Bolivia, NC – Sept. 24, 2025

Stop #5

Today we packed up and headed into North Carolina. This area is a bit more inland and about 18 miles from Cape Fear. Which, you guessed it, was our movie tonight! Robert De Niro, am I right? What a creep.

This RV spot was much smaller than the last location and allowed me to test my theory. Are bougie RV resort people less inclined to speak to you than mid-tier RV resorts? The answer is yes. This is because everyone here, when they found out where I had just come from, explained to me how much better than me the other RV resort people felt they were. This is because of the size of their rigs, they explained.

They are much more likely to be millionaires, and when I rolled up in my little tiny RV, they realized I was most likely not like them. They told me the price level per night in which I should keep it to be both comfortable and around friendly people. It is $70. I am sharing all of the knowledge I am learning from the RV folks so you will not make the same mistake as me. I honestly didn’t care if anyone spoke to me; it was just a huge shift from everyone speaking to no speaking. I still loved their showers and free snacks.

I did a ton in my short time here, which I did notice was a lot different than yesterday. Planner Vanessa gave today’s Vanessa a bit of a gift. She ordered firewood for this location. I must have thought by this time I would be cold. But the truth is, it is warm AF. Warm enough for me to just dip a toe into the pool on my first approach, but after gathering pine cones and building a nice little stack for a fire, I marched back over to that pool and jumped into the deep end. All of the people cheered me on, actually, so I had to be brave. I didn’t pack a bathing suit, so I had to make due with a shirt and shorts.

A first for me today is I decided to shower IN the RV. I am including with this post the RV resort’s shower and the shower/bathroom in this RV. I think this is my first and last time doing this. I wanted to give it a try, but man, was it uncomfortable. If your “rig” (see I am picking up the lingo) isn’t level, all the water pools in one area, and you can’t get it to drain correctly. I will also include a quick pic of the setup inside. It isn’t much at all.

Tomorrow I am hitting a grocery store for some real food. We are also heading to the Outer Banks. I was told we are at the start of the Outer Banks now. But tomorrow we are going to Rodanthe.

P.S. I almost forgot. I made and lit that fire! No lighter fluid or anything. Just pine cones, paper, and wood. I can’t believe it burned. It began to smoke pretty heavily in the RV resort, but I had accomplished my goal of my first fire.