Cape Henlopen State Park

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1.      Cape Henlopen State Park- Thursday, April 16 one night

                   Lewes, Delaware -  Over 148 sites -  Site 36 but had to change to site 31 with water no electricity sites.  Cost for non-resident $32.  There is a charge of $4.00 per person to get into the park itself so this is in the campground fee.

Great bike trails and beautiful ocean views!

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                   This is a beach resort campground along the Delaware shore.  There are two designated swimming beaches, hiking trails even along the six miles of beach, bike riding, 18 hole disc golf course, basketball courts, winter hunting, recreational programs such as history talks, outdoor concerts, birdwatching  and there is even a WW 2 observation tower where the views are great.  Also, one can climb the military bunker and I can see why in the summer families come to spend a week or two.  

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The ferry from Cape May, NJ comes in here and the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge is nearby as well as the  Lewes and Rehoboth canal.  It is right next to the resort town of Rehoboth Beach!   Delaware is such a beautiful state I can see why so many senior citizens are relocating here.  Now the campground is different.  There are sites for big RV’s and all RV’s have to park along the road by their site – the allotted parking space is big and could hold the biggest coach plus a car or anything you were towing.  The sites have a picnic table and fire pits.  There are showers but they are cold and are only on for seconds each time you push the button.  It’s a good place if tenting and if you are going to the beach. 

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Hiking to the beach is quite a distance.  The bike trails are good but this park is huge the largest in Delaware so you could spend the day biking and might get on all the trails etc.  The views are great from the trails and the beach near the bathhouse is beautiful.  Good campground but not for everyone but we will be back.  In April during the week it was self-checkin and maybe there were 25 sites taken!  We had reserved site 36 but it was on a little hill so moved to site 31 which was level.

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      Our day -  This morning we got up listening to the birds after a very cold night and took our time walking around the park, ate breakfast, took some pictures and left by 11  to head to Cape Henlopen which is about an hour and a half drive from Lums Pond State Park.  Lums Pond had about  12 campers last night and it is just so peaceful.  Forgot to say in yesterday’s blog that when we were here a beautiful red fox came out into the meadow to hunt and play in the field for about a half an hour.  He had not a care in the world maybe he was taking part in the Tea Party Demonstrations yesterday – Ha! The leaves are not out on the trees like they were last year so from most sites you could see the pond through the trees.

     Today was a much more enjoyable drive than yesterday going down route 1 over to the coast of Delaware and by Dover Airforce Base.   It was sunny and beautiful with a clear sky.  We heard that Delaware had over three days of soaking cold rain so everyone we met was thrilled that today was a beauty and the forecast is good through the weekend.      Driving to this park is interesting and it is a beach town and a ferry town.  We arrived about noon ate lunch, pumped up our bike tires (George did) and hit the bike trails.  The ride was great and the ocean was beautiful.  There were a number of horseback riders on the beach also.  This park has so many of the old bunkers from WW2 and an observation tower all hidden by grass looking out to sea. 

      We rode for a long time – came back took showers and then worked on the camper.  Planning to grill chicken tonight and then head off for another bike ride in the early evening and even in the morning before we pack up to go off to our next Delaware State Park which is only about an hour away.