The road trip around Delmarva started in the August midday heat; the sun sitting nearly 3 inches from our heads boiling our brains. In order to quell this intense heat, the first stop happened well before our destined peninsula.

Dippy's is one of many small ice cream shops that dot of South Jersey. A tiny parking lot with a few wooden benches sit in front of three or four windows manned by teenagers working for movie money.

The ice cream is creamy and rich, and when mixed with crushed Heath Bar crumbles, it can calm the forces of the atmospheric inferno.

Our sweet treat gave us the courage to carry on to our next stop of Cape May where the famed Cape May – Lewes Ferry awaited. Cape May offered more heat and pretty architecture; pretty blues with purple shutters, elaborately carved banisters with big, wide steps leading up to big porches. We sat and people watched while we enjoyed our overheated Wawa hoagies waiting for time to tick past.

Once four o'clock hit, we were on our way to the ferry, just on the other side of the cape up the road from downtown.

The Twin Capes vessel is one of luxury and space. Three levels, all offering a balcony outside to watch the shores disappear and reappear an hour and twenty minutes later. There's a cafeteria and two bars, one outside complete with the mist of the bay.

Outside, the weather seemed cooler with the breeze. Gulls rode the wind coming off the boat as a skater would enjoy the half-pipe. They dipped and glided inventing cheap tricks to show their friends gliding next to them.

Finally we were docked on the Delmarva Peninsula, with the sun starting to wane. Tired from sun and sugar crash, we began our hunt for lodging. First instinct was the Cape Henlopen Park that is conveniently located next door to the ferry port, however the were sadly booked for the night. The nice young lady at the door was prepared for such an event and quickly handed us a sheet listing other campsites in the area.

After consulting with our twitter friends, whom gave us plenty of sound advice, and calling around, we found ourselves popping a tent in a small campground near Milton, Delaware called Eagles Nest.

The plot of land was tucked behind a church, some soccer fields and what seemed to be a graveyard for motor homes. The campground was mostly populated with RV's and most of them seemed abandoned or unoccupied, though some showed a glimmer of humanity. We found our own little section of earth, since the one assigned to us was in service, and began to set up camp. With the sun nearly gone, our hunt for firewood was quick. The humidity, kept the wood moist and made fire building a real challenge for even this scout. The threat of a thunderstorm loomed over the horizon.

But we over came and after burning half a roll of paper towels to dry the wood, we had a full-fledged campfire. We called steaks and squash wrapped in an aluminum foil pouch dinner.

In the end, one steak was edible after the other was accidentally flung from the flames into a sweatshirt and then to the ground. The sand was a bit too crunchy...but the other steak was delicious.

The rain that fell that night only fell lightly, tiny pitter patter of drops on our nylon tent. The lightening and thunder offered a light show, but only in jest, eventually lulling us to sleep in our neat little plot of earth on our first day of Road Trip.

Pro Tips: Bring a headlamp or don't try to cook in the complete dark!

Bring paper towels for messes or fire-starters. It works wonders on the wet nights.

Eagles Nest Camp ground at $30 a night was the cheapest in this area (Lewes, Rehoboth, Milton) of Delaware.

Pack camp basics such as aluminum foil and salt...makes for a more enjoyable camp meal.