Returning home from down the Shore on Sunday, we hit heavy traffic on I-95 south before the Delaware Service Plaza. I wound up turning around at the plaza and getting on DE 273 west. The trip was interesting because it was the first time I had been through the University of Delaware area (aside from the football stadium) of Newark (New Ark) in over a decade.<\/p>\n
I had toured Delaware and had they sent me an application, would have certainly applied and perhaps even gone there had I been accepted. It struck me a good university with a good college town. Given what I have seen of other college towns, I know Newark is a better college town than College Park and maybe even Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n
Outside of Newark, which is also quite charming outside of the UD area, we continued along DE 273 into Maryland. Once across the border, MD 273 is scenic ride of rolling hills through horse country. It makes for a nice alternative to I-95 if you have a little time or feel like shunpiking the Delaware Turnpike toll. Sometime I will follow it to US 1 and go over the Conowingo Dam, but I had to get back to D.C. last night.<\/p>\n
Returning home from down the Shore on Sunday, we hit heavy traffic on I-95 south before the Delaware Service Plaza. I wound up turning around at the plaza and getting on DE 273 west. The trip was interesting because it was the first time I had been through the University of Delaware area (aside from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,67,97,98],"tags":[548,810,830],"class_list":["post-1332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-i-95","category-northeast-corridor","category-transportation","category-travel","tag-delaware","tag-i-95","tag-interstate-highway-system"],"yoast_head":"\n