The First State

We took two days to drive from the Finger Lakes to Rehoboth Bay in Delaware. After having to re-route our drive due to excessive highway tolls, we spent one night in a Wal-Mart in Exton, PA. The good news was that this store was a part of a very large shopping mall. We walked over for dinner and found some really great food. It helped wipe out the aggravation of the re-routing process.

Then it was on to south Delaware. Again we re-routed to avoid tolls. (What’s up with these people?) But it turned out to be a lucky thing. One of the first things we saw was this gas station with the lowest prices we’d seen since leaving home. So of course we filled up.


Before getting to our destination, we found even lower prices. Go figure!

We had lunch just a couple miles from our destination. Julian had one of the best soft-shell crab sandwiches he’s ever had. I guess we really do eat our way across the country.

We were able to choose our site at Leisure Point. We found a really nice one with lots of shade and a view of the river.


We were in the back of the park and it was very quiet and relaxing here. Not many people in this section, probably because it was past the high season. But that was just the way we liked it.

The season opener for the Broncos happened to be on ESPN, which we had with our cable package. However, it didn’t start until 10:15pm - WAY past our bedtime. So we bought a cable and a video tape for the VCR and taped the game. The hard part was spending a day out and about without hearing the outcome. But we did that and watched it in its entirety on Tuesday night. What a game! We were so glad we got to see it.

We drove to Rehoboth Beach that day. We walked a mile or so up the beach and then back on the boardwalk. It was a great place.


They had these signs all up and down the boardwalk with all sorts of great facts which we enjoyed reading.


The next day we drove to Lewes (say loo-iss). This was a cute little town, but very little and not nearly as fun as Rehoboth Beach had been. So we then drove to Dewey Beach. This was even smaller, with not much to do. We had lunch and then headed back to the coach.

We were only here for three nights. It went quickly. But we really did have a good time.