Washington, NC, A "Ferry" Nice Trip

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

We were up at 6:00, had our coffee, and breakfast, visited with a neighbor, and left the campground by 8:30 am.  We are taking two ferry rides to get to our next destination in Washington, NC.  Making the trip from Hatteras to Washington by road would be about a 161 mile trip taking 3 1/2 hours.  But, by ferry going as the crow flies and we will only be about 48 miles from our next campground.

We got to the ferry dock, a few blocks from our campground, by 8:45 am and boarded the 9:00 am ferry to Ocracoke Island.  We had planned to take a later ferry, but we were early for a change.

 

Here's some shots of the ferry trip to Ocracoke. It's a little tight!

 

 

Here's a couple of happy passengers.

 

 

Our plan was to arrive at Ocracoke Island in time to make the 12:45 departure to Swan Quarter, NC.  But, we actually arrived early enough to make the ferry departing at 9:30am.  We had to hustle to get on this ferry, and they held up closing the gate until we were on board.  Whew! That was close!  But we'll arrive earlier than we planned, and that will allow us to get set up earlier than planned at Tranters Creek Resort and Campground.

 

 

The ferry to Swan Quarter was much larger than the one going to Ocracoke.  It is wide enough for four lanes and has a massive passenger lounge on the upper deck.  The view from up there was really great.  Check out these shots.

That's our 5th wheel on the left









 

 

Our rig is on the right.

 

 

 

 

We arrived at Tranters Creek Resort and Campground about 1:45 pm and had some R&R time after getting set up.  Tranters Creek resort and Campground has about 180 campsites.  It also has a lot of very attractive park models with extra porches and rooms added.

 

 

Here's we are on site 216.

 

 

You may be asking yourself how we could be in site 216, if they only have 180 campsites?  If you, indeed, asked yourself that question, it means that you are very smart and payed close attention.  Give yourself a pat on the backside.  There's actually more 250 sites here, the rest being annual sites with park models.