As someone with a second home in Rehoboth Beach who listened to the full-timers’ requests, I stayed away during the first three months of the pandemic.
Then early morning on July 5 headed to the beach from D.C. and made it in two hours and 15 minutes. I knew things would be different from a normal summer and purposely stayed away the Friday and Saturday of the July 4th weekend afraid of crowds of people without masks and not social distancing.
From all reports the governor’s order closing the bars and Rehoboth Beach Commission’s order requiring masks in all public places including on the beach, had the desired effect of keeping crowds away.