August 2, 2020
This morning, Randy went to get the car (it's over a mile from the hotel), and after we loaded our stuff, we dropped Anneliese off at at cafe near the Supreme Court Building for breakfast and went to Trader Joe's to get muffins and fruit for ours. Anneliese's train back to NY doesn't leave until 5:30, so she's going to do some sightseeing before she goes (schlepping her bags, unfortunately). We each had one more ride left on our Metro cards, so we gave her those so she can get around and see things before having to catch her train. Joshua wanted to walk around Georgetown in the sunshine, so we drove over there and Randy and I ate breakfast in the car while Joshua walked around campus. We had to drive through Virginia to get to Georgetown--kind of weird. Back in the car, and we set off to go to one of the beaches in Delaware. We had to go through DC and Virginia to get to Delaware, but a few hours later we were at Rehoboth Beach. We decided to drive through Dover on the way (the capital of Delaware). It had a very cute capital building--very simple and New England looking. The weird thing at the beach: you are required to wear your mask to walk through the dunes to the beach, but masks are not required on public beaches. We wore our masks and there were a few others that did as well (but not many). We just took off our shoes and walked along the beach for about 20 minutes. Brrrr, that ocean water is cold! Then we walked back and rinsed our feet before getting back in the car. There were a lot of people at the beach and almost none were wearing masks, but they did seem to be stationed 6 feet away along the beach--though not in the water.
Then we went back in the car to drive to Virginia. We are staying the night at a Hampton Inn in Exmore, VA. There is no "sit-down" place for dinner in Exmore (it's all fast food). The desk gave us a menu to order delivery from a pizza place across the highway. It said "dine in", so we did. It turned out that you had to go to the gas station and walk through the convenience store to get to the entrance (yeah, I know). You order at the counter and they bring it to your table. They had an amazingly large menu for such a small place. We all ordered pasta, and it included salad and breadsticks (on foam plates). It was a lot of food for a small amount of money. It wasn't Olive Garden, but it was okay. None of us could finish our meal (I had baked ziti with meatballs). Tomorrow we head for our final college visit a few hours away before heading home.
This morning, Randy went to get the car (it's over a mile from the hotel), and after we loaded our stuff, we dropped Anneliese off at at cafe near the Supreme Court Building for breakfast and went to Trader Joe's to get muffins and fruit for ours. Anneliese's train back to NY doesn't leave until 5:30, so she's going to do some sightseeing before she goes (schlepping her bags, unfortunately). We each had one more ride left on our Metro cards, so we gave her those so she can get around and see things before having to catch her train. Joshua wanted to walk around Georgetown in the sunshine, so we drove over there and Randy and I ate breakfast in the car while Joshua walked around campus. We had to drive through Virginia to get to Georgetown--kind of weird. Back in the car, and we set off to go to one of the beaches in Delaware. We had to go through DC and Virginia to get to Delaware, but a few hours later we were at Rehoboth Beach. We decided to drive through Dover on the way (the capital of Delaware). It had a very cute capital building--very simple and New England looking. The weird thing at the beach: you are required to wear your mask to walk through the dunes to the beach, but masks are not required on public beaches. We wore our masks and there were a few others that did as well (but not many). We just took off our shoes and walked along the beach for about 20 minutes. Brrrr, that ocean water is cold! Then we walked back and rinsed our feet before getting back in the car. There were a lot of people at the beach and almost none were wearing masks, but they did seem to be stationed 6 feet away along the beach--though not in the water.
Then we went back in the car to drive to Virginia. We are staying the night at a Hampton Inn in Exmore, VA. There is no "sit-down" place for dinner in Exmore (it's all fast food). The desk gave us a menu to order delivery from a pizza place across the highway. It said "dine in", so we did. It turned out that you had to go to the gas station and walk through the convenience store to get to the entrance (yeah, I know). You order at the counter and they bring it to your table. They had an amazingly large menu for such a small place. We all ordered pasta, and it included salad and breadsticks (on foam plates). It was a lot of food for a small amount of money. It wasn't Olive Garden, but it was okay. None of us could finish our meal (I had baked ziti with meatballs). Tomorrow we head for our final college visit a few hours away before heading home.
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