Three superintendents and a ride to the inlet

28 May 2012

The Overfalls Foundation held its annual kick-off fundraising party Friday night, May 25, at University of Delaware's Virden Center. Big, happy crowd.  Lots of people buying silent auction items and bidding enthusiastically during the live auction. Thousands raised for the Overfalls.  :)

I was scanning some of the live auction items when I looked up at one point and saw a distinguished trio of educators huddled in joyful conversation.  All three have served at one time or another as superintendents of Cape Henlopen School District and all three ended their tenures having moved the district forward. I  grabbed a photograph of the three and present it here.

A wonderful Memorial Day weekend. Dewey Beach, Lewes and Rehoboth Beach all pulsing with crowds.  On Sunday morning at 7, Ron MacArthur, Rob Beach and myself headed out of Lewes for a ride down the coast to Indian River Inlet.  A great ride.  We rolled through the Cape Henlopen High School grounds where hundreds of people were lining up for a Seashore Strider event.

From there we rode Gills Neck Road to the head of the Junction and Breakwater Trail.  We passed a big snapping turtle on the trail, but few people at that early hour.  Rehoboth Beach was just coming alive when we rolled over the canal bridge.  Café A Go Go was in full swing and a small cortadito - still my favorite of Jesus and Esther Maria's creations - juiced me up for the next leg of the journey south.

Out of Rehoboth Beach on King Charles, over Silver Lake, the crowds picking up, and Dewey Beach still rubbing the sleep out of its eyes. Light south wind, the Cuban coffee in the cortadito taking hold, good conversation, egrets in the sparse trees of the marsh between the highway and Rehoboth Bay and the tall towers of the new inlet bridge in the distance.

Indian River Inlet is a community in itself.  Coast Guard, Center for the Inland Bays, Northside marina, fishermen and surfers, campgrounds and beaches.  Nice hiking trail on Burton Island and great inlet-side walkways.  This will become an increasingly popular biking destination in the years ahead.

The pedestrian and biking trail over the new bridge gives a nice view of the ocean. All good. We could also see the beginnings of the work to take apart the old bridge.

The south wind pushed us home on our return trip. 33 miles in all.  Flat and scenic. A great way to spend a weekend morning. Back to Lewes by 10:30.

God bless the whole world and thanks to all of our veterans throughout our nation's history for their service in the name of freedom.