As summer approaches, long hikes with
your dog on the popular swimming beaches of the East Coast will
- for the most part - be coming to and end until the fall. One
of the few places you can go and enjoy the warm surf with your
dog through the summer is a thin sliver of land six miles long
between Rehoboth Bay and the Atlantic Ocean at Delaware Seashore
State Park.
Dogs aren't allowed everywhere but on
selected stretches - a small park brochure will guide you to
the tail-friendly sands. Unlike its neighbors to the north and
south, the park beaches are undeveloped and backed by natural
dunes. If your dog isn't partial to the frisky Atlantic Ocean
waves go across the road and sample the gentle bay waters where
your dog can walk out for many yards before getting her tummy
wet.
There is more to see at Delaware Seashore
State Park than sea and sand. World War II observation towers
still stand as reminders of coastal Delaware's military history.
Just to the south, at low tide, stumps of a ghost forest, trees
overwhelmed by tide and sand, can still be seen. And if you find
your dog acting peculiar it may be the presence of the ghost
of a young woman, clad in an old-fashioned bathing suit, who
has been seen roaming the dunes.
Visit the park website: http://www.destateparks.com/dssp/dssp.asp
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