The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, and the Outer Banks

After leaving Rehoboth Beach, we went across the CBBT. We have been across this bridge a few times, and always really like crossing it. They are now working on making the new set of tunnels, rather than having two way traffic in them, and the restaurant and gift shop are closed, and so is the fish pier. I feel really lucky that I got a chance to visit them back when they were open. It was a unique experience!

The photo above is of two very large ships, which had gone over the top of one of the tunnels just before we went through it. The picture doesn't look nearly as interesting as the ships looked in real life.

We were really lucky with the weather while we were gone. The temperatures were way below average the whole time, but the only rain we had was the day we drove between the Delmarva Penninsula and the Outer Banks, a few times at night, and when we drove to New York. The days when we wanted to be outside were generally sunny.

We drove from the CBBT to Kill Devil Hills to spend the night. It didn't matter too much that it was pouring rain, because we have been to the OBX a few times, so we didn't plan on sight seeing there. We spent the night just because we love it there.

This time, we spent the night in a motel we had never stayed at before. The Outer Banks Inn. Unfortunately, when we got there, even though the room was all paid for, they charged us another $60 before we could even check in. It was pouring so hard, and the parking lot was a swamp. If we hadn't paid the extra $60, we would have lost the payment we had already made, so we ended up paying more for this place than we paid at the beautiful hotel on Rehoboth Beach. The hallway to the rooms was a nightmare, and the rooms weren't great. I must say that the workers were very nice, and it wasn't their fault about the extra charges, but I definitely would never stay there again.

The next morning it was cold and extremely windy. We drove to a beach access place and watched the surf for a while. It was pretty neat, because we had never been there during stormy weather before. The photo above doesn't really show just how rough it was.