{"id":1560,"date":"2021-11-08T18:47:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T23:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2021-11-08T19:27:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T00:27:05","slug":"first-landing-campground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acrossthemapwithmatt.com\/?p=1560","title":{"rendered":"First Landing Campground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Weekly budget was $82.00 Money spent. $119. I am over budget by $49.00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nov. 7-14 budget $33.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got on the road pretty early today. Around 7. I had about 12 miles to ride until the Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel. I had checked last night to see if there were Uber or any other type of shuttle service. I couldn’t find out anything definite so I planned on thumbing a ride. With out having a plan b I wasn’t sure how long it would take. There are a lot of bike shops in the Virginia Beach area. Im sure some of them offered a shuttle. None of them opened before 10am though. I arrived at the bridge around 8:30. It was still very windy but sunny and a lot warmer. 54 degrees. Sitting on a guard rail in the sunshine, thumb out on one hand a can of iced coffee in the other, it was impossible not to have a huge smile on my face. Life is good. Im not sure how long I sat there, but I got a ride pretty fast. It was a pick up truck but the bed was pretty full of stuff so I had to take my panniers off. But that’s not a problem. The drivers name was Joe. Thank you Joe! I had my camera out this time, crossing over up at Annapolis I hadn’t thought of it and wished I could of got a few pictures of the water. Today though my window was so dirty I couldn’t take a picture anyway. I did take one out the windshield of a ship that was full of cars. Joe told me it was full of cars or I wouldn’t of known<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yesterday when I was making something close to a plan I decided to stay at this state run campground. Since I didn’t know how long crossing the bridge would take I chose this place because it was so close to the bridge. It’s really nice. I was here by one o’clock though. It was such a nice day I kind of hated to stop riding so early. But it was really windy and I wasn’t sure how far until I was out of the busy urban area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After setting up for the night, I took a walk to the beach. The waves were so big It looked more like the ocean then it did the Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There was a Food Lion grocery store I had past about a mile before the campground. I had not had anything to eat and was starving. Peanut butter and tortillas or Ramen noodles were the only thing in my food bag. I needed a resupply so rode up to the store. Everything looked delicious. I should know by now not to shop hungry. Haha. My shopping cart had a mind of its own and instead of going to the pasta isle it pulled me straight to the meat case. I grabbed a steak, brocoli, baby red potatoes and a \u00bd pound of shrimp. With that in my cart and my belly rumbling , I headed straight back to camp to cook. I will resupply tomorrow! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Appetizer <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On Sunday I had the road to myself until mid-morning The quietness was nice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was mostly fields of soybeans but every now and then there was cotton. I didn’t think cotton grew this far north. I saw the first field of it a long way off and didn’t know what it was. It looked like a light dusting of snow. It was cold but not that cold!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fresh picked cotton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once across the bridge into Virginia Beach traffic was pretty heavy. It took a while to get used to it after the peacefulness of the Shore. I rode on the sidewalk mostly,even though there were bike lanes. I was happy when I came across the Cape Henry trail. It ran the rest of the way to the campground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday 42 miles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Today. We won’t talk about the miles or lack of<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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