Tuesday, August 23

Building the Joker Cave seemed to be of up most importance in Luke's book

A giant sunfish and others mounted on the wall of the Nature Center

Horseshoe crabs in the touch pool

Supper takes awhile, maybe our hot dog sticks were too short.

This Sponge Bob was fashioned from pine needles and pine cones and looked really neat from the top of the tower

This tower was right behind our camp site.

So much to write and so little time to blog. I arrived in Dover on Monday around 3 pm. The trip out was uneventful, very little traffic and not much construction so I made pretty good time. I left at 6:15, stopped twice, once for breakfast at the usual McDonalds near Wheeling and again for gas and a sandwich in Cumberland, Maryland. I pulled into Trish's driveway at 2:45, 524 miles later.

Lily's appointment for her radio active isotopes was scheduled for Tuesday so Luke and I took off for our camping adventure. Some how we were on the road driving to Cape Henlopen and missed the big earth quake. Trish said they felt it while they were waiting in Children's of Philadelphia. She thought someone was kicking the back of her chair. Lily had a really tough time as they couldn't get the IV line in and had to call a specialty team to get the line in. Thankfully, Wednesday, went much better. They left the line in overnight, so they didn't have to redo the line. Lily slept while they gave her the anesthetic so they didn't have to sedate her quite as much as usual which in turn meant she wasn't as groggy as she sometimes can be.

Luke and I got to the campground Tuesday afternoon, found our site and immediately began setting up our campsite. We had a little trouble getting the air mattress into the tent but we had to blow it up next to the car so we could use the compressor. We squeezed it in and had much fun while doing it. We decided to go to the Nature Center before it closed because we were told they had a touch tank and could touch some sea creatures. It was very nice and Luke touched a horseshoe crab and several snails. We saw a hognose and a corn snake and several turtles but most importantly we purchased a set of pirate figures in the gift shop. Expensive but a very good buy as it kept him occupied on the 80 minute ferry ride the next day. We went to the beach for an hour or so before heading back to the camp site for our cook out and supper. Hot dogs and watermelon were on the menu. After supper we climbed the nearby tower that was left from WWII and was used to watch for enemy ships. Luke fairly flew up the steps. Either he was energized by supper, since I had to carry him at the beach, or he was just really excited. We got to the top just as the sun was setting and it was a beautiful view of the surrounding beaches but Luke's favorite was the Sponge Bob. (see picture)

Lily is up so I will continue the blog and our ferry ride to Cape May as soon as I have a free moment!