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How do you like that Alvarez? Do you have one of the all solid wood models or laminate? I've been looking for a new mid-level acoustic, but I can't seem to find anything I really like for under $800. I'll probably wind up building one. I recently built an electric which I absolutely love...

They're pretty serious hikers. They have quite a bit of ultralight gear and they only carry like a quart of water at a time and purify more as they need it (they say that the water runs pretty clear this time of year anyway). I think for that trip, they may have had a car at both ends so they...

That's correct Jeff, based on what I heard. My brother and a couple friends were hiking from Carranza to Bass River to camp that weekend, and he left his car at the Carranza Memorial (with a parking permit). When they returned, there were a bunch of people there with trailered horses, and they...

Has anyone heard anything new about this yet? I'm on the Batona almost every weekend and I didn't hear anything about it.

Barry-I know of that area near Speedwell that you're talking about. Was that simply forest thinning? I thought that the WERE putting in a housing development...they barely left anything at all. It looks awful. I also don't really want to get into the ongoing forest management debate, but if...

It doesn't seem like the markers are that close to the hill, although it could be deceiving I suppose. It looks like the Wharton line is real close to the to the bottom of the hill, according to the elevation lines on your map, and I remember the markers being further away than that. I'll...

Wow, this board's been slow. Along the same lines as the "Stick Shelters" post, I have a question about some metal makers that I saw when walking the Batona between Carranza and Apple Pie. If memory serves, if you're walking toward Apple Pie Hill, they're after the last foot bridge and before...

Yeah, I graduated in '94.

Thanks. I graduated from Lenape High School in Medford and I thought I knew most of the high schools around South Jersey, but I guess Pinelands was in a different division for sports or something because I've never heard of it. I've been wondering for a long time what those little huts were...

German, just out of curiosity, where is Pinelands Regional High School?

That might be Bob Drayton Sr. I don't really know the family that well, but the age and location sound about right.

I don't know if they're actually Mr. Drayton's bogs, but the father of the guy with the septic service (and the famous "Mr. Bob" service) lives on Big Hill road in the middle of a bunch of bogs that we always called "Drayton's". He always goes all out for Christmas and decorates his entire yard...

I've been there many times. I grew up near Sooy Place Rd., which is what they call Big Hill Rd. south of Rt. 70. There was [is] a Big Hill Landfill, which is what Leisuretown is now being built on as they expand, but the "experts" claim that it doesn't pollute the water table enough to matter...

I guess my browser is working. I thought for sure that someone would have had something to say about the fire near the Parkway.

Is there something wrong with my browser or have there really been no new messages since mid-May? (I'm not simply being sarcastic, I changed some cookie setting and now I get a new icon in the bottom of my browser when I go here.)