Nov 1st, was a rainy day which kind of put a damper on things we wanted to do. We drove to Fredericksburg, Virginia but did not stay because it was raining so hard. We decided to head south, so backtracked a little to the east and south towards Chesapeake Virgini,a. Enroute we did stop at Yorkville, Virginia. This lovely little community was bombarded by the American Fleet at the end of the American Revolution in the late 1700's. The significant thing is this is where the final surrender of the British to the Americans took place. About 80% of the town was damaged by cannon balls and it was rebuilt to it's former glory. Still pouring rain so we headed for the Walmart hotel in Chesapeake!!!!!!!

Next day it was into N.Carolina and Hatteras Island. Now this was an interesting place to travel, you are right at sealevel.  If the water comes up even a metre from global warming, the houses on the beaches are going to be gone. They are already built up on stilts. The road was being cleaned by graders as there was a very high tide and high winds so the road was covered in sand. Miles and miles of houses along the beach on either side of this very narrow barrier island, it is known as the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and also the Outter banks. There is a free ferry from Cape Hatteras town to Ocracoke Island, 25 min, and it is all through a very winding channel, not alot of water so it is well marked. You could see people surf fishing all along the sand banks. We spent the night at a private campground called "TEETERS" in Oracoke. Not fancy for sure, even had your basic cockroach in the bathroom, no shower that night, but it was only $20.00. The town is very tourist orientated with loads of shops selling "STUFF". We were catching the ferry next morning for our 2.25 hrs trip across to Cedar Island and then heading south. Nov 3rd we caught the ferry at 10:30am and drove along another very narrow strip of land where the homes had sea water right up to their driveways. All had boats in their yards, wonder is that for a quick get away when the hurricane comes or the tide really rises!!!!!!!! This little island is linked to the mainland by a bridge and then we were back to some higher ground. The whole area is in deep rescession, no one seems to be working, all seem to be fishing off the roadways. Not alot of boats in the water, but there are alot of boats about, hard to figure.
We arrived at Wilmington S. Carolina around 5pm and parked at the Walmart Hotel again.  People here seemed a little better off judging from their clothing and just the way they carried themselves and the vehicles they were driving. Great deal on wine at Walmart as well!!!!!! There were 4 other rigs parked for the night along with us.