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Rain? Check.

It rained a lot last summer. If it does that this year while you’re at the beach, you’ll be ready. Here are 27 great things to do at the shore, rain or shine.

Into each life a little rain must fall, but oh, please, not during a precious weekend or week at the beach.

Should it shower—or you simply want to get out of the sun—the Mid-Atlantic coast has plenty of other charms besides sand and waves. We looked beyond the obvious, such as shopping (tax-free in Delaware), to come up with 27 diversions in and around Rehoboth Beach, Lewes, and Bethany Beach in Delaware as well as Ocean City in Maryland.

You’ll find even more ideas on Southern Delaware Tourism’s calendar of events (visitsoutherndelaware.com) and the Cape Gazette’s calendar (capegazette.com).

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Published in Washingtonian, June 2019, pages 105–113.