Cape Hatteras KOA
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Topic: Cape Hatteras KOA
Posted By: Leo B
Subject: Cape Hatteras KOA
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2012 at 8:12pm
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Hi All, We headed out Saturday morning! Made it down to North East Maryland (477 mile) the first day, we stayed at the Flying J for the night and they were their usual great hosts. We head out this morning east on rte 40 into Delaware to Rte 13 south. Over the Chesapeake Bridge and tunnels through Norfalk and the down rte 168 to Nags Head, where we picked up rte 12 down to Rodanthe, NC and the KOA. The second legs was 350 miles. We used our new Grand Caravan and averaged 12 miles per gallon coming out of the Vermont mountains (140 miles) , hit some wind,then it went to 15 mpg from the Massachuseyys border to Rodanthe! Very happy with that. The only bad part of the trrips were the tolls $35 plus for New Jersey, $6 for Delaware Memorial bridge, $ 16 for the Chesapeake bridge and tunnels, there were two other tolls at $4 each. Gas was $4.25 in Connecticut and as low as $ 3.45 in Virginia. The KOA is great! beautiful beach, very friendly staff, good wi fi and so far great weather. Will try out some fishing tomorrow and report back. ------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2012 at 8:06am
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The fishing is great!!! Catching Blue Fish, flounder and whiting. The area and beaches are amazing. The KOA is great! The staff and sites are outstanding! ------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: Paige
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2012 at 8:58am
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I didn't think that you could go through tunnels if you had a propane tank. We have avoided the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel for that reason. ------------- Paige and Pete 2010 177 - RPug 2012 Rav (six cylinder) New York & Florida residents 
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Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2012 at 6:52pm
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Hi Folks, We went through on Sunday Sept 30th, the lady at the toll booth ($16.00 for the 3 axles) just verified that the propane was turned off. We had the one 20 lb tank on the hitch and a separate 20 lb tank for our Weber grill. We had checked with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnels website for propane limits prior to the trip. We did have to detour around the Baltimore tunnel two years ago on our trip to Disney. They did not allow any propane. It was a great drive over the bridge and tunnels!! Worth doing if you are ever close!! ------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2012 at 8:12pm
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Correct, no LPG through either Baltimore tunnel but there are two ways around that without much extra time. The east side of the Baltimore beltway (695) is slightly faster but has a toll over the Key Bridge, or you can go around the west side of the beltway. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2012 at 9:03pm
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There are some amazing resteraunts in the area Top Dog Cafe is great, I recommend the Carribean shrimp wrap, it is the best IU have ever tasted. Aslo the Down Under Rest. truly great food and service!! Also if you come down here you should definitely take the ferry oveer to Ocracoke Island, you can see the wild ponies, who are decendants of the spanish ponies that were first brought over also there are usually dolphins running next to the ferry on gthe tgrip over and back. Truly a great spot to visit!! ------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |