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Unique places to go & things to see on the Delmarva Peninsula–the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and Delaware

Shore Fun Sampler Eastern Shore of Virginia Naturally Featured Photo
Shore Fun Sampler: Going Natural on the Eastern Shore of Virginia Destinations

Shore Fun Sampler: Going Natural on the Eastern Shore of Virginia

Welcome to my first Shore Fun sampler—something I’ll do once in a while if you all seem to like it. My 2023 book, Shore Fun! The Wanderer’s Guide to Delmarva, is an all-in-one travel guide that connects you with more than 150 annual events and more than 125 destinations. The three outdoorsy destinations below come from a 25-item chapter on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.…
May 24, 2023
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Road Trip! The Dover Ingenuity Trio DestinationsFrom the BooksRoad Trips

Road Trip! The Dover Ingenuity Trio

This is a free excerpt from my book, Eastern Shore Road Trips #1: 27 One-Day Adventures on Delmarva. More info about that and my other books exploring the history, travel, and culture on the Eastern Shore and in Delaware here. When Eldridge Reeves Johnson graduated from Dover Academy in 1882, the school’s director gave him some blunt advice: “You are too god damned dumb to…
August 3, 2022
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Shipwreck in Lewes! The DeBraak Goes Down, 1798 DestinationsWay Back Machine

Shipwreck in Lewes! The DeBraak Goes Down, 1798

This is an excerpt from my book, Eastern Shore Road Trips #2: 26 MORE One-Day Adventures on Delmarva. More info on that here. Much as you might wish otherwise, you can’t spend every waking moment of your beach getaway sweltering in the sand and splashing in the sea. Sometimes, it rains. Sometimes, you need a break from the baking. The break I have in mind…
May 31, 2021
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Poetic Inspiration for Beach Season: “The Great Dune” DestinationsNatural Wonders

Poetic Inspiration for Beach Season: “The Great Dune”

"The Great Dune" was one of the works in Gilbert Byron's book of Delaware Poems, published in 1943. Born in Chestertown, Md. in 1903, Byron wrote novels, essays, and newspaper columns in addition to poems. His was was so tied to his home turf that he earned nicknames like "The Voice of the Chesapeake" and "the Chesapeake Thoreau." He did much of his work in…
March 21, 2021
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ROAD TRIP! Visiting with Tallulah in Kent County, Md. CharactersDestinationsFrom the BooksRoad Trips

ROAD TRIP! Visiting with Tallulah in Kent County, Md.

This is an excerpt from my book, Eastern Shore Road Trips #1: 27 One-Day Adventures on Delmarva. The full trip here is titled "The Road to Rock Hall" and includes stops at Caulk's Field, Rock Hall, the Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge, and other spots. Here goes with the Tallulah section:   St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, which lies to the left (or southwest) on Sandy…
March 4, 2021
Turkey Point Light Fannie Salter Featured Photo
Distaff Beauty: The Women Lighthouse Keepers of Turkey Point CharactersDestinationsWay Back Machine

Distaff Beauty: The Women Lighthouse Keepers of Turkey Point

This is a free excerpt from Eastern Shore Road Trips 2: 26 MORE One-Day Adventures on Delmarva. It comes from a chapter that includes stops in the towns of Elkton, North East, and Charlestown, as well as a visit to a covered bridge the remains of an old gristmill. The most beautiful of those overlooks lies at the end of a 12-or-so-mile drive down Turkey…
December 31, 2020
On the Rocks at Cape Henlopen: Breaking New Ground Since the 1800s DestinationsWay Back Machine

On the Rocks at Cape Henlopen: Breaking New Ground Since the 1800s

This is a free excerpt from the revised 2nd edition of Eastern Shore Road Trips #1: 27 One-Day Adventures on Delmarva. Every chapter in that book has an afernote like this, telling a story from days gone by. This one appears in the road trip devoted to Rehoboth Beach. Thanks for reading! Sometimes the best stories a pretty scene has to tell are actually hiding…
December 31, 2020
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A Quick Visit to Little Claiborne, Md. with Six Great Old Photos DestinationsWay Back Machine

A Quick Visit to Little Claiborne, Md. with Six Great Old Photos

I lead the way along “Talbot County Backroads” in a chapter from my book Eastern Shore Road Trips #1: 27 One-Day Adventures on Delmarva. On this trip we wind along one country road after another—they’re all beautiful, and they all have interesting stories to tell. Case in point: Here is the snippet from the book about Claiborne, Md.: "Back on straight and narrow Route 33,…
December 7, 2020
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“Men Going Places & Building Things:” The Steamboat Glory Days of Little Choptank, Md. DestinationsWay Back Machine

“Men Going Places & Building Things:” The Steamboat Glory Days of Little Choptank, Md.

If you visit the town of Choptank today, you'll encounter a quiet little town of 120 or so souls set on a glorious bit of waterfront scenery in Caroline County, Md. Located a few miles below Preston, Choptank stands a little way above where the Choptank River takes a big bend to the west at the mouth of Hunting Creek. It's a pleasant place for…
August 28, 2020