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Dennis Forney has been a journalist on the Delmarva Peninsula since 1972 and has been writing his Barefootin’ column for The Whale and then the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years. Like his Barefootin' Facebook page to get notified of blog updates.

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Dewey Beach, Lewes, Alice Walsh, Dave Truitt and Joe...

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2 months ago

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2019 Politics is about people. People are about politics. Funerals are about...
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Its been a mushroomy fall

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6 months ago

Dave Gillan sent me a photo recently of a fairy ring of mushrooms behind the Lingo realty office...
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Waxing gibbous making toward Easter full

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1 year ago

A waxing gibbous moon rose over the harbor in Lewes Thursday evening this week. Today, March 31, it...
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Canvasbacks and snow geese in Rehoboth; feral cat...

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1 year ago

Hundreds of thousands of snow geese took advantage of last week’s mild winter weather to vacation...
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January thaw lifting my spirits

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1 year ago

11 January 2018 - Great walk this morning. Beautiful pink and orange sunrise accompanied by the...
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Seismic testing and a Sussex County cotton field

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1 year ago

You never know what will grab your attention in the aftermath of a blizzard. For me it was a...
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Traverse City Adventure: Sunset on a great journey

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1 year ago

DAY (LOST COUNT) • 25 SEPTEMBER 2017 • LEWES We started this journey on a dark and rainy August 12...
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Traverse City Adventure: Northern Michigan state of...

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1 year ago

DAY 34 • 14 SEPTEMBER 2017 • FRANKFORT We rose at first light, loaded the bags for our last day of...
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Traverse City Adventure: Peaches, pears and Frankfort

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1 year ago

DAY 33 • 13 SEPTEMBER 2017 • MANISTEE All along the way people have told us Michigan gets more...
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Traverse City Adventure: Apple picking time is nigh

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1 year ago

DAY 31 • 11 SEPTEMBER 2017 • PENTWATER Thirty-eight miles we rode on this mid-September day after...
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Traverse City Adventure: today’s total broke 1,000...

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1 year ago

DAY 30 • 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 • MUSKEGON The Pentwater River flows into Lake Michigan here. Can’t tell...
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Traverse City Adventure: Grand Haven to Muskegon...

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1 year ago

DAY 29 • 9 SEPTEMBER 2017 • GRAND HAVEN We rode 25 miles this day up the Lake Michigan shoreline to...
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Traverse City Adventure: A day of rotten news

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1 year ago

DAY 28 • 8 SEPTEMBER 2017 • SAUGATUCK I’m a man of faith. Tom Draper was a man of faith. And I know...
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Traverse City Adventure: In the art town of Saugatuck

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1 year ago

DAY 26 • 6 SEPTEMBER 2017 • SOUTH HAVEN Pedaling up the west coast of Michigan now. That’s what the...
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Traverse City Adventure: On to the shores of Lake...

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1 year ago

DAY 24 • 5 SEPTEMBER 2017 • KALAMAZOO We jumped on this day early, left all our worries behind in...
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Traverse City Adventure: Battle Creek and Kalamazoo

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1 year ago

DAY 23 • 3 SEPTEMBER 2017 • MARSHALL Today’s journey took us to Kalamazoo in southwestern Michigan...
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Traverse City Adventure: An amazing day of riding

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1 year ago

DAY 22 • 2 SEPTEMBER 2017 • EVANS LAKE This was the best day of riding yet. By the time we rode...
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Traverse City Adventure: Into September, into Michigan

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1 year ago

DAY 21 • 1 SEPTEMBER 2017 • SYLVANIA, OHIO We crossed into Michigan just north of Sylvania, on the...
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Traverse City Adventure: Beer at a Toledo brewery

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1 year ago

DAY 20 - 31 AUGUST 2017 • FREMONT After a good breakfast at the AM Corner Cafe in downtown Fremont...
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Traverse City Adventure: North Coastal Inland Trail

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1 year ago

DAY 19 • 30 AUGUST 2017 • OBERLIN We grabbed coffee and a ham and cheese croissant this morning at...