopping options on many parts of the Outer Banks.  We'll catch the ferry to the Outer Banks on Tuesday morning.

The theme for the day: wind...

...and more wind.