Assateague Island National Seashore

We visited two ends of the Assateague Island National Seashore, in Maryland and Virginia. Famous for their wild horses.

The NPS map; click or tap to interact:

An interactive map of our route (we were going to have dinner in Ocean Beach, but it was too busy, so we continued up the coast to Bethany Beach):

Visitor center:

Assateague Island National Seashore

Visitor center

Wild horses:

Horses

Sign

Dunes trail hike:

Dunes trail hike

Biplane

Dunes trail hike

Wild horse and touron:

Horse and touron

Horse

The Chincoteague end of the island:

Chincoteague

Horse corral, where they collect the horses on this end of the island:

Horse corral

Visitor center:

Visitor center

Bay

A popular beach:

Beach

Lighthouse info:

Lighthouse info

Lighthouse trail

Lighthouse

Slide glide replacement

I noticed one of the slide glides was broken on the front passenger slide-out. So we also got Coach Connection in Red Bay to fix that. The glide blocks help support the slide-out, but can break in time; this is the second time we’ve had to replace one (though a different one).

It involves slightly jacking up the slide to take the pressure off:

Jack under slide

The the glide blocks can be easily removed and replaced, mounted onto a metal plate:

Slide glide blocks

Homestead Campground

We stayed at Homestead Campground in Georgetown, Delaware. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Another last-minute change, to avoid going through narrow tunnels and roadworks. A very nice, quiet campground, mostly permanent sites.

Dates:

Check in: 2024-05-28
Check out: 2024-06-02
5 nights

Weather:

Mostly sunny
High temps 74-82°F, lows 52-65°F
Little wind, gusts to 20 MPH

Noise:

No road noise
No train horn noise
Negligible neighbor noise

Site:

#E44, pull-through, grass
Didn’t need to disconnect toad, parked behind coach
A little unlevel site, high on front and right; used hydraulic leveling
Grass site about 80 feet long by 30 feet wide
Picnic table
Fire pit
No trees
Mostly clean site

Utilities:

50 amp power, fairly conveniently located
50 PSI water, fairly conveniently located
Good sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

T-Mobile: 10 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 40 ms ping
AT&T: 105 Mbps down, 20 Mbps up, 70 ms ping
Verizon: 25 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 42 ms ping
Campground Wi-Fi: 8 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, 20 ms ping
Starlink: not used

Amenities:

Garbage pickup from site
Pools
Weekend food trucks and live entertainment

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Nice park, loaded with weekenders

This campground mainly has permanent seasonal sites where residents come down for the weekends during the summer. There were very few folks around during the week, but everyone came “home” from Thursday to Sunday. The campground has lots of activities every weekend. The “transient” sites were all nice long pull-throughs. We camped at Homestead Campground in a Motorhome.

Campground map:

Map

A gift when checking in; water and kettle corn:

Gift

An interactive map:

Our site; since we booked the day before we arrived, we could see that the row was mostly empty, and booked a site with empty sites on both sides; it’s nice to have space:

Our site

Utilities:

Utilities

A bunny on our site:

Bunny

Paladin was most fascinated:

Bunny

Other sites:

Other sites

Mostly park models:

Other sites

Pond:

Pond

Splash pad:

Splash pad

Adult pool (they also have a larger family pool):

Adult pool

Events:

Events

Games:

Games

Ball field:

Ball field

Idle unpopulated koi pond:

Koi pond

A nice campground.

Video

Video: Cape Charles, Virginia to Georgetown, Delaware motorhome travel timelapse

A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 132 miles from Cape Charles, Virginia to Georgetown, Delaware.

Travel from Cape Charles, Virginia to Georgetown, Delaware

We drove our coach 132 miles, about three hours of driving, from Cape Charles, Virginia to Georgetown, Delaware. Yet another new state.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:

Route map

An interactive map:

Preparing to toad up:

Preparing to toad up

The campground emptied out after the weekend:

Campground emptied out

Route 13 North:

Route 13 North

Royal Farms fuel stop:

Royal Farms fuel stop

They limited the pump to $125, so we had to do two transactions to fill up, as our 150 gallon tank was about half full:

Royal Farms fuel stop

Paladin on the passenger chair:

Paladin

Maryland Welcomes You:

Maryland Welcomes You

A rest area stop:

Rest area

“Urban area, stay alert”:

Urban area, stay alert

Welcome to Delaware:

Welcome to Delaware

An accident:

Accident

Millsboro, Delaware:

Millsboro, Delaware

Our destination:

Our destination

Entry door repairs

The entry door on our coach was not closing or opening very well, especially when in the sun. Apparently the door latch wasn’t the correct model. So we got that replaced by Coach Connection in Red Bay:

Replacing latch

The door arm (that holds it open) was also sagging and catching on the door, so we got him to replace that too:

Door arm

Both so much better now.

Colonial Williamsburg

We visited Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia, which could be described as Disneyland for history buffs.

An interactive map:

Another interactive map on their website.

Historic Triangle:

Historic Triangle

Williamsburg sign:

Williamsburg sign

Visitor center:

Visitor center

Relief map:

Relief map

Model:

Model

Path by a stream under a bridge:

Path by stream under bridge

Governer’s Palace:

Governer's Palace

Kitchen:

Governer's Palace

Horse and cart:

Horse and cart

Building

Lunch at The King’s Arms:

Building

The King's Arms

Street

Capitol guided tour:

Capitol

Raleigh Bakery:

Raleigh Bakery

Shops:

Shops

Sheep:

Sheep

Cows:

Cows

Pond and a pointy building:

Pond and building

Bridge back to the visitor center:

Bridge back to visitor center

An interesting experience.

Colonial National Historical Park: Jamestown

We visited a couple of areas of the Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia, including Yorktown and Jamestown Island. This post is about Jamestown.

Jamestown is in multiple parts; a touristy Jamestown Settlement, that we didn’t visit (this time), and Jamestown Island, which is partly NPS, and partly a Preservation Virginia area.

The NPS map; click or tap to interact:

An interactive map of the Jamestown Island area:

Historic Jamestowne:

Historic Jamestowne

Glasshouse ruins:

Historic Jamestowne

Glasshouse

A replica Glasshouse, that does glassblowing demonstrations:

Replica Glasshouse

Jamestowne visitor center:

Visitor center

Auditorium:

Visitor center

Exhibits:

Visitor center

Monument:

Monument

Pocahontas:

Pocahontas

Relief map:

Relief map

Captain John Smith:

Captain John Smith

Cannon:

Cannon

The Barracks:

The Barracks

Indian tools; this guy showed and handed around various tool components, and told of their manufacture:

Indian tools

Church:

Church

Cellar kitchen:

Cellar kitchen

Blacksmith workshop:

Smith

This recreator talked Jenn’s ear off with old-timey tales:

Smith

Shrine

The Statehouse:

The Statehouse

Museum:

Museum

Ancient foundations under the floor:

Museum

Gift store:

Gift store

Fascinating stuff.

Colonial National Historical Park: Yorktown

We visited a couple of areas of the Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia, including Yorktown and Jamestown Island. This post is about Yorktown.

The NPS map; click or tap to interact:

An interactive map of the Yorktown area:

Historic Yorktown:

Historic Yorktown

Visitor center:

Visitor center

Yorktown:

Yorktown

Cape Charles / Chesapeake Bay KOA Resort

We stayed at Cape Charles / Chesapeake Bay KOA Resort in Cape Charles, Virginia. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A decent RV park with a private beach and restaurant. This was a last-minute change to avoid traveling on the Memorial Day weekend; amazingly, we were able to get a reservation just a few days before the holiday, despite it being packed with holiday campers.

Dates:

Check in: 2024-05-24
Check out: 2024-05-28
4 nights

Weather:

Partly cloudy on first days; thunderstorms and rain on last day
High temps 69-73°F, lows 65-69°F
Little wind, gusts to 24 MPH

Noise:

No road noise
No train horn noise
Lots of neighbor noise during Memorial Day weekend; quiet after everyone left

Site:

#513, back-in, grass
Needed to disconnect toad, parked beside coach
Mostly level site, slightly high in the back; used hydraulic leveling
Grass site about 45 feet long by 30 feet wide
Picnic table
Fire pit
A few trees
Clean site

Utilities:

50 amp power, conveniently located
60 PSI water, conveniently located
Good sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

T-Mobile: 20 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 50 ms ping
AT&T: 250-285 Mbps down, 40 Mbps up, 50 ms ping
Verizon: 15-25 Mbps down, 10 Mbps up, 70 ms ping
Starlink: not used
Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

Garbage dumpsters by exit
Pools
Onsite restaurant
Beach

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Like being in the Keys on the Chesapeake

This was a last-minute change for Memorial Day weekend. We were surprised there was availability the week before the holiday, and there were even a few empty sites all weekend. The campsites themselves were pretty basic (bare grass with a fire ring and picnic table), but the amenities were top-notch. We had dinner a couple of times at the beachside restaurant and enjoyed it both times. With a rum drink in hand and a salt breeze off the water, it was very relaxing after a long day of driving and the stress of getting over/through the bridge tunnel. Being a holiday weekend, it was pretty rambunctious in the campground, but it really cleared out on Monday, and it was pretty much just us and the long-term residents. We camped at Cape Charles / Chesapeake Bay KOA Resort in a Motorhome.

Campground map:

Map