On October 14th we drove 20 miles from our camp to Dover, Delaware and toured their old state capitol first. It is here where General George Washington resigned his commission as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. It was awesome to know you were standing in the same room that the Father of Our Country had stood in over two hundred years earlier. Kevin really loves history and this was special to him. We then toured the new state capitol across the street. It was our 25th capitol to tour. Delaware is called the First State because they were the first state to ratify the Declaration of Independence. The capitol was not as big as some of the others that we have seen or as grand but it had its own unique character. What made all their buildings special was all the history that went with them. After touring we drove to try to find some post cards and souvenirs. We parked in their downtown area which was basically two cross streets. We looked in all the stores that were there but none had any post cards. This was the first place where we didn’t get any cards. We even stopped at a Walgreens and a Wal-Mart hoping to find some. We decided to just make our own.
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