Does that bring back childhood memories! Yes... back in the 70’s and 80’s, I do remember Amish folks walking on the boardwalk or wading in the waves. Back in those day, “Spring Lake” was sort of silently designated as the straight/gay beach area. (the man made lake area/beach area at the very end of the boardwalk). However, any part of Rehoboth is now visibly straight and gay.
I think that lake is called Silver Lake, and there's a smaller lake just to the south of it called Lake Comegys.
Rehoboth started out in the 1870's as the site of an annual Methodist camp meeting. The "tent" was located about where the Rehoboth Avenue (DE 1A) drawbridge is now (Rehoboth's western gateway, with a traffic circle to greet you when you come off the bridge) from DE 1 by the shopping outlets. DE 1A follows Rehoboth Avenue to a point 2 blocks from the boardwalk, then turns right and follows 2nd St./Bayard Ave. into Dewey, splitting between those two lakes on the south side and reconnecting with DE 1 in downtown Dewey.
Yes, the gays gather at the southern few blocks of the boardwalk at a stretch called Poodle Beach.
BTW is Rev. Dekker related in any way to John Dekker, who pastored Cub Hill Presbyterian in Carney, MD (NE of Baltimore) a few years ago? I listened to John Dekker's radio show In Defense of Truth on WBMD 750 AM Baltimore a lot back in the day, depending on my status as the temp employee I was back then.
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Never mind, I just read post #4.
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