When I first rolled in, I found these cool things all over the beach & road. At first glance they looked like a bunch of bowls?! Or helmets? Or something made out of leather? I was seriously intrigued, and wondering what this “mess” on the beach might be?!

After looking a little bit closer, I found out that they were horseshoe crabs stranded on the beach. Now I’m not an expert on horseshoe crabs, but I’m assuming that they come in with the tide but get caught on land when the tide rolls out. They were all piled up. All over the place. Not sure why… but you know I have an odd fascination with roadkill. And this kind of counts!!!

And doesn’t it seem a little odd that so many of them are flipped upside-down?! Why???

In the middle of a wheat field, I found a wonderful old cemetery. I’m sure it’s an old family farm plot. From the looks of it, the headstones are pretty old. Unfortunately, the wheat is pretty tall and I didn’t think I should trample my way into it just to take some pictures. Better to admire from afar.

On the way back from my sunrise in Leipsic, I passed a cute little farm… made even cuter with miniature horses!!!
Yep. Not just small ponies. Actual miniature horses!!! They’re adorable. And just for reference… the fence surrounding them is about 5-feet high. Which makes the little ones about the size of a German Shepherd. Precious!!!

So it’s my first chance for a sunrise bike ride while I’m in Dover. We’re staying close to the Dover Downs Speedway. We’re not far from the Delaware Bay… so I knew that I could find a sunrise over the water somewhere?! I decided to pedal over to the town of Leipsic. It’s a little port town on a river that connects to the bay… and then to the ocean!

After the sunrise, I was also treated to beautiful sweeping clouds across the sky!

On the ride back to the hotel, I found some beautiful dogwood trees in bloom. Unfortunately, they look like the flowers are close to the end. And I’m not really sure what’s happening to the bottom ones that are turning pink with spots?!

My cousin Kim grew her own strawberries this year in her garden…
and then made then even yummier by putting them in one of my bowls!

Who knew there could be so much natural beauty out in the ‘burbs???

Jack-In-The-Pulpit above… and Lily-Of-The-Valley below…

When I got back from my morning ride, the sun was just starting to hit the garden. So I took a short breather to enjoy the Spring flowers popping up… as well as my stamped totem pole!