Fort Whaley Ocean City

After my parents helped me get the inside of the camper all packed up we made our way to Berlin at Fort Whaley. We arrived after stopping to at sonic for lunch and it took us pretty much all day to get the trailer set up considering I wasn't much help in the matter. After we and when I say we I mean Paul got the trailer set up we had about 20 min to go to the pool before it closed.  I didn't get in but I did go up there with them and they said the pool wasn't as warm as it was in Cherrystone.

Monday we were all set to go to the water park and of course the damn air conditioner stopped working again and this time nothing Paul did to it would help. He got up on top the roof and took the air conditioners apart and found that the bigger one was leaking into the duct work because there was saw dust caking up the drain holes. The water was dripping on the component that communicated to the  thermostat and the wires were corroded. So while Paul attempted to once again fix the air conditioning I took the truck to the pool so the kids could go swimming. Once he found the problem he came up and took the truck to home depot and Walmart to find the parts to fix it. While we were at the pool it rained and I used a towel to keep dry lol. The sky started to get really dark so we got out of the pool and the kids played on the playground for like 10 minutes when it started to drizzle I hobbled over to the pavilion and it poured down rain for a good 20 min so we were stuck there until it stopped. After that I hobbled over to the general store to sit for a little bit and just as we got there Paul called and met us there and bought the kids an ice cream. While he was at Walmart he got the kids a nerf gun because he said he felt bad about them not going to the water park and promised they would go tomorrow. We got back to the camper and Paul started on the camper again and finally got it to work after he changed out some part. he left all the windows open during the storm so I had a little bit of water to clean up but it wasn't to bad. The kids now apparently had free range of the campground which I don't really like but Paul insist they're fine.

Tuesday Paul took the kids to the water park at frontier town while I stayed at the camper. I'm getting around a lot better now and have been putting weight on my ankle but it still hurts so I was a little apprehensive when he said they were going to the boardwalk afterwards and were going to come pick me up. I made dinner while they were at the water park and on their way home Paul picked up my prescription and an ankle support from the Rite Aid. After dinner we drove the 20 minutes to the boardwalk I told myself slow and steady and managed to walk I'd say about 10 blocks up we stopped and watched fire works on the beach, the kids got ice cream and Paul got Thrashers french fries and he bought the kids and himself matching sunglasses. I walked ahead of them because it was going to take me forever to get back to the truck and by the end all I wanted was an ice pack and some ibuprofen and promised myself no more boardwalk for a little while.

Wednesday we all hung out at the campground for a little bit and I did a load of laundry. Paul had a couple of beers and the kids went to the pond and caught a baby turtle that they set free and some minnows. After that Paul took them to the boardwalk to the arcade and had dinner while I stayed back and played with the bunny and watch Harry Potter.  Later that night we had an out door movie on the blow up screen and the neighbors kid came over to watch and she provided us with popcorn and fire wood and even fed me dinner, potatoes chicken and corn on the cob. We watched Star Wars The Force Awakens with the neighbors little boy, who drove me nuts, and after it was over the kids got baths and Paul and I sat by the fire.

Thursday the kids were driving us crazy at this point, if they weren't fighting the were complaining. I'd say most of the time they were off by themselves but whenever we'd suggest something to do one would say no the other would say yes and the when we went someone would complain. We waiting till around 3 to take the kids to go to the rides at the boardwalk. We bought them both bracelet to have unlimited ride for about 3 hours. This was my first time venturing  out of the camper since we arrived at Fort Whaley. The ride bracelets cost 42 dollars I think and all they wanted to do was get on the same rides over and over again, which doesn't really bother me to much but it drove Paul crazy. At one point we split up and I took Knezie and he took JP. No one wanted to get on the roller coaster and JP didn't want to get on a couple that Kenzie did at one point JP wanted to get on the zipper but you have to go on with two people and Kenzie didn't want anything to do with it even though she's been on it like 4 times. So JP sat for about 30 minutes waiting for a partner and I finally had to go up to a boy and ask his parents if he could get on with JP and that we would pay for his tickets. JP finally got someone to go on with him and he looked really scared but ended up really liking it. Because Mckenzie wouldn't help her brother out and go on the ride with him she was punished and couldn't get on anymore rides and after waiting to get on the zipper the bracelet time was up so of course Kenzie was upset. Then we had to decide on what to do next and a plan for dinner, as usual Kenzie wanted to go out to eat and JP wanted to go to the pool so since we couldn't agree and after all the fighting and complaining I was fed up and ready to go back to the camper.  When we got back to the camper I made dinner and Paul was going to take the kids to the pool but they said it was to cold and decided to play at the pond where Mckenzie fell in the mud and earlier in the week JP fell in with his shoes on so they were no longer allowed to go there after that. More complaining followed after that and Paul and I were ready to pack up and go home a day early.

Friday we woke up and tried to start the day with a new since of vigor. Paul decided he wasn't telling anyone where we were going or what we were doing. Around noon we went up to 60 some street and played old pro golf and they had a special for 20 dollars a person you could play at any old pro and got unlimited games so we decided to make a day of it. We played 5 games of all went out to lunch when to the boardwalk went to the arcade and didn't get home that night till around 11 o'clock it was a good day.

Cherrystone August 21016

We drove up from Rodanthe North Carolina after being there for 7 days. This trip my in-laws will be with us from Tuesday to Friday and then my parents and maybe my brother will join us Friday to Sunday and we will be leaving Sunday and heading to Fort Whaley in Ocean City Maryland.

Cherrystone is in Cape Charles Virginia right by the Virginia bay bridge tunnel.After about a 3 hour drive from the Outer Banks in North Carolina and 2 stops because JP had to pee we made it to Cherry stone We stayed in a part of the campground that we've never stayed at before it was pretty far from the crabbing pier and the kayaks but it was really close to a playground and the bounce pillow that the kids were able to go to and from freely. After we arrived we got the trailer set up and put the A/C on and of course it took forever to get cool, we got there just after 2 and it didn't finally cool off till 7 or 8. We went to the pool after we were done setting up and stayed until it closed at 8 and even then the water was 90 degrees so it wasn't exactly refreshing.

Tuesday Paul had a fever so I took the kids to the pool for a while after I made breakfast and they made friends at the pool that were ironically staying like right across the street from us. So the rest of the week they were back and forth between the trailer, their trailer and the bounce pillow. Before his parents got to the campground he had his Dr call in a prescription and he drove into Cape Charles to pick it up. He told me that he went to an old pharmacy with counter service so you could get food while you waited for your medicine to be filled. He came back just in time to meet Mrs Ann and Mr Lee at the front desk. We stayed at the pool for about an hour after they arrived and when I got back to the trailer I cooked the spaghetti they brought for dinner. We stayed at the camper the rest of the night hanging out.

Wednesday the kids were gone most of the day playing with their friends Brelle at the bounce pillow. If they weren't at the pillow they were behind the bathroom catching fiddler crabs. The adults stayed in the trailer a lot of the time, it was just to hot to really do anything and the pool was hot to.

Thursday my parents drove down to meet us and stay till Sunday with Bernie after they all got off work. While we all waited for them we decided at have lunch and the pharmacy... sounds funny to say. We had lunch in the little diner inside the pharmacy ad it wasn't bad at all. It was a pharmacy meets and Hallmark store meets and diner. Of course the kids coaxed their grandparents into getting them a toy and after we ate we took a ride around the town. We stopped and walked down the fishing pier and had a look at the beach. After that Paul let us look a t some of the shops in town, mostly because he wanted to stop at the hardware store. We all went to the bait and tackle shop and got some chicken necks and a new crab trap since we misplaced our other one. The town of Cape Charles Virginia is a very quaint little town, looks clean and well kept, there a couple little shops worth going into. I wouldn't mind living there if there were places to work.

When we got back to the camper Paul got the crab traps all ready to go crabbing. Unfortunately our plans got side tracked when I fell down the steps pf the camper and twisted my ankle. Man did that hurt Paul came over and said that it might have been broken and splinted my ankle with a sheet and rope while I was crying laid out on the ground in pain. Mrs Ann and Mr Lee kept the kids while Paul and I took the 20 minute ride to the local hospital while Pall took pictures of me in pain lol. A half an hour wait and three xrays later found out it was not broken just a really bad sprain, meanwhile me ankle was swollen the size of a soft ball. So needless to say my vacation was pretty much over after that. Paul took the kids crabbing while I laid on the couch with poor Mrs Ann waiting on me hand and foot. Thank you by the way if your reading this. My parents didn't arrive till almost 1030 at night and we all sat outside for a while before we went to bed.

Friday Mrs Ann and Mr Lee left early in the morning before anyone woke up, my parents went to the cafe to have a sandwich and then took JP to the store to get yet another toy, he got ninja weapons. He came back and played ninja with Paul. I was able to get around the camp site and the trailer with my crutches but I was pretty bored most of the time. I have to be honest I could get use to people waiting on me hand and foot although it did get old after a while. My parents must have brought cooler weather though, it rained while I was at the hospital and cooled things down really well the rest of the stay. My parents took me to the cafe for a soft crab sandwich for lunch and then while Bernie and My dad went fishing my mother and I took the kids to the pool while Paul made fried chicken for dinner. I thought that I could hobble to the pool while the kids rode there bikes man I was I wrong. You don't realize how far of a walk it is until you only have one leg. I had to stop like 5 times and take a break. I finally told the kids to go on without me and get a seat. Bless their hearts when I finally go to the pool I found them with a lounge chair under a tree for me and they got another chair for my mother. We stayed there about an hour and a half while my mother ran around like chicken with her head chopped off making sure the kids didn't drown and once dinner was done my brother and father came and picked me up, thank goodness to because there was no way I was talking all the way back. Later that night the kids made a new friend and asked if they could go watch a movie at there camper so I had Paul go and check it out and he was gone for like 3 hours. He finally came back with a pan full of crabs and told me he was basically held captive by the most hospitable people from Jersey e has ever met. They gave him ice cream and pie and sent crab back for me because they knew I wasn't able to come to their site.   

Saturday my parents, the kids, Bernie, and me went to the cafe for a breakfast buffet and it was really good. Paul was able to sleep in. Bernie took Mckenzie to go canoeing while Jp played with his friends after they were gone a little while Paul and Kenzie joined them and eventually Bernie came back with some claims they he caught and right after JP and Paul came back and it rained once more. After the rain Bernie took the kids to the "slip and slide" which a later found our was just the wet bounce pillow, they stayed there pretty much the rest of the day until the sun was just about down. My mother helped me cook dinner,broccoli chicken casserole. Paul took me for a little drive and then we went to the fishing pier for a little bit. I was sick of sitting around the campsite and it was nice to sit and watch the water and the crabbers for a little bit. After that we came back to the camper and had a fire and sat outside.

Sunday we woke up and made our way to Fort Whale for our last leg of the trip.
I tell you thank goodness my parents were there to help me out when I needed it sometimes all you need in life is your mommy and daddy lol. Paul really took care of me to and so did my children.