Delaware

Last week, we had set aside much of 3 days (2 nights) to go to the ocean, since we've not been there in quite a while.  We ended up having a really wonderful trip, and we'll happily do this again.

On the way, we stopped in Frederick to get Katie's new phone!  (party bday present, part paid for herself)

Bay Bridge over the Chesapeake

New state for the kids

Beautiful seaside

We stayed in a hotel in Milford, DE.  Planned to go to Rehoboth Beach for much of Friday.  Started out for Rehoboth Friday morning, but so did the rest of the people in Delaware!  We weren't real excited about the 5 mph traffic, so we stopped to ask questions.  Chad talked to someone who recommended a different beach, so we ended up at Cape Henlopen State Park.  (Weird name, huh?)  Very nice!

Have you ever seen 3 prettier girls?

Obviously, Micah had fun!

After the beach, we stopped at Irish Eyes in Lewes for supper.  Had a soft shell crab and bacon sandwich!  Mmm.

Think they'll get many workers at that Arby's?

Funny thing, there was blacksmith's convention in town.  We decided to stop in on our way home.  Rather interesting experience.  Not one the girls want to repeat, tho. :)  We saw all the blacksmiths along the road at the fairgrounds.  Parked and walked toward a big building, figuring that was a good place to start.  Found out it was a casino!  The security guard came out and told us we couldn't go in because the kids weren't 21 yet.  He-he.  Then we found the blacksmiths.  Jenna was pretty worried about dying from smoke inhalation, and all the kids were complaining about it being too hot.  (They really should have blacksmith conventions in the winter!) There were a few interesting things to see, like the chair above, but we were ready to roll before long.  I suppose we didn't inspire any of our 4 progeny to be blacksmiths someday.

Then started driving home.  Supposed to take less than 4 hours, but it took many more.  Stopped traffic because of an accident by the bridge.  All the while, Jenna kept on talking about how she really wanted to stop at a Chick-fil-A.  Since MD has 54 of them, we figured we could work that out.  Finally managed to do that in the Baltimore area, and we all enjoyed that!