Dover AFB

I have to say I was a bit disappointed in the base in Dover. It is one of the smallest bases I have been on. The base is split... one side of the highway has the housing area, the other has the rest of the base. There is one main road that has most of the buildings on it. There is a shopette, bowling alley, movie theater, commissary, and BX.

The base has a Family camp. It has only 10 sites, 3 are electric and water, 7 are full hookups. It is way at the end of base... after you go past the archery range, and firing range. It sits right on the end of the runway. Where we were staying we could look out our window and see the huge planes sitting right next to us. There was also an aero-club that has small planes. It sat next to the campground as well.

When we were there, the weather hovered at around 95 degrees... with about 95% humidity. The campground had a couple of trees, but for the most part there wasn't much shade. We ran the air conditioning in the motor home constantly, and it wasn't much help. The sun beat down on the motorhome and it got so hot! UGH!

The one saving grace was the pool on the housing side of base. There was a pool for the housing itself, but you had to be living in housing to swim. The other pool cost $3 per person per day, but it was open to anyone who had access to base. The pool was huge and had a great big water slide. We went there 3 times during the week we stayed in Dover.

Sky in line for the slide

Sky ready to jump in the 5' area

Splash!

Skyler and Liam's swimming got so much better this summer. They both basically got over their fear of the water and actually started to swim, tread water, and float. The slide dumped into the 5 ' part of the pool, so Liam chose to wear a lifejacket while going down it... but he would take it off and actually swim as well.

Liam giving me the thumbs up

from the top of the slide

Liam hitting the water

"That was AWESOME!"

I loved that every 45 minutes they had an adult swim! They made all the kids get out of the water, and no-one under 18 was allowed in the pool. It was great because I got a chance to swim and go down the slide. The kids didn't think it was that great... but they made the best of it by playing in the kiddie pool.

I know we will find cool things to do while in Delaware, when we are there. I have always found good things about every state we have visited or lived in. So... goodbye Delaware for now. We'll be back to explore!