Day trip to the Great Dismal Swamp National Forest

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It was finally a sunny, reasonably warm and most importantly a Saturday WITHOUT rain so Guy and I decided to go on a road trip. We have a long list of places to visit, all within a few hours of the house and have committed to do more of these outings for the fun of exploring but mostly to spend time together, alone and without electronics and other distractions that would be taking away precious moments.

I have been wanting to hike this park for some time now and so we grabbed the keys and headed that way. I wish I had done more research before we went as mos of the trails were closed due to all the flooding from 12 months of rain which caused lots of damage. We were only able to walk one trail which was rather uninspiring. We had to drive more than walk/hike but we saw enough that we know we want to go back in the fall or winter and explore more.

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Lake Drummond

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Lake Drummond

Lake Drummond

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Lake Drummond

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Marsh Walkway Trail

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Our Required Terrible Selfie :)

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Only the best dining for us!!

A Night at the Nitro Circus

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After making reservations to camp near VA Beach last weekend we found out that Nitro Circus would be doing a one night performance just down the road from our site and that friends we attending so we decided to grab ourselves a few tickets and join them. For those who don't know, Nitro Circus is a Motocross Stunt show. While the organization was terrible, our sears challenging as we were in the direct sun (thank goodness for a cool evening) the actual tricks and jumps were pretty amazing. Would we go again, probably not but for a fun evening together it was great!Here are some photos from the show. Since we were in direct sunlight it was hard to get perfect exposure but on the flip side I got some cool silhouettes.[envira-gallery id="13375"]

Back to North Beach Landing

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We decided a few weeks ago we really needed to get out of town for a few days, just the two of us and after throwing around a few possible campground ideas we decided we would head back to North Beach Landing RV park outside of Virginia Beach.  We have been to this RV park three times previously and we can count on it to always be clean, quite and stress free.This was a quick, three night trip with no set agenda except to sit around and do nothing unless we decided to do something. :)We headed out Thursday morning, dropped the dogs at the sitters and a quick few hours later we were there.We had a canal site which once we set-up I thought might be a issue regarding mosquitoes but to our surprise they were not a issue. I am not sure if the park has sprayed or if we just got lucky but I was not complaining.Not a bad weekend view is it?All set up with nothing to do but relax and enjoy the park for the next few days.[envira-gallery id="13221"]Saturday we took a drive to another RV park in VA Beach where friends were staying just to get a look at it.  So glad we were staying where we were, it was definitely more to our liking. Also, we had tickets to "Nitro Circus" a motocross stunt show that Guy wanted to see and just happened to be in VA Beach on Saturday night.  It was interesting to say the least haha (more on that later). Once the show was over we grabbed a bite to eat on the way back to the camper and arrived just in time for Fireworks.  No idea why the park did this show except to maybe get a trial run in before the July 4th holiday but while short it was a great display and we really enjoyed them.  Knowing we were leaving in the morning it was a nice way to end the weekend.[envira-gallery id="13225"]and a video that shows a minute or so of the show. All too soon Sunday morning was upon us and we had to pack it up, pull out, pick up the pups and head home.[envira-gallery id="13231"]Such a great time, much needed time away to relax and just chill. NBL RV did not disappoint!Up next another camping adventure in just a few weeks :)