Delaware is the lowest of the 50 states; that is, its average elevation — 60 feet — is lower than any other state. Forget mountain majesty. South of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, the Delmarva Peninsula has marshes and tidal rivers, big skies and flat farm land.
The Delmarva Peninsula is divided up into parts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. I was born in Salisbury, Maryland. Soon after my sister was born in Chincoteague, Virginia, we moved to New Orleans, then Washington, D.C., then Newport, Rhode Island, then four more states, nine states in all by the time I was 13 years old. Say a quick prayer now for all military families, for their lives of frequent transition.
Below are some thumbnail images of the Delmarva Peninsula, the oldest first, many of them from trips down Route 9 to the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge and further south.
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