Dover, Delaware

This was our first day trip into Delaware.  It is a really lovely drive out across the Bay Bridge.  I love the coastal plain landscape.  We visited the John Dickinson Plantation and Old State House in Dover.  I got 4 National Park passport stamps between the two sites.  That always makes for a good trip for me.  The Plantation was directly south of the Dover Air Force base where I landed a couple of times with my Space-A flights from Rota. It was fun to see some of the huge airplanes taking off and landing on the air strip.

John Dickinson was a lawyer and landowner during the American Revolution and served as a delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention of 1787.  Presently, the plantation is the mansion, several out buildings and a formal garden.  Owen's favorite part was the big trees to climb on the branches.

The Old State House was built in 1791 and served as Delaware's capitol during the United States' critical early years as a nation. With additions and modifications, the building continued to serve as the state capitol until 1933.