Delaware Seashore State Park

It’s fall and the temperatures are getting chilly, leaves are changing colors and falling off the trees, warm layers are coming out of the closet. So what do we do? Go to the beach, of course!

Back when we homeschooled, we established a tradition of going to the Delaware Seashore State Park the first week of school. Well, the first week for everyone else, that is. Back then, there were few folks camping and the walks on the beach were pretty isolated. Not so now.

The campground is now 2 parts, 1 north and 1 south of the new bridge. Most of the sites have full hookups and a few are set aside for tent campers. Since we are now part of that RV crowd, that was fine with us.

Still lots of fishing along the seawall for Tautog in the rocks.

The walks on the beach were fantastic. The weather was not too bad, with a couple of shorts and tee shirt days.

A crusty, barnacled horseshoe crab, which aren’t really crabs at all, but actually are closer to spiders than crabs.

Blooming dunes!

Some days the beach seemed to be all ours!

Our version of a selfie.

We found a spot on the bay side to launch the kayak and paddle around for a while. It was a beautiful, calm day with just a very slight current running. Great to be out on the water.

Sunsets over the bay.

Our spot for the week.

 

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