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5 reasons to download the Delaware Beaches app

Jessica Bies
The News Journal
The Delaware Beaches app is now available from the Apple and Google Play stores.

Great news! You can now download the Delaware Beaches app from the Apple and Google Play stores. That means tons of great beach content delivered straight to your mobile device.

Need a better excuse than that to go download it RIGHT NOW?

Well OK then. Here's five:

1. Places to eat

Imagine this. You're on vacation. You're at the beach. You just rented a big, shady umbrella for the entire day. The hubby's going to go grab everyone a snack, but you can't decide what you want.

What a great time to have the Delaware Beaches app. Whip it out and read about new restaurants before sending the fam off for a treat. No harm working on your tan while you wait for them to come back.

The Delaware Beaches app is now available from the Apple and Google Play stores.

2. Family fun

Day Two of the annual Smith family beach vacay – and it's raining. You have a rental house full of kids, and you just know after another hour inside, someone's going to snap.

Lucky for you, you just downloaded the Delaware Beaches app, which has info on INDOOR rec areas, family-friendly entertainment and more. (It also has the weather forecast, which you apparently forgot to check.) Off to the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum (conveniently located next to the Impossible LaseRace, Marvelous Mirror Maze and Candy Factory in Ocean City) you go.

3. Outdoor activities

It seems impossible. It can't be true, can it? But it is.

You are SICK of the beach.

Delaware Beaches to the rescue – because the beaches aren't the only attraction in SoDel. There are golf courses, hiking trails, canoe rentals, rec centers and more. And you can find out all about them on the app.

The Delaware Beaches app is now available from the Apple and Google Play stores.

4. Nightlife

You're young, you're single, you're free. And you want to get away from the crowds of kids clogging up the boardwalk.

How about some adults-only fun? Not only does the Beaches app have a list of some of the area's best bars, but it has info on all the hottest concerts, happy hours and more. Party on, friends!

5. Much more -- and it's free

I mean, what else is there to say? Our free app has entertainment info, pictures, video, food reviews, a rundown of outdoor activities, family-friendly events, the weather forecasts, fishing reports, surf info, an up-to-date calendar of events and much, much more.

And, oh yeah, it also gives you access to DelawareOnline and DelmarvaNow. Forget to bring a book to the beach with you? Catch up on all your local news instead.

All you have to do is download Delaware Beaches.

Find it in the Apple store: https://itunes.apple.com/ro/app/delaware-beaches/id1124500696?mt=8 

Download it for your Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gannett.ldsn.delawarebeaches

And have a great summer at the beaches!

The Delaware Beaches app is now available from the Apple and Google Play stores.