DELAWARE  4.23.24

Well, it didn't take us long to get on the road this morning.  We're heading to the beach for a few days.  It was only a 90 minute drive or so to Rehoboth Beach where Susan has her beach house.

This is an area that Walt and I are both very familiar with.  That said, there was a whole lot more to see than the last time we were here.  More homes, more stores, more restaurants, more bars.  More, more, more.  I swear the builders around here won't be happy until every last square inch of God's green earth is covered with a building.

After getting settled in we decided it was time to go for a ride, see some sights and then stop to get dinner.

Our first stop was Delaware State Seashore Park.  I workamped here for two summers.  Once as a camp host and the other as a dock attendant.  I liked the latter job a whole lot better!

 We were surprised to see how many campers there were.  I'm betting fisherman because the big stripers are running right now.

We took a walk at the inlet to see how the fisherman were doing.

They said they weren't cathing anything but that should have changed soon after as tide was coming in.

Some brave souls went out onto the rocks.  These rocks are slippery and the water often hits the rocks and covers them.  This is one place I've never felt comfortable in.

There were two black birds, I don't know what kind they were, that we watched for awhile.  They would dive down and stay down for quite awhile and surface some distance away.  

We kept on driving south, throught Dewey Beach, Bethany Beach and into Fenwick Island.  We checked out some shops and then headed for Harpoon Hanna's as the restuarant we wanted to eat dinner in wasn't open yet.

Harpoon Hanna's is a very happening place in the summer months.  Its large, has a big outside patio, large dining rooms and a good sized bar area.  We sat at the bar and made the mistake of looking at the menu.  Appetizers?  Yes, please.  Crab dip on toasted pieces of bread and "boom boom" shrimp.  So much for dinner!  By the time we finished these two dishes we were full.

Heading back north we stopped in Bethany Beach so I could get a picture of Peter Toth's new totem pole.  Every state has one and ours happens to be at the beach.  (In Arizona, its in Winslow)  I've also seen the one in Alaska.

Since we were in the neighborhood, we stopped by to see if the "president" was in town or not.  He wasn't.  And the townspeople were glad.  Its so disruptive for the beach area when he comes here.  Road closures galore!

Susan told us his neighbor's place is for sale and is having a hard time selling when people find out who the neighbor is.  Who wants to go through the hassle of a secret service checkpoint every time you go out for a quart of milk or a visit to the boardwalk?

So we made it back home settled in for an evening of TV watching.  We never did have dinner.