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Tag Archives: First Landing State Park
Virginia Beach – March 2022
Due to the pandemic, it had been over 2 years since Wayne and I stayed in a motel or hotel. With a rare free weekend, however, we made a (slow) run for Virginia Beach, traveling on Rt. 5 between Richmond … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic Ocean, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Chesapeake Bay, Colonial Parkway, First Landing State Park, James River, Jamestown-Scotland Ferry, osprey, seagulls, Virginia, Virginia Beach, York River, Yorktown
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Camping in Virginia Beach – July 21-24, 2021
Some years when we’ve gone to the beach in the summer, we’ve stayed at a motel 10 miles from the oceanfront just to keep our visit reasonably affordable. In more recent years we’ve stayed at a campground near Williamsburg and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aquarium, Atlantic Ocean, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Campgrounds, Camping, First Landing State Park, Holiday Trav-L-Park, ocean, osprey, Pelican, Virginia Aquarium, Virginia Beach, Virginia Campers, Wildlife
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Camping Near Williamsburg, VA – July 21-23, 2020
We’ve felt pretty comfortable regarding the whole social distancing thing when we’ve camped at rural state parks this summer, but I had some real concerns about going to or staying in a more populated area. Hoping to have some beach … Continue reading
Williamsburg & Virginia Beach, August 2-4, 2019
On this journey, we took I-64 East to American Heritage RV Park near Williamsburg, VA. Once our “mobile motel” was set up in pull-through site #57, we were free to start exploring. From the campground, it was an easy 4-mile … Continue reading
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Tagged American Heritage RV Park, Camping, Chesapeake Bay, Coachmen Clipper, First Landing State Park, Great Blue Heron, Ibis, James River, osprey, Pelican, Virginia Beach, Virginia State Parks, Wildlife, Williamsburg, York River, York River State Park
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Virginia Beach, April 2019
Beach-bound, we left home the morning of Friday, April 5th and decided to try another alternate route to Virginia Beach by traveling east on Rt. 60. Slower than the interstate–but more scenic–we got to the motel in Town Center around … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic Ocean, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Bald Eagle, First Landing State Park, ocean, osprey, Roads-less-Traveled, Virginia Beach
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