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Dewey Beach, DE – The morning was spent carving through creases hewn in the Earth, trees and rock lining a slalom course through the hills.
Against this natural backdrop, steel windmills loomed, marching like soldiers in and out of the fog.
Pennsylvania brought theme-park roads, each curve smooth and unrelenting. I played the role of whack-a-mole, popping up in my seat to peer around corners and ducking again as we dropped gears on steep descents.
Dilapidated barns – haunted fun houses – spotted the fields, bearing faded grins belying a more colourful past.
We stopped at Breaker Brewing Company in Wilkes-Barre, PA for lunch and faced a nod to the state’s puritanical history: closed on Sunday. It seems every trip has an event like this. Onward.
We arrived in Dewey Beach, Delaware unwilling to drive any longer. Before us stood a creaking wagon tugged by a van; it even had free Wi-Fi. For $5, the Jolly Trolley would take us and various other beach goers around town, eventually dropping us for dinner at the original Dogfish Head Brewpub.
Having pointed ourselves through the trees for a thousand kilometres, we had arrived at our destination at the sea. Our table was soon dressed with crab and corn chowder and fried pickles battered with Dogfish Head's 60 Minute IPA, which was paired with IPA truffle mustard. Delicious.
With the Jolly Trolly to take us home, there was, of course, also beer, including a porter brewed with 30 lobsters: Choc Lobster. Clever.
This is the good stuff.
Vitals:
- Time: 13 hours (with one hour delay for an accident)
- Distance: 1,001.2 kms
- Weather: Mostly sunny
- Province/States: Ontario, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware
- Wildlife: Deer, Wild turkeys
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