I packed up, paid for my room, and chatted with two students in a the lobby for quite a while about random stuff. It was good chatting with them. I then rushed off to meet up with Sonia and her cousins as I was already behind schedule. After eating breakfast there I took Sonia to the train station as she'd be taking the train home. We had a little extra time and since I hadn't been able to walk around Avondale yet, we went and did that. Great little campus and the weather felt a little like fall to me.
I dropped her off saying goodbye then drove to Darlington Beach further north. I arrived after the office had closed, about 6:50 PM so a security guard checked me in and even drove me over to the camp sites to help me pick out a good one. It was dark and the campground set up was kind of confusing. Since it was just me, though, I could camp anywhere I wanted. He even let me camp near the open air kitchen breaching the "no man's land" area within 30 feet of it.
Nice setting in the trees. Some may not appreciate the sound of bats I heard all night or the sound of the food they were eating dropping out of the trees over head hitting the kitchen roof, car roof, and even my tent at one point. Ear plugs were a life saver that night!
I dropped her off saying goodbye then drove to Darlington Beach further north. I arrived after the office had closed, about 6:50 PM so a security guard checked me in and even drove me over to the camp sites to help me pick out a good one. It was dark and the campground set up was kind of confusing. Since it was just me, though, I could camp anywhere I wanted. He even let me camp near the open air kitchen breaching the "no man's land" area within 30 feet of it.
Nice setting in the trees. Some may not appreciate the sound of bats I heard all night or the sound of the food they were eating dropping out of the trees over head hitting the kitchen roof, car roof, and even my tent at one point. Ear plugs were a life saver that night!
Bats in the trees over my tent at Darlington Beach. Glad for the ear plugs I had with me!