(FENWICK ISLAND, Del.) - In the far southeast corner of Delaware lies a beach town proud of its sleepy nature.
Known as one of the three "quiet resorts" in Sussex County along with Bethany and South Bethany Beach, Fenwick Island is not unlike most beach towns in Delaware.
"It's very walkable. And it's loaded with just about every shop that you could want or need except for a major grocery store," said Rebecca Mais, a Fenwick native and co-owner of McCabe's grocery store in South Bethany.
Just as small as Dewey Beach, Fenwick Island consists of a few blocks flanked by businesses and homes that have been around for generations.
"It used to all be small cottage," said Richard Mais, who serves on the town council and has lived in Fenwick Island for over 20 years.
"Now many of those have been replaced with larger homes. Now our commercial part, the Dairy Queen's been there 50 years. Seaside Country Store. Warren's Station. The Fenwick Crab House. So there's not been a lot of change in our commercial area," said Richard.
Rebecca Mais was raised in Fenwick where her grandparents were entrepreneurs back in the 1920s and 30s.
"By the 20s and 30s, they started to squat and our grandparents built cottages like right behind me, so in the summertime they'd rent it to people, and in the wintertime they taught school at our local school district," said Maid.
Today Mais is somewhat carrying on the family business. The cottages her grandfather owned now belong to her and she rents them out to foreign exchange students who travel to Delmarva every summer.
"In the little green cottage every year, we use that for our students that work for us in our store in South Bethany so they have a place to stay,"
So why visit Fenwick Island if not for the original Dairy Queen, various seafood restaurants and putt-putt golf?
"One of the things I love about Delaware, I've lived in Missouri and South Carolina, but Delaware being a small state, all of our politicians, people you do business with - if you don't them, you get to know them soon," said Richard Mais.
"It's been a great place to live and I wouldn't live anywhere else at this point."
For Rebecca Mais, it's the town's friendly atmosphere that's kept her in Fenwick all these years.
"So much family. Lots of so many wonderful friends. It's just a nice place to be and has good family values, people that really care about one another," said Mais.
Fenwick Island is typically a ghost town once the summer is over but in recent years the town's year round population has grown to 400 year round residents.