The Eastern Shore via the CBBT

FACTS LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:

If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person. 

 (We are now on the Eastern Shore. I am assuming this will publish we seem to have a good signal.)

(This modern looking building is just before the Newport News Tunnel)

We went thru the newer short Chesapeake bridge tunnel from Newport News to Norfolk. It has north and south duel lanes, even in the tunnel. Then we traversed Norfolk seeing many familiar names since we lived here a couple years in the late 60’s.

 

(Notice you see no land on the horizon ;-)  )

What a great day to travel, but not for photography. It was hazy but not wet. We got off to a good start, I didn’t hit anything or anybody.  I always consider that a good start. Traffic was rough in construction, but the coach rides much better with new RUBBER on the front.

                  Entering and in the first tunnel

The CBBT is 17 miles across. A combination of long bridges and two tunnels. The bridges are dual lanes, North and South.  The tunnels however are one lane  both ways. So for tractor trailers and large RVs it is a good fit but a little tight.

 You can see the South bound lanes with a fishing boat beneath

 In the haze you can see the second tunnel entry and exit thru the haze

               Entering and in the second tunnel

It is a beautiful drive the only high bridges are after the last tunnel, the bridge goes relatively high, that is the part that some folk don’t like about bridges.

          (I loved this huge gull statue just after the bridge)

The Eastern Shore was a surprise to me. Very sparsely populated so far, and mostly farm land. More potatoes and corn fields than we have seen since the Midwest.

The roads were good until the last 5-10 miles on Upshur Neck Road. Thoughts went back to leaving Lynchburg on the narrow roads, no yellow lines. We only met one big guy and we both dropped off the shoulder to pass.  It was no problem since there was no other traffic and we slowed down to pass.

We arrived at Thousand Trails Virginia Landing. I was shocked, we did easily get one of the 15 full hook-up sights, with a few left over.  The park must not be too popular, lots of empty sights. But that always makes for a good stay.