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Seashore Villas New Homes at Royal Farms

A development by Capstone Homes on Route 54 in West Fenwick

Entrance sign to Seashore Villas behind the Royal Farms gas Station on Route 54.

This new development is made of very attractive two story townhomes with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a one-car garage. The the website claims that all homes back to either a beautiful pond or the woods. While that may be true – the pond is large and it is beautiful – but they don’t mention that many of the homes will front to the back side of a Royal Farms gas station/convenience store. Unfortunately, some of those homes are being built directly across the street from the dumpsters.

Amenities are listed as a pool, a pond and irrigation/lawn care. The location is about 10-12 minutes from the beach and 15 minutes to North Ocean City (except on Saturdays in the summer when that could increase to an hour).

Seashore Villas behind the Royal Farms.

Contact: Capstone Homes – Seashore Villas

302-684-4480
32045 Seashore Way, West Fenwick (Selbyville), DE 19975.
Website: https://www.capstone-homes.com/our-communities/fenwick-island/seashore-villas/

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Waterfront Dining in West Fenwick

While the West Fenwick community is not actually an island…

Waterfront Sunset View at Crabcake Factory Bayside
Magenta skies of a typical sunset as viewed from a bayfront deck at the Crabcake Factory.

…as Fenwick Island proper is, it does have a LOT of water. This can be seen in photos on this site and elsewhere. There is Assawoman Bay to the south and the Fenwick Ditch to the east (separating West Fenwick from the actual island). The “Ditch” leads to Lighthouse Cove and Little Assawoman Bay to the northeast, which flows into Dirickson Creek to the north. There are also dozens of canals, small creeks and even a few lakes in the West Fenwick Island area.

However, there are only a few places for waterfront dining in West Fenwick. Two that we tend to patronize on a regular basis are…

Crabcake Factory Bayside

CCFB is a comfy place with an awesome view of Assawoman Bay to the south and incredible sunset views to the southwest.

Catch 54 Seafood Restaurant

Waterfront Dining view at Catch 54

Catch 54 is located on Fenwick Ditch where it joins Lighthouse Cove. It provides excellent water views with boating activity and a skyline view of Fenwick Island to keep you entertained while dining or hanging at the bar. The new(er) Papa Grande Mexican-flavor place also has a fine view of The Ditch.

The view from just every table at Catch 54 is one to savor – right along with your dinner.

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A Painted Lady at Live Bayside

The Live Bayside Community…

…has a unique bay-front access and recreation area called The Point. It has a boardwalk with access to a beach, a pavilion (under construction), a boat-launch ramp with piers, kayak/canoe storage racks and a marsh/bayside nature trail.

Painted Lady Butterfly at Bayside

You never know what you may see along the trail – or anywhere at The Point, for that matter. You should, however, always have a camera with you. The other day we found these colorful butterflies feasting on the nectar (or whatever cocktail was being served) of some large blossoms by the side of the trail.

We didn’t expect to have a show but the butterflies, giant bumblebees and dragonflies seemed to enjoy having lunch on this ol’ plant – and being entertaining while they dined. We didn’t have a clue about the type of butterfly, thinking it might be a Monarch – but only because that’s the only real butterfly name that came to mind. However, an evening Internet “search” by posting the picture on Facebook yielded some responses. After being given the name of “our” butterfly we were able to find plenty (53,000+) other pictures on a Bing.com image search.

Sooo, welcome to the Painted Lady Butterfly, which is, evidently, a regular here in West Fenwick and Lower, Slower Delaware.