I don’t remember which thread I was in but here is my Delaware beach TR
All kinds of electronic signage in Delaware saying things like Coronavirus courteous” and “cars 2 seconds apart, people 6 feet”.
Small spot of rain around Dover threatened to ruin the day. I had to almost literally bite me tongue off not to say anything after successfully keeping my mouth shut with the getting going ordeal in the AM. Got lucky and rain missed Rehoboth beach by about 10 miles to the west. Beautiful day. (Rehoboth is about where the Delaware Bay dumps in the ocean).
Parked out a few blocks to get some steps in. We put our masks on about 4 blocks from the beach when foot traffic picked up. Not super busy for a summer Friday. Not empty but more like a weekday morning not Friday at 2pm in the summer. Masks on street at about 25%.
All businesses with very strict signage requiring masks- state regulation? All staff observed serving outside customers wearing masks.
Ate at Go fish British pub. They have 3 tables by the curb wo chairs. You have to ask for seating but then they come out to serve and bring the chairs. We are the only ones at the outdoor tables. Everyone else is “to go” or eating inside. I did peak inside and they had every other booth closed off. Lol masks. Looks like as soon as the food came, if not the drinks, the masks were off inside.
Very good fish and chips. Can’t say best in DE since no comparison. Haddock, light breading. Tasty, moist but not greasy. Above average fries. Very satisfying. $14. Overall 7/10. The Mrs enjoyed her crab dip app and chicken N chips with same breading as the fish.
Then we head to the boardwalk. Requirement is for masks on boardwalk. Recommended on beach. We decided to not do the beach and just walked and sat along the boardwalk.
Masks on boardwalk were probably 2/3-3/4. One out of three cops observed was reminding people to put on their masks. 3 teen boys had no masks so they were told to walk on beach. Of course lol as soon as the cop left they went back to the boardwalk scoping out teen girls.
Beach looked like people did a good job of even spacing their blankets/umbrellas. Again, a good number of folks but not crowded. Really couldn’t tell about masks from our vantage point. Nice breezy day with storms to the west so I doubt much chance of transmission outside.
After a couple of hours we headed back to find a MF $30 ticket on the car after using the Park Mobile App, paying $6 for 3 hours.
The parking pay place was only a couple of blocks so drove over to bitch. The wife has a college vanity plate SU ABC but the SU is small sideways and the ABC is the big letters. In PA it is written as SUABC so that’s how the car is in the app. Douche at the desk says the meter guy just entered in the ABC and got no match so therefore ticket. He acts like he is doing me a favor by letting this one go and marking it as “warning” $0. Says to be sure to check online Monday to make sure it went through OK. Smiled through my MF mask and said Thank you.
Stopped and picked up some Boston Market to take home for easy dinner. Only problem there is that they were taking orders too fast and the area in front of the counter got a little crowded so we moved to the empty seating area. They really shouldnt wait on the next customer until the 3 6’ spots along the front counter have finished at each station.
So ended up with some sun, a somewhat proverbially bitten tongue, some encouragement that DE is doing a decent (not perfect) Cv job, a very happy tummy and a happy wife. Success.
