The Capital Area and The Beach

Friday, 10/22

Weather continues to encourage exploration, so off to the countryside surrounding Dover.  Knowing that the Amish live in the area, we searched them out and found a fabulous country store with Amish delights ... especially in the bakery session. 

Doris doing what she happily does best:  finding the best carbs for my waistline.

The Amish are gentle people who specialize in farming the old fashioned way.  No electricity, no cars, no telephones.  They take care of each other during difficult times.  One thing for sure:  They are hard workers.  Along with their draft horses and buggy-pulling horses, they are a special feature of the Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and even little Delaware.

Sharing the road with the Amish.

This election year, Delaware has produced a lightening rod of a candidate for US Congress.  On this day, we found two political statements within a mile of one another:

I'll leave the caption for you to create!

The Amish and their manure spreader at work ... a subtle (?) political statement.

Leaving Dover and the nearby Amish community, we continued south on towards the beaches of Lewes and Rehoboth Beach.  Lewes is an old Dutch town that once relied on fishing and crabbing, like its neighbor, Rehoboth which was founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church, they are now tourist towns, catering to the big city populations attempt  to escape the sweltering summer heat and humidity.  We found them and the beaches to be very quiet at this time of the year, a pleasure for us.  Home this night would be another Elks Lodge parking area.  Again, nice people to greet us and make sure we were comfortable.

Neighbors for the night at the Lewes, DE Elks Lodge.  Sure was quiet.