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Pocahontas State Park
10301 State Park Rd
Chesterfield, VA 23832

804-796-4255

November 17 – 20, 2024

After a four-hour drive, we arrived at Pocahontas State Park in Chesterfield, VA. Once again, I managed to pick an very sloped site, both front to back and side to side. I leveled it as best I could with the leveling blocks and decided to let it go, since I’d only be there for two days. First order of business, after getting settled in and plugged in, was to take a shower in the conveniently located bathhouse — my first in five days, since it had been so cold and windy at Oregon Inlet, and the showers there were unheated and exposed to the outside.

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Oregon Inlet Campground
12001 NC HWY 12
Nags Head, NC 27959

252-475-9054

November 11 – 17, 2024

I left my previous campground, Chippokes State Park, at around 11 AM, stopping at the dump station on my way out. I got the timing just about perfect, pulling into the single dump station just as the previous RV was finishing up. There were at least two RVs lined up behind me as I pulled up to the dumps. Arrived at Oregon Inlet around 2 PM, having made one stop for gas along the way.

Being a seashore, the campground is mostly treeless and the sites are all in view of each other. So not much privacy but it wasn’t too bad. I’d chosen my site on the outside of the loop because it had trees behind it, so at least one side was blocked off. My brother and SIL had the site across from me and the bathhouse was behind them, so an easy walk to the bathrooms. The showers were more like seaside showers, unheated stalls with pull-chain showers and doors that were open at the top and bottom. Fine for beachgoers in the summer, but not ideal for fall campers when the weather is colder!

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Chippokes State Park
695 Chippokes Park Rd.
Surry, VA 23883

757-294-3728

November 5 – 11, 2024

After Powhatan State Park, we moved on to Chippokes State Park, after a short two-hour drive. My site was once again sloped and off level, both front-to-back and side-to-side. But it also had its advantages: it was at the top of the loop, and it was a wheelchair-accessible site, so there was a concrete pad beside it and a paved path to the bathhouse directly behind it. It also had a nice level tent pad, which however was of no use to me. (I brought my tent but never set it up — it was mostly too cold to stay outside in an unheated tent, and besides, I didn’t think Davey would fare well in a tent or being left alone in the van.)

The loop I stayed in was the A loop, which is most likely the older loop, with tent sites and uneven pads. The B loop had larger, more level paved sites, but there were no sites available in loop B when I reserved my spot. My brother and SIL originally had a site in B loop, but moved to loop A to be closer to me, and they also ended up in a very sloped site. The sites on the inside of the loop seemed to be the sloped ones, while the outside sites looked more level. I’ll remember that If I ever stay at Chippokes again!

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