Rehobeth Beach, Delaware

We decided to check out the famous Rehobeth Beach and board walk while we were visiting Delaware. I was so glad that I went online and checked it out first! It was a nice drive down to the lower part of Delaware; the beach is located where the bay empties out into the ocean.

The entire beach and boardwalk area is lined with parking spots all with parking meters. The areas of town that don't have parking meters, you need to go and get a parking pass (which costs money, of course) to park. We didn't park on the main street... because I got tired of driving around and around waiting for an open spot. The place we found to park was fairly close to the beach so we didn't have far to walk. I had come prepared with a roll of quarters!

When we came up to the beach, all I saw was wall to wall umbrellas! It was early afternoon and the beach was full of people. The photos that are shown here were taken later in the day when the beach cleared out a little....

I let the kids splash in the waves but, because they are not strong swimmers, I wouldn't let them actually swim. I was watching the water and there was a pretty good undertow and current. There were lifeguards every 20 feet or so along the beach.

Sky and Liam checking out the waves

Building a sandcastle -

next time we need to bring shovels and pails!


After enjoying the afternoon in the scorching hot sun and getting sunburned, we decided to go check out some of the shops and walk on the boardwalk.

Liam and Sky with candy filled stomachs

enjoying a fresh squeezed lemonade

Posing for a photo on the boardwalk

We stopped at the candy store and bought some fresh made candy. Then we had fresh squeezed lemonade. We bought some shovels, beach mats, and a castle making mold for the next trip to the beach.

It was getting late, it was SO hot, and we were all getting irritable. It was time to get in the air-conditioned car and drive back to Dover. It was a fun trip. Next time we will stay later into the evening and hit the carnival on the boardwalk!