At the beach
Rehoboth Beach, DE: close enough to be a weekend getaway, far enough not to be a day trip.
Friday started out overcast and gray and just got worse with the drive east. The view from the room was thrilling, but not uplifting.
Lots of wind and rain makes for a gray, cold sea.
Saturday brought much better weather. This is the boardwalk about 8:30am.
A wider view of the boardwalk, from down by the water.
One thing I like about the beach is the peaceful intersection of humans and wildlife. Saturday morning's walk revealed some avian activities.
Sunday morning's walk brought a pod of dolphins swimming about 500 yards off-shore. I was lucky to get this picture (lower right hand corner).
To do and eat
If you're of a mind to climb the short flight of stairs, Ryan's Mini-Golf is right on the boardwalk.
The boardwalk also hosts four arcades. There's a small amusement park inside Funland, the largest arcade. Funland also has this, which we do with horses here.
This corner gives you an almost complete view of the perfect beach food culinary experience. From the left: Thrasher's French Fries (with the blue awning and the time/temp sign) are the perfect fried potato experience (vinegar is a must); Dolles salt water taffy is, I'm told by those who know, the best on the east coast; and Kohr's Frozen Custard can not be missed.
Vanilla frozen custard on a cone with a chocolate dip and rainbow sprinkles: a little bit of heaven.
Even the birds like Thrasher's fries.
Between here and there
Delaware is amazingly flat. Inland it is home to just a few major agricultural endeavors so you end up driving by miles and miles of corn (left) and wheat (right), and the occasional chicken farm.
You can't get to the Eastern Shore, or the beach, without crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. It's a double span bridge, one east-bound (left side, left photo), one west-bound (right side, left photo). The middle portion is a suspension bridge (right photo). You only pay a toll going east-bound.
Lots of folks took advantage of Sunday morning's good weather on the Bay. It's a little blurry at 50 miles per hour out the car window.