Day 30: Straddling the transpeninsular line

Another forecast of almost certain rain produced a few drops and turned into a stellar, sunny afternoon.

We re-traced some steps from a previous trip to Fenwick Island on the extreme southeast corner of Delaware to look at a lighthouse we had driven close to on a previous trip but had not seen.

The lighthouse is in Delaware, but only by a few feet. It fronts on a street that is in Maryland and sits in the middle of a residential neighborhood that includes the two former lightkeepers' houses that are now private residences.

In front of the lighthouse is one of the original markers used to delineate the Delaware-Maryland border; with the seal of the Penn family on the Delaware side and the Calvert family on the Maryland side (photo shows the Calvert side).

From there we drove due west to the town of Delmar, which is home to the Evolution brewery, makers of some very fine beers. The seal on the city truck in the brewery parking lot tells you everything you need to know about Delmar.

It was a beautiful drive home, partially along the Mason-Dixon line, where a beautiful sunset awaited.

Before we left for the trip I jogged to the state park and Betsy biked there. Along the way Betsy was able to snap this photo of one of the animals in the park as it raced past me while I was jogging.

 

  

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