More on the Campground and Potluck

We felt it was important for us to walk around the whole park to discover where everything is located. Pictures of the entry, office, playground and pools, have already been shown, but there is so much more to the park. So, the bulk of our time during the day yesterday was spent exploring the entire 123 acres of the campground.

Starting with the storage area, directly across from the Workamper sites, where the boats are stored:

There were over a hundred boats stored in this area, some in the open and some that were under cover. Our tour took us around the whole perimeter of the campground. This included a walk through the "seasonal" area where all sites are filled with mobile homes that all have been upgraded within the last 3 years. There are many nice homes, and too many to show in this blog entry so those shots will be saved for a future post. The seasonal people have docks to keep their boats tied up in the water after they arrive for the summer and take them out of storage:

Right next to the docks is the nice launch area:

Continuing around the perimeter, we came to the park area that consists of a grassy area on the shore that overlooks the Rappahannock River which, as mentioned before, is the access to Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean:

Also seen in this picture is the bridge that connects to the towns on the next peninsula, including Kilmarnock, where the Walmart is located.

Not too far from this viewing area is the swimming beach:

which has very nice sand, even though it isn't very large.

As we walked through all the areas with the newer mobile homes with large decks for entertaining, it made me aware of some of the challenges I will be facing this summer to keep order after quiet time begins at 11 PM. I only have to do the security checks on Friday and Saturday nights, but that may be more than enough.

As we rounded the turn to come back to the interior of the park, we came to the goldfish pond where the paddle boats can be rented by the guests:

On the shore along the path surrounding this pond are "fitness" machines that are heavy duty, and made for outdoor use:

including this fitness bike:

What a unique idea!

Our walk ended in time for Josie to prepare some baked beans for the potluck that started at 6:30 PM at the sister park - called Bethpage - in the town of Urbanna, about 10 miles from here.

That was another pleasant surprise as the town of Urbanna is another quaint little town that is typical of the small Virginia towns in this area. The park is also a high end camping experience and is much larger than ours at Grey's Point. The event was being held at the miniature golf complex and ice creamery that is attached to the park. We all played some golf:

before lining up in the food line for the grilled hamburgers and hot dogs. We met a lot of people from both parks, and found out that there were a total of about 17 couples workamping at Bethpage, along with the 10 couples at our park. On top of those, are workers that are permanent residents of the area and work year round at either of the parks. There are plenty of workers to go around.

The dinner wound up with. of course, ice cream from the ice creamery, and it was delicious:

We are very happy with what we see happening here and feel confident that we made a wise decision to come here for the summer season. We both start work today - Josie at 2 PM and I start at 6 PM - for our initial training. The people are friendly and the parks seem to be super organized. Hang on for the ride...