At the beginning of July, Melissa and I did a brief trip over the Bay Bridge to a state park and several breweries.

Tuesday July 1. We left at 11:15 and arrived at Ten Eyck Brewing at 12:25. It opened in 2020. I tried:

• Stay on 50 (good HIPA)
• Stand Up Triple (good 10% ABV TIPA)
• PIE: Mamacita (quite good sangria pastry sour)
• A Great Day for Hay (marginal hefeweizen)
• PIE: Lemon Meringue (good lemon pastry sour)

		Foo traveled with us.

We crossed into Delaware and arrived at Dewey Beer Company's Harbeson location shortly after 2:00. I sampled:

• Thrills - 4^th of July 2025 (quite good strawberry blueberry marshmallow fruit sour)
• Brewsheet #11 (good DIPA)

Then we went back into Maryland to Berlin Beer Company, arriving at 3:30. It opened in September 2024. There wasn't a big selection and most of the draughts were guest beers. I got:

• Green Suede Shoes (good HIPA)

Less than a mile away is Burley Oak Brewing. We arrived at 4:00. Melissa's friend Allison, whom she hadn't seen in several years, met us. The brewery didn't have any of its best beers on tap that day. I sampled:

• Cashmere Cowboy (good DIPA)
• Wildberry - White Chocolate (good fruit sour with lactose)

Then we all went to Tall Tales Taphouse, arriving at 6:15. This place had been a brewery but stopped brewing so now it's just a restaurant/taphouse. The ladies got food and I didn't order anything. Got some photos though.

Melissa and Allison.

We said good-bye to Allison and went back into Delaware to Trap Pond State Park, where we had reserved a spot in the campground. We arrived around 8:00ish and set up our tent just in time before we got a heavy downpour. It was very warm and very humid. Took a shower, which was not a pleasant experience because the water came out hot and there was no way to adjust the temperature. We settled in around 9:00. The rain helped to cool off our tent, which by the way leaked.

Wednesday July 2. It rained during the night and there were a few puddles in the tent. We packed up, left around 8:00, parked next to Trap Pond, and started our 4½-mile loop hike around the pond at 8:15. It was overcast, warm, and humid, and there were very few people due to the rain forecast and the fact that it was a weekday morning. The hike was pleasant except for the north side of the pond, which had swarms of biting horseflies.

There was a bridge with lots of lichens.

We were done at 10:20 and got to our vehicle just before another heavy downpour. We went to Burnish Beer Company in Salisbury MD, arriving about 20 minutes before it opened at 11:30. Dogs were not allowed inside, so Melissa walked Foo while I sampled:

• One-Trick Pony: Miami Vice (good strawberry, pineapple, and coconut fruited sour)
• One-Trick Pony: Peach Gummy Rings (good peach fruited sour)

We arrived at RaR Brewing's Cambridge MD location at 12:45. There are actually several locations on the same street: the main taproom, Chessie Burger (formerly RaR Eats), The LabRaRtory (serves beer cocktails), and The Dive Club (a higher class place on the other side of the street). RaR also has a restaurant/taproom in Annapolis called Chessie's Wharf, where we'd been a few times. The Cambridge taproom didn't allow dogs inside, so Melissa hung out in the shade with Foo while I tried:

• Maui Stylin' (quite good 10.1% ABV hazy TIPA)
• Reading Material (nice hazy DIPA)
• Refuge (quite good 10.1% ABV hazy TIPA)
• Deadstock Slides (good 10.1% ABV hazy TIPA)

There were many guest cans and bottles from great breweries such as Mortalis and Other Half for sale, so I bought 6 of them to go. Then we headed home.