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Jonestown/Hershey NE KOA Journey
11 Lickdale Rd
Jonestown, PA 17038

717-865-6411

November 20 – 24, 2024

For my final stop of my trip, I stayed at a KOA instead of a state park. I’d stayed at this KOA when I moved from California to New York and liked it, and thought it would be fun to stay there again. Besides, that late in the year, most of the state parks were already closed. It turned out to be a good decision for several reasons!

It was a long drive getting there from my previous stop, Pocahontas State Park in Virginia. I’d decided to take a longer route in order to avoid driving through Richmond, VA, expecting the trip to take about five hours, but after several stops along the way for lunch at a rest stop, gas, and to try my complaining cat in the backpack carrier (which he hated even more, so I had to make another stop to move him back to his regular travel carrier), all of which added another hour to the drive, and didn’t get to the campground until after 6 PM, when it was already dark.

I checked in and was led to my site by a guy in a golf cart. Couldn’t really see much at that point, but after what seemed like a very long time, we drove between some trees, and the guy jumped out of his cart and told me I was there! Pointed out the electric and water hookups and drove away. The site was nice and level and the electricity was close and there were no other campers nearby. I thought I’d reserved a creek-side back-in site, but this was across from the creek and a pull-through. But whatever. I was glad to be settled in for the night.

The unsettling news was a Winter Storm Warning for my home county in New York for the next day. But I decided to worry about that later and rest for the night.

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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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