# Have you ever stepped on Delaware? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 7, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402 "2012-06-07T17:07:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/21 "2012-06-07T18:58:37Z")
Certainly. Although we live in New Jersey, my wife and I have been to the Christiana Mall a number of times. We also had a transient slip at Summit North Marina for two nights in Bear Delaware. What’s the impetus for this thread, if I may ask? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/22 "2012-06-07T18:59:43Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > That looks awesome. If I didn’t already have my summer vacation booked… An added bonus: after 5pm every day, free beer and wine in the kitchen all night. (Well, I guess it’s not really “free” because surely the cost is worked into the room rate, but a nice thing nonetheless. A hell of a lot better than paying outrageous prices per drink at a hotel bar, that’s for sure.) Really liked that place. I definitely plan on staying there again. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/23 "2012-06-07T19:04:59Z")
I paid a short visit to Prime Hook NWR (looking for horseshoe crabs–didn’t see any), and I spent the night at the Holiday Inn Express in Dover. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/24 "2012-06-07T19:10:17Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > What’s the impetus for this thread, if I may ask? Me. There’s a thread about what constitutes having visited a place. I was unsure of my status with Delaware, as a peed there but didn’t have a meal, which are my criteria for a visit. A bunch of other people chimed in about the First State, and I suggested someone start a poll solely about that. **NoClueBoy** stepped up to the plate almost immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/25 "2012-06-07T19:12:04Z")
I stopped for dinner one night long ago in Hagerstown, which I remembered as being in Delaware but which turned out to be in Maryland. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/26 "2012-06-07T19:26:03Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > An added bonus: after 5pm every day, free beer and wine in the kitchen all night. Wow, it just keeps getting better and better. Maybe I should just move there. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/27 "2012-06-07T19:32:40Z")
Anyone go there just to establish corporate headquarters? Or would you even need to go there?? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/28 "2012-06-07T19:33:05Z")
Caught a Wilmington Blue Rocks baseball game a few years back. Fun little ballpark. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/29 "2012-06-07T19:50:40Z")
When I was 20 or so I drove from a summer vacation in VA Beach to New England, passing through DE, but I don’t recall with any certainty whether we stopped there or not. I don’t think we did. I should have anticipated this thread!! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/30 "2012-06-07T20:11:17Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > Any other DE dopers other than me? > > Bueller? Bueller? It doesn’t exist; stop trying to pretend it does! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/31 "2012-06-07T20:18:11Z")
I live in NJ and have driven through there many times. Mostly just driving and not stopping. But I have taken the Cape May-Lewes Ferry. In my younger days I visited and stayed over with a friend at the University of Delaware. I’m sure I stopped for gas or food other times. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/32 "2012-06-07T20:25:35Z")
Nope…way too far out of reach even for my big feet. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/33 "2012-06-07T20:28:20Z")
Delaware’s beaches are a big summer draw for people here in DC. > [@Philster](#): > > Any other DE dopers other than me? You can custom-title yourself “The First Doper.” ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/34 "2012-06-07T20:34:07Z")
I not only stepped on Delaware, I jumped on Delaware. In the mid-90s, when I was actively trying to skydive in as many states as I could, I made a jump at the Laurel DE airport. ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/35 "2012-06-07T20:38:52Z")
I LOVE Delaware. I have spent much time in Dover (well, Smyrna…well, Clayton…well, actually Kenton…) and Love Love Love Rehoboth. -sigh- i would move there if i could… ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/36 "2012-06-07T20:39:00Z")
Been there many time-driving to and from Florida. The state is one big yawn-doesn’t differ much from the others sharing the Delmarva Peninsula. There’s a mini golf lot in Ocean City that features a howling gorilla. And I’ve never seen the “coal mines” that Joe Biden’s grandpa (allegedly) labored in. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/37 "2012-06-07T20:49:21Z")
I did\*. It made a small squeaking sound. \*did not actually. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/38 "2012-06-07T20:57:12Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Been there many time-driving to and from Florida. > The state is one big yawn-doesn’t differ much from the others sharing the Delmarva Peninsula. There’s a mini golf lot in Ocean City that features a howling gorilla. > And I’ve never seen the “coal mines” that Joe Biden’s grandpa (allegedly) labored in. Ever take the Bridge-Tunnel? It is amazing. Used to go to Dewey Beach most every weekend for a few summers 1st state outside MD I rode my motorcycle in 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/39 "2012-06-07T20:58:34Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > I love Rehoboth Beach. This is where I have been ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402/40 "2012-06-07T21:04:58Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > Any other DE dopers other than me? > > Bueller? Bueller? Born and raised here (born in Wilmington, but have only lived in Christiana and Newark, although I’ve been all over the state; just got back from Dover this afternoon); lived away for a few years (for grad school and a bit after that). Been back here since 2004 and teach at the university (which I also attended). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402.md?page=3)