Cape Henlopen State Park (10/14/2011)

Since we had a rental car and no EZ-Pass, P-Man was able to fill a life-long goal of going through the toll-booth and getting a ticket. 3 miles later though, we had to give the ticket up as we paid our toll to enter the Blue Route.  
There was a long line of thunderstorms and wind to our west as we drove down but it rained only a few times. We wanted to camp one night and spend one night at Grandma house but weren't sure what would be the best night. One last thunderstorm came through, P-Man got to see a rainbow (maybe his first?), and then we jumped in the car and drove over to Cape Henlopen State Park - Cape Henlopen State Park Trash Birder, P-man and Grandma set-up base camp. The "new" style tent (a nice gift from Grandpa) was very easy to setup. Took less than 15 minutes. Ultimate goal is 5 minutes. Not trying to over do it the first time, we ate out dinner with Grandma and GD. After that, it was back to camp. It was still a little early, so we walked in the dark all the way over to Fort Miles in the dark. It was a clear night with a full moon and you could see New Jersey and all the off-shore buoys. While it was windy, the wind was from the south so it never got below 50 degrees and we were tucked in pines and against a hill, so it was nice sleep. ...Until 5:45am when P-Man was up and ready to go. We got up and walked over again to Fort Miles. Trashbirder birded (some early morning hawks were on the move, lots of sparrow zipping and chirping around, etc.) and P-man played on the big guns. What kid doesn't like sitting on guns that could fire shells 15 miles Fort Miles. We broke down camp quickly and went to Grandma's house for pancakes (I told you we were taking it easy the first time out). We finished up with some geocaches and P-Man got to use the GPS.