Camping....Part Deux!

Who says camping isn't fun? The Hu's are here to prove the naysayers wrong!

This time my fearless crew and I tried some camping fun at Cape Henlopen, DE. It's about two miles from Rehoboth Beach. We get there to find that our site is still occupied. Annoyed, I dialed the park ranger, and he promptly arrives to correct the situation. Well, it turns out that our site wasn't occupied. It's just tiny. We were literally on top of another site. So, we placed our tent as far as possible from the other campers...which put us near the road.

After much cursing, we managed to not kill each other and pitch our tent and screen house (hell yeah we needed a screen house...the mosquitoes are Cape Henlopen's mascot). The kids were so excited about going to the beach so...we tried to walk there...and got lost. I swear, the beach was taunting us...we could hear the tide...we...just...couldn't...find...it. So, we truck back to our car, and drove there. Ahhh....much better! We found it in five minutes.

First night there...HUMID AND HOT! No one slept in their sleeping bags. Children and husband are getting eaten alive by mosquitoes, but I surprisingly am left alone. To spray or not to spray the children....that is the question. It's DEET vs. West Nile Virus. West Nile Virus wins...I spray.

Second day....we DRIVE to the beach (not doing the walking thing). Step over suntanned bodies to find a decent spot. Stay for four hours. Husband gets sunburned, and like the caring wife that I am...I laugh, because he has a hat line. After the beach, we go outlet shopping and spend way too much money. Looking at our new purchases and camping equipment...my husband looks at me and says..."Maybe we should be thinking of getting a bigger car?" You think? I've been begging him for a mini-van, but he's not ready to go down that route yet.

The little Hu's enjoying the beach.

Second night...HUMID AND HOT! And bonus!....Our neighbors left one day early! I would like to think that we had nothing to do with it, but I guess it's not too romantic to have a family of four camping right next to you, and having a 5 year old boy keep asking his parents if he can "pee in the bushes." I'm sure we had nothing to do with them leaving early....

Third day....we decided to take the kids to Cape May, NJ on the ferry. We rush out of our tent, and arrive at 8:00am to catch the first ferry. Only to find out that the first ferry doesn't run until 9:30 and the terminal wasn't even open yet.

The ferry ride was fantastic. We had good weather, and saw dolphins frolicking in the water. We get to Cape May, and decide to take the "Victorian trolley tour." We walked to the trolley a whole 10 minutes early, but every single seat next to the windows were taken. We are stuck in the back of the trolley with no air. The youngest child was not thrilled, and really...what is worse than a whiny 5 year old? He promptly falls asleep on top of me for the whole entire tour...sweating up a storm. By the time that we got off the trolley, I had a sweat imprint the shape of my son on my shirt and pants. Yeah, I looked attractive.

Cape May!

We get back to Rehoboth and go outlet shopping yet again...and this time...come back with two new hermit crabs. "Goldine" and "Pikachu." We take the kids to "Funland" (if you are a parent you must take your kids to Funland in Rehoboth...it's like a mini-amusement park), and drop like $40 on food, rides, games, etc...

Third night there....HUMID AND HOT!

Fourth and last day of camping....we stay on the beach for four hours yet again...and guess who got sunburned...me...damn it! The husband looked at me as I got into the car for the ride home and howled, because I had just given him a lecture that morning on the benefits of sunblock. Whatever! The sun is strong there!

I forgot to mention that we had a school of dolphins (is that what you call them? Schools of dolphin?...I digress...)fishing around in a circle in front of us for about 30 minutes. This is tres cool people! You can see them at Sea World, but it's completely different when they are out in the wild.

Can you spot the dolphins? Yeah, I know my camera sucks, but they are there! Promise!

Shit! We left the hermit crabs in the car while we were on the beach. Pikachu isn't moving...at all. The eldest held up the cage and asked "Mom, why is Pikachu missing a leg?" OMG, his missing leg is right next to the other hermit crab. I'm sure we killed Pikachu by leaving him in the car, but damn...Goldine got all "Silence of the Lambs" on us! I told the hubby to make a slight detour to purchase another hermit crab.

Our ride home was uneventful until we neared the Bay Bridge. The rain came out of no where, and all of a sudden...my car stalled. We were able to start it back up and drove all the way home without a problem, but the next morning...it almost died when I ran an errand. Turns out it had "electrical" problems. I blame the HUMID AND HOT weather of Delaware.