We talked some with an engineer from the Army Corp of Engineers about Rehoboth beach. It is a constructed beach. Sand was hauled in from somewhere near in the Atlantic, a beautiful rock free sand. Every morning it is groomed with a machine pulled by a brand new John Deere tractor and looks very much like a freshly raked sand trap on a golf course when finished. I want that job! No rocks, no trash, no driftwood. Just freshly raked sand on a bench that is 3 or 4 miles long and about 75 yards wide. Several fisherman along the beach fishing for blue fish. I talked with one but I did not see him catch any.
We enjoyed a very nice drive to the Outer Banks, North Carolina. To get here, we drove across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel. It must be 10 miles long. The tunnels allow big ships to get into the bay. The cost was $12.
We are staying at a B&B in Manteo without the breakfast. We have a whole floor to ourselves for the moment. Beautifully appointed with antique furniture. We have access to a kitchen, a sunroom and two other sitting rooms. Pretty amazing. We found a pub nearby--Cafe Blue Moon. Good beer brewed on site and excellent gumbo and shrimp salad.
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