{"id":5455,"date":"2020-07-25T11:33:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T15:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/?p=5455"},"modified":"2020-07-25T11:40:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T15:40:40","slug":"camping-near-williamsburg-va-july-21-23-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/?p=5455","title":{"rendered":"Camping Near Williamsburg, VA – July 21-23, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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 time without officially staying in Virginia Beach, we made reservations at American Heritage RV Park<\/a> near Williamsburg, Virginia. We were familiar with the campground as we stayed there last year, and while it’s certainly different from a state park, we’ve found it to be a clean, safe, and quiet environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We knew it was going to be hot–and we seem to have a knack for camping during heat waves–so the temperature when we got there really wasn’t a surprise:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After we had everything set up, we went over to York River State Park, as we did the previous year, while cumulonimbus clouds formed in the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Almost as soon as the York River came into view, I heard the sound of Ospreys. We spotted them at the edge of the river in a tree behind the visitor’s center. There were two on a branch, and one was enjoying a late lunch or early dinner:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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