It’s August in Sussex County, which means watermelons
It’s August in Sussex County, and while that means the temperatures will be hot, it also means it’s watermelon season. To celebrate the arrival of prime watermelon eating time, representatives from the Mar-Del Watermelon Association and the National Watermelon Association handed out freshly cut slices of watermelon on the Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk Aug. 6. The weather was perfect for eating watermelon – hot and sunny. People on the Boardwalk scarfed down the slices, their smiles nearly as wide as the leftover watermelon rinds.
For those who missed the giveaway, save the date: National Watermelon Day 2022 is Wednesday, Aug. 3, which means the watermelon queens will probably be on the Boardwalk sometime near that date.
Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.
