Cedar Point National Park Campground

06/13/2014 Friday We departed about 9AM with our two grandsons ages 8 and almost 6 for a 4 night trip to Cedar Point National Park Campground near Emerald Isle NC. Their school year ended on Thursday so it was a good time to take them with us. This would be the first time that we have broke the 6-4-2 rule. We arrived about an hour later and set up. We had been setup about an hour when we had a heavy downpour of rain just before we were going to grill hot dogs.

I discovered when talking to the CG Host that the dump station has been closed since July 2013 and the CG would be closing July 1, 2014 for a renovation and hopefully fix the dump station. I am curious what they are going to do the CG since it is one of the nicest National Parks CGs we have been to. I can see where the fire rings could be replaced but other than that and the need to fix the problem with the dump station it looks like the money could be used to fix up some of the other parks instead. The Hosts did not know how long the CG would be closed. This CG is very popular and almost every site was occupied all the time we stayed so closing it down right in the middle of the Summer doesn’t sound like a very smart idea.

The street around the CG is paved so the boys were able to ride their bicycles as much as they wanted without needing to ride in traffic. I grilled chicken for supper and then built a campfire and we fixed smoores. About 9PM I put a movie in the DVD player, the boys got their baths and they watched the movie until they fell asleep which didn’t take long since they were tired from playing all day.

06/14/2014 Saturday After breakfast we drove to Atlantic Beach to visit Fort Macon, a fort that was used in the War Between the States, Spanish-American War, as a federal penitentiary and during World War II. It was sold to the state of North Carolina in the 1924 for $1 to be used as the state’s first state park. On the way we checked out a RV Resort (CG) on the way but we have no plans to pay $71 a night for a site that is just big enough to park our MH on with absolutely no space between the other Mhs. After we left Fort Macon we stopped at the Four Corners Restaurant in Atlantic Beach for a great lunch and then went to the NC State Aquarium in Pine Knoll Shores. The grandsons really enjoyed both sites. Then we returned o the CG. They spent the remainder of the day riding their bicycles and playing,

Fort Macon

Fort Macon

06/15/2014 Sunday Today was mostly a rest day for us but not so much for the grandsons as they played and rode their bicycles all day. We did some bicycle riding, reading and walking. Later in the day we all walked the 1.3 mile nature trail through the marsh. We saw lots of fiddler crabs and three marsh rabbits.

A rather unusual motor home pulled in next to us mid afternoon. It was a International school bus that had been converted into a motor home/adult toy hauler. In the back they were hauling a 5400LB sled pulling tractor that had 3 helicopter engines. They were traveling around participating in tractor pulls. They had just left one where they had won two events. You just never know what you will see while traveling around this great country.

061/16/2014 Monday After breakfast we drove to the nearby McDonalds to use their Wi-Fi. The oldest grandson wanted to download a free game app to his Kindle. The Wi-Fi was so slow we never did get the app downloaded and it was so cold inside it was uncomfortable in there. We stopped for some groceries and then returned to the CG. The grandsons and us rode our bikes and played with the Kindles and did some reading. I cooked red skinned potatoes, onions, squash, zucchini and sausage in the Dutch Oven over a camp fire for supper. This makes a really tasty meal.

06/17/2014 Tuesday We departed for home app. 9AM. We all had a great trip and the grandkids did really well.