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As a professional living in the Northern Virginia\/Washington DC metro area for the past 10 years, life was good in many ways. \u00a0For those of you who are familiar with living in that area, there are many things to do and see in addition to delicious places to eat. The employment and cultural opportunities are good and I truly thought I was living. \u00a0But let\u2019s face it, getting from point A to point B can be stressful. If you have ever driven the Capital Beltway or Rt. 66, you know what I\u2019m talking about.<\/p>\n
About 7 years after living the \u201cGood Life\u201d I began to tire of the rat race and commuting an hour morning and night when I worked 14 miles from home! I was in dire need of a break. I began a search for a place where I could get away from it all \u00a0but not so far that it would require more that a weekend trip. \u00a0I thought of Virginia Beach, Ocean City, the Shenandoah Mountains, and everything in between. Then a co-worker mentioned a place called Lewes, Delaware. DELAWARE? I thought to myself as I scratched my head, wondering if my co-worker had been having happy hour on his lunch break. \u00a0What the heck is in Delaware? As a professional living in the Northern Virginia\/Washington DC metro area for the past 10 years, life was good in many ways. \u00a0For those of you who are familiar with living in that area, there are many things to do and see in addition to delicious places to eat. The employment and cultural opportunities are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[57,119,219,322,694,708,1007,1140,1278],"class_list":["post-1575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-independence","tag-active-adult","tag-beach","tag-capital-beltway","tag-delaware","tag-lewes-delaware","tag-live-like-a-local-2","tag-retirement-destinations-for-dc-residents","tag-strees-free-living","tag-washington-dc-retirement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI immediately went to my computer and did an Internet search of Lewes, DE and the following weekend I plugged \u00a0in the address of a local hotel into my GPS and off I went to explore unknown territory. My trip took me through rural areas with nothing but cornfields, soybean fields, and dairy farms and I found myself enjoying the scenery.\u00a0 For a change, I was not experiencing a white-knuckle trip on the beltway.\u00a0 Yet, although my goal was to escape the city, I didn\u2019t think I was ready for the country life. Two and half hours later, I arrived at my destination. \u00a0At that moment my life changed. I was in a place that immediately felt like \u201chome\u201d.\u00a0 I knew in my heart and mind that I had been called to this magical place called Lewes, DE. The streets were lined with quaint shops that offer everything from A to Z. The people were genuinely friendly, and happy to have me visit their town. \u00a0I could go on and on about my weekend in what I would call \u201cparadise\u201d , but to make my long story short. I do believe in love at first sight. I have since left the hustle and bustle of the city behind me and moved to \u201cParadise<\/a>\u201d. \u00a0Now my life here is simple and stress-free. I no longer drive on beltways, but on quaint streets and pleasant roads. \u00a0If you want a taste of Paradise, come to DELAWARE!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"