Recent content by Wick

Lacey Township officials keep telling me that the dam at Bamber Lake is scheduled to be replaced. I imagine they will remove the wooden structure and replace with a cement structure. I wonder will they change the height of the dam to make the lake deeper and avoid it being so weedy

I thought the road there was to be vacated and removed? Wasn't there a permit for that posted on here?

Went up to the top of the mountain today. I guess it was pretty hot since the logs the county put down, we’re all completely blackened. It was very strange to drive down Jones Road, and on one side, completely green and lush, and on the other side, blackened and barren of life. We went and...

Grew up in Lacey and the Pines. Never heard of a Bamber Triangle or a plane wreck that you could play on.

Registered my son and I this last Sunday night We cant make the one in Batsto. So we are going to the one in Oxford at the hatchery, He is 15 and is interested in learning. He got two mouth calls for Christmas.

I have taken my kids there to dig for fossils along with Poricy Brook. They collected fossilized turtle scutes, squid tentacles, shark teeth and brachiopods. Most we were told were about 50 Million years old.

light rain happening in Forked River right now!

This has been on the Atlas Obscura website for NJ for a few years. Whenever we had low water levels the road is exposed but not the stone work.https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-to-do/new-jersey/places?page=8

Walked from Coal Road to Batsto along the Batona trail last weekend. I don't have a picture. But this area was so full of water from beaver activity. We had to walk across boards that were floating along the edge of a road. I think this is the place. As soon as we crossed the boards there were...

Cedar Bridge? definitely not Bass River or Apple Pie Hill. The trees look to close.

Kirby’s Mill

Here is a picture and short video of the train/narrow gauge from the sawmill at Double Trouble at the Country living fair. It was warm and super crowded. The steam tractor and portable saw mill were there and so was the steam powered boat cruising around the lake. video link...

Sunday October 20, 10am-4pm For anybody interested in engines and old mechanical things. This is a great place to see old hit and miss motors and antique equipment. In the past, they have run the Batsto sawmill and had a steam tractor run a belt driven portable sawmill and cut shingles. One of...

Fired up the old jeep for the first time after the water pump started leaking about six months ago. Drove down the Tuckerton Railroad to the south branch of the Forked River and to my amazement. The pipes that have been in the water are no longer there, they have been dragged out and are off to...

Looks like the back stop at the old Pine Crest Gun Club