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Cape Henlopen State Park…

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Riding the Cape May ferry has long been on my bucket list. And since I lived in MD for over 30 years you might assume I had gotten around to it. But I never did, and our attempt to do it yesterday didn’t work out either. Planning ahead was required, or buy a stand-by ticket and then wait and see if you get to go at all. That didn’t sound like fun, so instead we went to Cape Henlopen State Park to see what we could see. And we immediately found two lighthouses. Sometimes you just get lucky.

This is the Harbor Rescue Lighthouse off in the distance.
The red one is the East End Breakwater Lighthouse. This is the view from the beach.
Our view was from the very long fishing pier where we got into a fun conversation with a fisherman who suggested that we come back for sunset from the pier. We didn’t, and that was lucky because it wasn’t a great sunset last night.
That wasn’t the Cape May ferry as I first thought. Just a water tour boat.
There was a lot more to see also, when I could tear myself away from more shots of the lighthouses.
You didn’t have to bring your own kayak.
I might bring my iPhone on a kayak, but not the big camera I was carrying.
,We found that the beach was full of colorful umbrellas. And there was a virtual parade of people heading onto the beach loaded down with their own beach paraphernalia.
I was surprised to notice the lighthouse in the distance.
This is where they keep track of boat traffic in the area.
Big boats require big boys.
This is the lightship Overfalls. A portable ‘lighthouse’ of sorts.

So while I didn’t get to ride the Cape May ferry, I can’t say that I was disappointed in the day and how it turned out. Someday I will learn to plan ahead a little better.

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