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Assowoman Wildlife Area Featured Photo
Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay at Assawoman Wildlife Area DestinationsFrom the BooksRoad Trips

Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay at Assawoman Wildlife Area

In the photo up top here I am quite literally sittin' on the dock of the bay, watchin' the tide roll away. That glorious moment came on a sun-kissed spring day in April 2024. The night before, my wife and I had seen a fabulous touring Broadway show at the Performing Arts Center in Ocean City. We strolled the boardwalk the next morning, then headed…
April 18, 2024
Ash Wednesday Storm Aerial Featured Photo
‘A Seagull’s Eye View:’ The Ash Wednesday Storm in Southern Delaware, 1962 Way Back Machine

‘A Seagull’s Eye View:’ The Ash Wednesday Storm in Southern Delaware, 1962

"Delaware's multi-million dollar playground in Sussex County just isn't there anymore." That's how newspaper reporter William Frank summarized the scenes he saw while taking a ride in an Army helicopter to get a "seagull's eye view of the devastation" caused by the hellacious Ash Wednesday storm of March 1962. The Ash Wednesday storm arrived on March 6, 1962. If it were a normal nor'easter it…
February 5, 2024
Fenwick Island Dunes
Quote of the Day: A Shocking Discovery on the Dunes of Fenwick Island, c. 1900 Quote of the DayWay Back Machine

Quote of the Day: A Shocking Discovery on the Dunes of Fenwick Island, c. 1900

Ruth Watson Lewis grew up in a family that made a special trip every year to a religious "camp meeting" on the Delaware Beach. The reminiscence that follows about going to the Fenwick Island camp meeting as a young girl comes from the book, Barefoot in Fenwick Island: Life on the Isle in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Be sure to stay tuned to the…
July 7, 2018