River Dancer in Lewes and the Broadkill River

Friends visited from Maryland and we took them out on the River Dancer. The plan was to put in at the boat landing in Lewes then float towards Milton on the Broadkill River. We wanted to give the tide time to come back in a bit so Leslie and I did a little shopping in Lewes while Dave and Larry put the boat in and moved it to the city dock to await our boarding.  We were princesses for a moment. 

The River Dancer looks so small at the dock.  We used to have a 30 foot Bayliner, the Jada-An , and it sat a lot higher in the water.  But I'm not complaining.  The River Dancer can get into a lot smaller, shallower waterways than the Jada-An.  

Once we boarded we headed north then west up the Broadkill River to Milton. The Broadkill is 13.3 miles long and flows into Delaware Bay.  The Broadkill once saw ship building but now has a footpath alongside called the Governor's Walk in Milton and downstream a bit is a a Nature Conservancy preserve. An annual canoe and kayak race go down the Broadkill each year.  

OK, I don't know what this is other than antennas and cameras. It is near the mouth
 of the Broadkill River bordering Prime Hook NWR. 

Lots of marshlands.  

And now in Milton.  Then back to Lewes to pull the boat and go home to sit on the deck and have dinner and drinks.

A good time. 

So far we've done the Mispillion River twice, the Lewes-Rehobeth Canal and into Rehobeth Bay and the Indian River, and now the Broadkill River to Milton and back. Next may be the Leipsic.