Religious Procession, Silver Spring MD

Ann Erdman at Home in Lewes

We stopped by Ann Erdman's new apartment in the retirement community Cadbury at Lewes and then went for cocktails at Gilligan's on the canal at Lewes.

At the Beach

It was partly cloudy at Cape Henlopen State Park where the Atlantic meets Delaware Bay but the water was warm enough and the seas calm enough for swimming. The Cape May Ferry can be seen below left and the dorsal fins of a school of dolphins can be seen if you right click the photo below right.

Lewes, Delaware

In our lifetime, Lewes--"the First Town in the First State"--has gone from a sleepy, out of the way beach community to something approaching the Hamptons. We found the Saturday "farmers" market to have high-priced specialty foodie producers rather than salt of the earth farmers. The historic area is fluffed to a fare-thee-well.










Gravestones in St. Peter's churchyard and David pointing to the British cannonball from the 1813 bombardment (above l & r); horseshoe crabs displayed by the Friends of Cape Henlopen State Park and the former antique store still recognized by Bill from decades ago (below l & r).










Right click here for the flora of Lewes.

Crossing the Delmarva

We needed a day at an ocean, so we were up and out early September 22, off to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and across the Delmarva peninsula to Lewes, DE. We detoured to Concord, MD to visit the grave of the Dean grandparents and photographed the "house on the hill" and the "house across the way". Then we tried to take a side road back to the main road and found a pond.









Back on the main road again, we had to stop at a roadside market looking for corn, tomatoes and peppers.

Beautiful Day at Cobbs Island, MD

Peg and Jackie (l), Katchoo and Kumar (r).

St. Ignatius Church, Chapel Point, Maryland

St. Ignatius is the oldest Roman Catholic parish continuously operating in the United States since 1662. The church was founded in 1641 by the "Apostle of Maryland" Father Andrew White, S.J. who arrived in Maryland on the Ark and Dove with the original settlers in 1634. The adjacent St. Thomas Manor has been home to Jesuits since its construction in 1741. The Manor is the oldest Jesuit residence in continuous use in the world. The present church building was erected in 1798 and blessed by the first bishop of Baltimore, John Carroll.

Chapel Point overlooks the confluence of the Port Tobacco and Potomac rivers.

"Lighthouse" at Annapolis Harbour Center

And to Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens