Sea Mist RV Park - NAS Oceana/Dam Neck - Virginia Beach, VA

April 16th -  Sea Mist RV Park - NAS Oceana/Dam Neck - Virginia Beach, VA  42 degrees, sunny and very windy.

We arrived here from Elizabeth City this afternoon.  It was a two hour drive north.  We have reservation to stay here for a week.  We thought we would enjoy a week on the ocean; however, last night we had a cold front move in and did it ever get cold.  We had a Coast Guard Policeman come to the door and warn us of impending wind and the upcoming storm, winds up to 60 miles per hour.

We thought it best to put the slides in, as we were on the bay and the wind was direct at our side and it certainly did blow and rain and the motor home certainly did shake.  It was 80 degrees yesterday, and was 36 degrees when we got up this morning.  The news showed ships that were blown from the ocean (bay area) up on the sand last evening and we saw many electric lines down as we drove this morning and trees down.  Once again the good Lord has seen us through to safety.  We were going to take the ferry this morning to cut down on time and driving, but with the swell in the water, thought it better to pass the ferry up this time.

We have a nice site here at Sea Mist; however, we were in hopes we could see the ocean, and were also disappointed to find that we do not have any internet here, so will type up the blog posts and hopefully will get someplace where I can post them with pictures.

We felt fortunate to be able to watch the Marines at Camp Lejeune train with the all-terrain vehicles and were able to speak to one of the young troops and he was from Scranton, PA.  They were doing a lot of different training in different areas this time and so much construction going on.  Definitely a growing base.

Our campsite at the Coast Guard Station was  wonderful, we could see the ocean and watch the Coast Guard helicopters with their training.  The boys were doing a 3K run Monday morning and that was interesting to watch.  Lou and I both got our hair cut while we were there and the gal that cut my hair was a delight, and her grandmother was from Sayre, PA.  She and her husband were being transferred to Michigan, she was from a Marine family and grew up in Havelock, NC, so we had lots to talk about, as that is where Travis and Noell lived.  She has read all of Nicholas Sparks books also.

We visited Aunt Hettie each day, and found her at her new nursing home and she was delighted to see us and hated to see us leave her.  She will be 94 in June.  She is now is a secured area and not able to go out for a ride with us, and she was disappointed about that, as she always liked to ride around her home town.  We enjoyed talking about “the old times”.  Lou and I were very thankful that we had taken her when she was able.  I had always taken lots of pictures of our visits and then made a book of our visits and sent it to her so she could remember our visits together and she told us she still looks at them, along with the adult picture book of the Bible that we got for her.  Her short term memory is not good.  Such a sweet person and a sweet personality.

Lou and I plan of doing our daily walks in the mornings here before we get started on something.  We have seen a lot of sailors walking past our RV,  so must be a good place to hoof it along!!