Warrior Creek CG (Kerr Scott Lake COE), Wilkesboro, NC

Date of Stay:  Tuesday May 2 – Tuesday June 7, 2016 (7 nights)

Rate:  $12/night (Access Pass discount)

Website:  Warrior Creek CG
   7658 W NC Highway 268
   Boomer, NC 28606
   336-921-2177

Description:  Reviewed earlier here.  Rolling hills and wooded.  Paved roadways with level W/E (50A) gravel sites.  We stayed in site 36 (pull thru) while T&D stayed in site 43.  About 60 campsites with 80% reservable.  Two dump stations, one good one near the middle of the park and one smaller one near the back.

Trash and Recycle:  Dumpster and intermingle recycle bin in the middle of the park.

Activities:  We met up with Tricia and Dan to start our summer travels.  While it rained a little every day, we still managed to have lots of fun.  We all went to Raffaldini Vineyards after having a fine deli sandwich for lunch at Shiloh General Store, an Amish store in Yadkin Valley.  We all enjoyed a relaxing day solving the world’s problems while Dan smoked some delicious ribs.  Another day was spent riding a bit of the Blue Ridge Parkway and shopping in Blowing Rock.  Tricia and I drove to nearby Glendale Springs and West Jefferson to see the churches of the frescoes painted by Ben Long.  Downtown West Jefferson is a quaint mountain town with active shops such as The Honey Hole and good cheeses at Ashe County Cheese Factory.  The two churches of the frescoes are beautiful Episcopal Churches still in use that were built in the very early 1900’s.  Holy Trinity in Glendale Springs had fallen to ruin from the mid 1940’s until 1980 when it was restored.  The fresco of “The Last Supper” was done at that time.  St Mary’s Church in West Jefferson has three frescoes, “Mary Great with Child”, “John the Baptist”, and “The Mystery of Faith” were all done in the mid 1970’s.  St Mary’s also has very beautiful stained glass windows.

 

On site 36

 

Site 36                                                      Site 43

 

Nearby Mountain View Overlook

 

Shiloh General Store                                  Raffaldini Vineyards

 

Inside and outside at Raffaldidni’s

 

Ashe County Cheese Factory in West Jefferson

 

Holy Trinity Church in Glendale Springs NC

 

Moses                                               Outside Holy Trinity

 

Beautiful old woodworking                            The Last Supper

 

St Mary’s Church in West Jefferson

   

Stained glass in the entry

  

Mary Great with Child          The Mystery of Faith          John the Baptist

   

   

Each stained glass window tells a story

Dark wood but open church

RV Resort at Carolina Crossroads, Roanoke Rapids, NC

Date of Stay:  Friday May 6 – Tuesday May 31, 2016

Rate:  $575/month

Website:  RV Resort at Carolina Crossroads
   415 Wallace Fork Road
   Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870
   252-538-9776

Description:  Reviewed several times in the past.  We stayed on a different site this time (siteP4).  It’s closer to the office and pool but still has a gazebo.  This is a popular overnighter near I-95 at exit 171.  Most sites are pull thrus and all are level with 50A FHU.  A lot less long term workers here this time.

Trash and Recycle:  Put your bag by the road in the morning and they pick it up.  No recycle here but we take ours to a bin in town near Mom’s.

Activities:  This is always family time for us.  We got here on Mother’s Day weekend and left after Memorial Day (which was quite busy).  We have found out through conversations with other rv’ers that a lot of people that travel the east coast to Florida are familiar with this park.  The folks that stayed in front of us at CK for a month (Trish and Carroll) pulled in here for a few nights on their way up north.  Small world indeed.

 

On site P4 close to the pool

 

The park empties out during the day

Cedar Point Campground (Croatan National Forest), Cedar Point, NC

Date of Stay:  Sunday May 1 – Friday May 6, 2016 (5 nights)

Rate:  $19/night (with Access Pass Discount)

Website:  Cedar Point Campground
   391 VFW Road
   Cedar Point, NC 28584
   252-638-5628

Description: Reviewed campground a few times before.  Paved road and sites with pea gravel patio area.  We stayed on site 16.  About 38 sites with 50A at each site.  About 4 sites are held out as walk-ins while the rest are reservable.  The campground was renovated about a year ago primarily because it needed a new dump station and leach field.  All of the sites have new fire pits while about half of the sites have new picnic tables and slightly wider pavement.  Some sites were combined as buddy sites so you pay double for those. The new dump station took away three sites near the exit.  There is a new host site right at the dump station occupied by a nice young family.  Great place for walking since there is a nature trail and kayak launch in the day use area.

Trash and Recycle:  Dumpster located near the dump station.  No recycle now.

Activities:  We have been here many times in the past so we took a trip down memory lane.  It rained a little every day but we still managed to enjoy our time here.  The Walmart in Morehead City is one of the nicest ones we’ve ever been to.  Lunch at El’s Drive-in (El Super Burger) is the best.  We went to T&W Oyster Bar for some good fried shrimp (no tails) and hush puppies!  Found a new donut shop right next to the parking lot at the Bogue Inlet Pier (big twists!).  I did walk off a few calories on the Tideland Trail.  One morning we just hung out on the pier and watched folks catch fish.  The blues were running so it was fun to watch.  We were surprised one day when Charlie and Dot (from Cedar Key RV by way of NY) pulled up in their MH.  They were visiting a new grand baby in Havelock.  We chatted with them some of course.

 

On site 16

 

Nicely spaced sites                                Airstream at the dump station

 

Tideland Trail                                              Kayak launch

   

Tideland Trail

 

Nice bench along the trail                           Bridge over the marsh

 

Cute and good donut shop right at the pier

 

Emerald Isle beach from Bogue Inlet Pier

   

Busy day fishing on the pier

 

Blues were running                                   Father and young son

 

From the pier                                          The end of the pier

Walmart (I-95 exit 119), Manning,SC

Date of Stay:  Saturday April 30, 2016 (1 night)

Rate:  Shopping trip (varies)

Website:  Walmart
   2010 Paxville Hwy
   Manning, SC 29102
   803-435-4323

Description:  About a mile from I-95 with an easy in and out parking lot.  Very quiet, parked near the Automotive/Garden Center.  Walmart truck beside us used his generator so we closed our windows and used ours until it cooled off.

Activities:  Overnighter about midway between CK and NC.  I asked an employee in the parking lot who said it was fine to stay.  Supper from Subway and breakfast from Bojangles.  We will use this spot again in the future.