Day 22: The new normal

We needed some R&R after yesterday’s exhausting trip to northern Delaware and points slightly beyond.

So we settled in for what has become something of a routine on the days we are here “at home” on the cape. In the morning I go to the park and Betsy goes to town. In the afternoon we ride our bikes to Rehoboth to pick up fresh beer and fish. Then we ride back, watch the sunset from the porch and drink the beer and eat the fish (and the asparagus, sweet potatoes, etc.). There was a special treat today because the King’s Speech had arrived in the mail, so we spent the post-sunset hours watching the movie.

There is photo documentation of our day below. 

One thing we did do today that was a little different from the routine was to explore the southern portion of Cape Henlopen State Park, which is accessible only from Rehoboth in the spring and summer because it is a nesting ground for birds.

We were able to ride out to a viewing platform at Gordon's Pond, which is a salt marsh catchment area just west of the shoreline that is a major stopping off place for birds migrating along the east coast.

We also walked along the beach a bit where the waves seem to be a bit bigger than they are in the northern section of the park.

 

Recall that the park used to be an Army lookout post for enemy ships. There are about a dozen of these lookout towers in the park and these two are the southern-most of them.

Betsy is a speck in the distance on this section of the bike trail between Lewes and Rehoboth.

Gordon's Pond.