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Delaware - some amazing finds!
Rehoboth Beach: At the end of the road towards Rehoboth Beach, we found an old hotel, Broadway Plaza, that was all refurbished in the old Victorian style. Fully decorated in Christmas finery, we decided to treat ourselves and had a delicious dinner plus a suite overlooking the Atlantic ocean.
Absolutely breathtaking.
Rehoboth Beach: At the end of the road towards Rehoboth Beach, we found an old hotel, Broadway Plaza, that was all refurbished in the old Victorian style. Fully decorated in Christmas finery, we decided to treat ourselves and had a delicious dinner plus a suite overlooking the Atlantic ocean.
Absolutely breathtaking.
Cape Henlopen: The next morning we headed towards Cape Henlopen where we heard that lots of 'strange' events have happened, much like the Bermuda Triangle. Heading towards Henlopen State Park we passed Lewes which boasts that it is the first city in the first state of the United States. We made a mental note of this and decided that Lewes will be a 'must lunch stop' for us on the way back. When we got to Cape Henlopen, we discovered a Bird Sanctuary. We decided to take a 'look see' and took a long walk on the beach. Maybe we'll experience some 'strangeness'... Well, we didn't experience anything strange, but we did see a great Light House and what appeared to be a shipwreck, undoubtedly a vessel that ran ashore due to the ever shifting sands in this area. Unbeknownst to us, this entire Seaboard is known as The Graveyard of the Atlantic. More about that later when I tell you about our explorations of the Outerbanks of North Carolina.
We also discovered many many strange looking crab like skeletons which Erin helped us identify as giant horse shoe exoskeletons... Awesome! Another interesting item... is the Sea-merman found at this Cape which we saw displayed at the Zwaanendael Museum in Lewes. This find was later proven to be a hoax... a creepy hoax... check out the last pic below.
We also discovered many many strange looking crab like skeletons which Erin helped us identify as giant horse shoe exoskeletons... Awesome! Another interesting item... is the Sea-merman found at this Cape which we saw displayed at the Zwaanendael Museum in Lewes. This find was later proven to be a hoax... a creepy hoax... check out the last pic below.
Lewes and the Zwaanendael Museum: Can you just imagine my delight when we were hunting for a yummy seafood restaurant in Lewes (the 1st city of the 1st State) we drove by a Dutch looking building and it was a museum which architecturally mimicked the buildings in Hoorn, The Netherlands. As a matter of fact, Lewes was the 1st Dutch colony in America! Imagine that. So, of course, I had to go into the museum. To our delight, we saw all sorts of Delf artifacts, photos of the Dutch queens and, of course, the historical rendition of the Dutch colony. We also learned that Lewes was a strategic port during the 1862 war. We also discovered the "sailing lighthouses" (didn't know such ships existed) and we also learned that this side of the coast is so treacherous that it bears the namesake of The Graveyard of the Atlantic.
My head is spinning from all that knowledge!
My head is spinning from all that knowledge!