Fun in the Sun

We spent a fabulous 4 days at Lewes and Dewey Beaches in Delaware. Our original plan was to go Sunday morning but we got the itch and left early Saturday morning. The motel that we were staying at did not have any available rooms so we got a nice room at the Beacon Motel in Lewes. We spent our first day at the very clean and well kept Cape Henlopen State Park. The day was hot and sunny, although the surf was a bit rough. We grabbed a pizza and took it back to the room after we rinsed off in the pool and showered. Of course we capped off the first night with some ice cream from the local Dairy Queen.

Day 2 was a bit unsettled weatherwise, and it was our "transition day." We decided to pass on the beach in favor of the pool. We got a late check out and swam in the pool all morning and into the early afternoon. Then we packed up all our stuff and headed down to Dewey, a short 20-minute drive. We checked in at Adam's Oceanfront Motel. As the name indicates, our room was right on the beach, exactly 87 steps from our door to the sand--outstanding. The clouds were rolling in and the wind was up, so we went again to the pool after settling in. Then we walked around Dewey Beach a bit before getting caught in a huge thunderstorm. I had never experienced a thunderstorm at the beach, so it was a neat experience. Dinner consisted of some tasty Maryland fries and other snacks. The burgers that we were going to grill didn't happen due to the rain, but we certainly didn't go hungry. Sadly, the rain kept us from ice cream, but at least the rain came later in the day.

On Day 3 we awoke to hot sunshine. I took a 4 mile walk down the beach, enjoying the early morning exercisers, beachgoers, fishermen, and dogs splashing in the waves. When I returned with coffee and donuts from the motel lobby, Sherry and the girls were starting to stir and ready themselves for a day at the beach. The haze rolled in, which was perfect for our sand sculpting. This year we tried to do a pirate ship, but the mast/sail kept collapsing and the final product looked more like a tugboat. I also did a small lighthouse to go with it. We enjoyed watching the waves come in and destroy them. It was quite cute when two young girls who had watched us build our boat, were desperately trying to repair it, of course to no avail.

I grilled the burgers from the previous night and we ate them on the beach, all the while singing in my head Jimmy Buffet's "Cheeseburger in Paradise." They certainly hit the spot. After a refreshing dip in the pool, we went to Rehoboth to walk around the boardwalk and do some souvenir shopping. We did finish the night with an ice cream treat at a frozen custard spot. We had things called Gelatis, which has frozen custard on the bottom, followed by a layer of flavored ice water (mint chocolate), and then another layer of custard. The custard was delicious, but the combination was a bit weird. I should've stuck with my first instinct of just getting custard.

Tuesday came around too quickly and none of us wanted to go. We tried, unsuccessfully to get a late checkout. We decided to go back to Cape Henlopen State Park for the day because we all needed one more day of beach, but a shower was a requirement for the 5 1/2 hour drive home. We were glad we decided to stay because it was the hottest day and the best day for boogie boarding. Sadly, we showered and packed up and hit the road for an uneventful ride home, arriving at 11:00. We had a wonderful family vacation and all want to move to the beach...