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  1. Ben Ruset

    Nash's Cabin 2022

    It's been a hot minute since I've been out in the woods. Having a kid, going through a divorce, battling depression, and not having a 4WD has made it super hard to get out and when I do it's usually to somewhere like Sandy Hook since it's not far. I had nothing really on the agenda for this...
  2. Ben Ruset

    Our view: Promising new DEP steps on pinelands use, protection

    This is a much better article: https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2021/04/nj-pinelands-off-road-vehicles-orv-rancorous-debate-damage-sensitive-areas-dispute-birders-conservationists-colliers-mills-greenwood-forest-wharton-state/ This article is from April 2021 and it says that the stakeholder...
  3. Ben Ruset

    Our view: Promising new DEP steps on pinelands use, protection

    It looks like all of the other Press of Atlantic City articles are unsigned as well. Interestingly, though, their editorials are mostly prefaced by "Editorial:" in the title.
  4. Ben Ruset

    Our view: Promising new DEP steps on pinelands use, protection

    "I was totally going to go muddin through four mile but I'm waiting for my permit to be approved." Yes, this plan will surely halt all of the destruction in the woods. All it's going to do is keep the people that are responsible out. While we're at it, who's involved with planning out the...
  5. Ben Ruset

    Pole Bridge Branch Sunset

    About 20 years ago I was driving my old Jeep down the road that parallels the old Penn RR right of way through whiting when I stopped to get a pic of the sunrise which was a unreal pink color. I took the pic with my Sony Mavica FD-91 that stored its 0.8 megapixel photos on floppy disk. I always...
  6. Ben Ruset

    Offroad article in the Asbury Park Press

    The folks at Open Trails NJ did a lot of work putting barriers and stuff up at Jemima which has pretty much stopped the damage to the hill. The people who want to close the forest were offered the opportunity to help erect the barriers but declined.* OTNJ doesn't get enough credit for the hard...
  7. Ben Ruset

    Offroad article in the Asbury Park Press

    I think it's very likely to happen as well. Clearly people like Jason are doing a PR tour, taking journalists out for a ride in the woods, having their filmmaker friends make "documentaries", etc. It's very easy to paint people who want to keep access open as the kinds of people who want to...
  8. Ben Ruset

    Offroad article in the Asbury Park Press

    So basically Jason wants to be able to drive around the woods in his "souped up" truck but keep everyone else out. I also agree with their opinions (generally) but I don't like their methods. It will limit access to regular people who don't break the law, not stop the damage in any way, and...
  9. Ben Ruset

    High Crossing never disappoints

    Was that French? Did they have Quebec plates?
  10. Ben Ruset

    Centralia, PA

    The fog in those drone shots make for some really great moody photos.
  11. Ben Ruset

    A Fine Time For Fine Wine

    I'm making my second ever batch of wine, three gallons of Welch's finest Concord thanks to Scott's encouragement. I started with five 96oz bottles of not-from-concentrate Welch's, added two pounds of sugar, a packet of Mangrove Jack's VR21 wine yeast. I let it ferment in a 5 gallon glass carboy...
  12. Ben Ruset

    Driving thru the Pine Barrens in May 1975 in my '75 Subaru

    Seeing a VW Beetle in the Pine Barrens is pretty wild.
  13. Ben Ruset

    Centralia, PA

    They have supposedly bulldozed the highway. I guess they figured it was too much of a draw (no pun intended) and didn't want people getting hurt. Anyway, try resizing your photos and trying again.
  14. Ben Ruset

    Centralia, PA

    Testing
  15. Ben Ruset

    A Few From Today

    Wow, that brings back memories. NJPB golden age.
  16. Ben Ruset

    New iPhone may also be a satellite communicator

    Satellite calls are incredibly expensive. I don't know how they'd open this up and not charge people extra for it.
  17. Ben Ruset

    Mullica Hill Tornado

    Seems like a tornado came through Mullica Hill earlier and did a number on a number of houses.
  18. Ben Ruset

    Garmin discontinues the Oregon series and some others

    I've been yelled at so many times by my electronics that it's all a blur now.
  19. Ben Ruset

    Garmin discontinues the Oregon series and some others

    My first GPS will always be my favorite: the Garmin GPSMap V. I wish I still had a backup of all of the locations I marked on the maps back then.
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