Lewes is a historic and still bustling fishing port on the Delaware Bay where the ferry to Cape May makes daily departures. Our first intended stop was the farmer's market at the historical society. Turns out antiques were on display so we enjoyed a little antiquing with the backdrop of the historic buildings that have been preserved and gathered on the grounds.
Lewes is one of those quaint towns with enough of a downtown to make it interesting but not enough to draw hoards of visitors. There are a few low-key B&B's and an Inn but it's across a drawbridge from the shore setting it apart from tacky beach shops.
The hoards, however, do gather at Cape Henlopen State Park, with its five miles of shoreline just east of Lewes. We arrived at 10:30 and beachgoers were spilling across the boardwalk from carpark to beach equipped with carts piled high with coolers, chairs, umbrellas, pails, boogie boards, towels and countless other accoutrements. We glanced out at the water and quickly headed farther afield.
There was quiet up on the bayside at The Point where a major section is closed off for the benefit of piping plovers, oystercatchers, least terns and other threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds. A few photographers with telephotos gazed at the nesters and children and clammers waded out 1/4 mile filling their buckets.
Lewes is a sustainable food lovers paradise. We hit the farm market and stocked up on fresh veggies to satisfy us between feedings on local seafood.
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