E.W. FAIRCLOTH / For the Daily News
Leaving Delaware Seashore State Park after July 4 festivities.
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New in town? A handy shore-to-shore conversion guide
Delaware beachgoers tsk-tsk the notion of paying for beach tags, since most of their beaches are free. (The exceptions are the state park beaches: Cape Henlopen, Delaware Seashore and Fenwick Island, where admission is $4 a car for state residents and $8 a car for others.)
But parking will cost you. In Rehoboth Beach, the best spots are $1.50 an hour. Keep feeding the meter or you'll face a $30 fine that goes up to $45 if you don't pay within three days and climbs to $75 after a month.
TRAMS AND TROLLEYS
Downashore standby
Wildwood boardwalk tram
Other Shores substitute
Ocean City, Md., boardwalk tram
Like its Jersey cousin, the Maryland tram runs the length of the boardwalk - but without the endearing announcements to "Watch the tram car, please!" To clear people out of its path, this alterna-tram employs a recorded train sound.
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In Delaware, the boisterous Jolly Trolley, used largely to bar hop, connects Rehoboth and Dewey Beaches. In North Jersey, the Manasquan River Water Taxi offers bar-to-bar transport in Brielle and Point Pleasant - and has its own bar on board.
SELF-PROPELLED
TRANSPORT
Downashore standby
Boardwalk biking, Wildwood
Other Shores substitute
Boardwalk biking, Ocean City, Md.
A near match, with plentiful rentals of bikes and family "surreys" and a handful of boardwalk restaurants open for breakfast. In the OC, posted biking hours are from 2 to 11 a.m. weekdays and 2 to 10 a.m. weekends, although people generally wait until sunrise to set off.
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