Howdy all, Wendell here! Here are a few pictures of my stay in Delaware.
My first stop was at Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes, DE. That's pronounced (Lew is) apparently, not looze as it looks, lol!
I thought this sign was interesting because it shows how the point has changed throughout the years. If you look at a map of Delaware, that is the curly point in the south-eastern part.
I didn't get to see any Osprey because they haven't arrived in Delaware yet. They come in the spring. April tells me they're beautiful, and great fishermen!
These next two pics are of the point. It's closed to humans at this time of year because it is a major nesting site for migratory birds like the piping plover.
You can kinda see the curly point way in the background.
These people are my hosts Steve and April (Ape337). They're nice but kinda wierd. When they saw that picture they were saying something about how they didn't realize they had so much grey hair now, lol. In the background is the lighthouse on the outer wall.
This is a better pic of the breakwater lighthouse. It sits on the outer wall at the mouth of the Delaware bay. There's a long rock wall in the water that extends from near the point of Cape Henlopen west toward the ice breakers. It's called the outer wall. The ice breakers are large stones in the water that will do exactly what they say: they break up ice. The idea was to create a safe harbor for ships to be protected from rough seas. And it works! There's a world of difference between the ocean side and safe harbor side of that wall. Using google earth is a good way to see the area which consists of the breakers, the outer wall, and the inner wall. All working to create the harbor of refuge.
These are some of the neat things you can find on the beaches in the refuge area.
And this is one of the signs that you better obey! There's a big coast guard tower overlooking the area and they will not tolerate disturbing the nesting area of the point. I don't know why anyone would want to bother the area anyway. But some people.....
Well, this was my trip of one side of the cape. I'll post again soon of some of the other interesting areas of the park. There's so much to see there!