New book suggests one-day adventures on Delmarva

In a brand-new book of Eastern Shore Road Trips, Cambridge, Md.-based author Jim Duffy wanders the towns, backroads, beaches, and waterways of the Delmarva Peninsula in hopes of inspiring readers to get out and follow in his footsteps.

“That’s really my goal here,” said Duffy, whose third book is titled “Eastern Shore Road Trips #2: 26 More One-Day Adventures on Delmarva.”

“These books are all about helping locals and tourists alike get in touch with the hidden gems, sweet scenes, and incredible stories that make the Delmarva Peninsula such a national treasure,” he said.

Each chapter in the book is a Delmarva day trip, with destinations stretching from uppermost Delaware and Maryland to lowermost Virginia. The itineraries trace Duffy traveling to Chesapeake islands, riding ferries, sailing tall ships, visiting little museums, and strolling parks and beaches. Along the way, he searches out personalities and stories from days gone by that helped shape the destination at hand.

“Everywhere you go on Delmarva, the stories are so much richer and more entertaining than what you usually see on dry historical markers,” Duffy said. “This book gets into some fisticuffs and jailbirds and drunken sailors. It tells inspirational stories, too, about up-from-the-bootstraps entrepreneurs, pioneering women, and preachers who set out to change the world.”

An award-winning magazine writer, Duffy founded the local venture Secrets of the Eastern Shore with his wife, photographer Jill Jasuta, as a way to celebrate the region in stories, photos and products. Originally focused on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Secrets expanded into Delaware and Virginia several years ago. The cover of the new book features a photo by Jasuta of an Eastern Shore workboat on the Choptank River at sunrise.

Duffy is also the author of “Tubman Travels: 32 Underground Railroad Journeys on Delmarva.”

Each excursion in the new Road Trips book lays out an itinerary and provides readers with insider tips on sights to see and places to go. Trips are divided evenly among the upper, middle, and lower portions of the peninsula. Among the Delaware destinations featured are Lewes, Wilmington, Laurel, Seaford, Delaware City and Port Penn.

For more information, go to www.SecretsoftheEasternShore.com.