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Sunset over Indian River Bay
Delaware has a limited amount of frontage along the Atlantic, but the state has done a superb job balancing public and private interests. At the north end is Rehobeth Beach, the most well-known resort, complete with the obligatory outlet/chain restaurant strip, quaint shops and bistros, and a world-class beach. A bit south on U. S. 1 is funkier Dewey Beach, where the Bottle and Cork proclaims itself “the best rock’n’roll bar in the world” and the Rusty Rudder hosts the annual April music festival. Each fall, Dewey puts down newspaper for an annual gathering of hundreds of rescued greyhounds and their obedient owners.
The Entrance to Bethany Beach
South of Dewey Beach, miles of seashore surrounding the Indian River inlet have been preserved as a state park. The park includes a lifesaving museum and a bird sanctuary. Still farther south are the towns of Bethany Beach and Fenwick Island, which bill themselves as “the quiet resorts.” Fenwick abuts the Maryland border and Ocean City.
Bethany Boardwalk
My brother’s beach house is actually a three-level townhouse that overlooks an estuary known as the SaltPond. The Salt Pond connects to a network of canals that allow you to kayak to the beach or to the Indian River inlet. My brother is a collector of adult toys, and the garage is jammed full with a Boston Whaler jetboat, three kayaks, three bicycles, and a sailing dinghy; his Melonseed skiff, La Belle Noire, is stored at boat club on the bay.
The Salt Pond from the second-floor balcony, morning
I always look forward to the Middle Atlantic cuisine when I visit, but this time found that the blue crab harvest was way down and the price of local crabs had tripled. Most of the crabs being served here, even this close to Chesapeake Bay, had been flown in from Louisiana--a disturbing harbinger of things to come. I contented myself with crab cakes on this trip, although my brother and I dealt a serious dint to the local oyster population.
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George thoro ? well hes a canadian ! lol
Deleware looks pretty good tae this irishman !mind ye we are only
a small country, probably fit in2 lake deleware!
u are so lucky to be in america all that lovely scenery and theres canada n mexico next door !
tsk tsk m8 iam only slightly JEALOUS! lol -
sounds like a delightful retreat. Love to go Kayeking with you as well as crabbing. Nothing better after a Kayek trip than eatting fresh cooked Chesapeake Bay crabs and cold beer! the secret of cooking crabs is steaming them over beer/water combination with Old Bay seasoning sprinkled on the crabs....
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yea for you!!!!!!! judi
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Wow!! What a place to live? You're brother sure is lucky to wake up to this everyday. He must feel like he's on vacation every time he wakes up. Say, he doesn't need a live in does he. I'll be happy to oblige. :P
Tami
8/10/08 7:02 PM