Beach Weekend Part 1

Happy July 4th all. Greetings from the boardwalk in Rehoboth.

Had a fairly easy drive out to Rehoboth on Wednesday. I am staying with my friends Frank and John, who rent a house for the "season" every year by the beach. The drive wasn't too bad, except for the traffic on route 404 through a big construction zone. For those of you who don't live here, traffic to the beach all funnels over the Bay bridge (4 miles long and really, really tall) and then two-lane highways through Delaware, and so trying to time your drive is important. We had to ditch 404 and take lesser-known 16, which shaved 30 minutes probably off our trip, but I didn't get to stop at the Sonic in Bridgeville. Still, it made Frank happy, and since I was subjecting Frank to talk radio (The Hannity Show no less!) I figured a compromise was in order.


We went out for happy hour and stop by to see my friends Frank and Spencer, who are up here for the week from Norfolk. Then out to dinner and off to bed.

Didn't do too much on the 3rd, except lounge on the hammock all afternoon. This is the hammock view:


The canals feed into the marsh which feeds into a bay that goes to the ocean, so this marsh does eventually lead to the Atlantic. Its very quiet (you can hear the wind blow) and there are interesting marsh birds flying around. The beach place is a 1950s California - style bungalow. Lots of wood paneling and windows under the pitched roof.

We headed out for happy hour at Aqua around 6. Its amazing all the people from DC that you run into out here, like my friend Jeff


We ended up going to Dos Locos on the strip for margaritas and dinner (so so on both counts but the batter fried green beans were delish!).

Today I think I'm actually going to the movies and out to lunch (had my fill of beach sand over Memorial Day) and to see the fireworks tonight.

Hope everyone has a great 4th!