After Virginia we continued south. Part of our travel plan is to spend as little as possible on accomodations while avoiding the dumps. Passport America, Trip advisor and RV park reviews web sites are essential tools in our virtual travel tool box.
Found RVacations campground right off I-95…literally. You can see the transport truck on the interstate right from the campground. Needless to say the traffic noise was obviously loud and the nearby train tracks also contributed to the constant white noise. But you get used to it after a while and it doesn’t keep us from sleeping. The price was right….$190/week for 30 amp, full hook up standard site so just a bit more than $27/day, WIFI was free and worked great and the restroom facilities were clean. Two things VERY important to us when we travel. Sites for the transient guests at the front were fairly close together but the seasonal sites at the back were actually really nice.
The other nice thing was that they were right beside a small lake where you could fish (catch and release) and they had chickens. They sold the eggs for $3/dozen, great idea, we’re all for fresh, free range eggs.
So the only thing we knew about the area before we stopped was that Selma is the Antique place to shop in NC and that there was a big outlet mall a couple of exits down I-95.
Since we don’t have a house, antique shopping not high on my list but the outlet mall….I love me a good outlet mall. Dave, not so much. That’s just fine with me, I got to spend a day, ALONE, wandering around and actually managed to find some good deals, even taking the not so great exchange rate into account. Weather has also been fabulous. High 70s even up to 80.
But we couldn’t shop and hang out in the trailer for the entire week. Good old Google helped us find a great biking trail not far from the campsite.
The Neuse River trail starts around Clayton and goes north of Raleigh. 32 miles one way. Similar to the bike trails around Quebec City, the trail is only for cyclists and pedestrians.
We ended up doing the south half of the trail (30 miles) one day, starting/ending in Clayton. The next day we drove about 45 minutes to the middle point of the trail and started/ended there. We did about 36 miles that day. Majority of the trail was relatively flat but there were some long sections of up which were great coasting sections on the way back. Overall, impressed with the trails. With all the bridges it must have taken a lot of cash to build it as well as to maintain it. Highly recommend doing it if you’re ever in the area.
Here’s some pics from our biking along the Neuse River trail.