During a warm weekend this winter we headed out the to beach for a nice full day trip. Rehoboth Delaware is about 130 miles from our house and we covered the distance in about 2 hours and 5 minutes. (Not bad, although in the summer during peak beach season we're guessing the traffic might make it a slower drive, we'll see during the summer when school's out!)
It was Avery's first time to Delaware too, another state!
Avery loved playing in the sand, barefoot, can you believe this is January??
She also "skiied" down the little sand slope, her shovels were her ski poles. Nice tuck form!
Colleen went for one of her marathon training runs along the boardwalk and up into a State park with some nice trails nearby (more on that below)
After her run we saw more of the town by the beach which has some really cute stretches
We went to a bakery called Cake Break on the beach where Avery got to make (decorate actually) her own cupcake, with a little help from daddy so the pan didn't fill up with sprinkles!
And we had some coffee at a nearby cafe too (again, tank tops in January, can you believe what a nice weekend it was?)
Then we had some yummy fish tacos at a great restaurant called FINS and enjoyed some nice food and drink.
Notice all the Mickey characters? Well the outlet mall there had a Disney store with a going out of business sale, so we stocked up so Avery is ready for our trip to Disney World in late February!
Then we went up to see the State park that Colleen found on her run. It is called Cape Henlopen park and has some great crushed rock trails through the salt marshes and maritime forests
Avery checked out an interpretive sign about the ecology and wildlife
There is a lookout platform that looks out over one of the marshes towards the ocean. Avery loved running up and down it and checking out the view from high up.
There are also big towers that were once lookout locations from WWII for spotting German U-boats that people can now climb. They are over by the beach and we didn't get to them. Next time maybe!
We only had hit a mile of the trail, but the map shows it going all the way up to the town of Lewes with maybe 10-20 miles of similar trails. We are definitely going to keep it in mind for a future day trip and long run!
After that, we went just a few miles south to where the land resembles a mini-Outer Banks like NC. There is a narrow strip of land with the beach on one side and the sound on the other side. So one can watch the sun rise over the ocean, and 200 feet away see the sun set over the sound 12 hours later. We sat and watched the sun set
Minnie Mouse enjoyed it too:
A great day and warm weather that started to cool quickly the next day for the inauguration!
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