Assateague in April?

Just got done with 3 days at Assateague NP, ocean side loop 1. The ponies strolled through camp once on their way to the group campground where I'm sure the kids camping there ignored the do not feed warnings.

It was our first real experience dry camping and the money I spent this spring on new batteries paid off. Ran the genny twice and the 200 watts of solar kept us above 50 percent all day. Thankfully the temps mild enough so we didn't need to run the air. And there was always a nice breeze going.

Could not pull any stations in over the air so we ran our Verizon Wireless data out watching on demand. Verizon cell signal was 2 bars.

Just a tip; if you don't need to run your gen, the no generation loop on the bayside was virtually empty. I saw 2 tents and tear drop trailer, the rest of the sites were vacant.

Off to the KOA on Chincoteague and full hookups.

An additional tidbit that I just remembered about the NP. When we got there, they were digging out some of the sites in loop 1. The sand had drifted over the tarmac parking spots and they were using a Bobcat to push the sand back. I got to talking to one of the workers and he said that they were closing the ocean loops and moving them across the road because it was getting too hard to keep them open. If you want the full on-the-beach Assateague experience, you'd better get it in this year. My guess is they'll close the beach front sites before they build the site across the road, so it will probably impact availability for next season.