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    Lake Absegami

    Two weeks ago I took my first paddle there. I was suprised to see the water was clear, not cedar. It reminded me of spring fed quarries in Pennsylvania, except the water is very warm. It was stagnant, no water flowing out of it. The water was at least a foot below the dam. Equally supprising was...
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    JP article

    Since the water is so low I decided to revisit the bridge. Upstream inflow under the bridge. I guess this would prevent sand from piling up under it. http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=335&pos=2 Outflow...
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    Bear tracks near Carranza Memorial

    Last Saturday, Sept 3, we took our morning walk down past the Batona camp on the wide sandy road past the little bridge over the Skit. As we walked up the road there were 2 sets of tracks with Big claw marks at each step.There were 4 forward facing deep claws , flicking up sand into the rest of...
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    JP article

    Submerged bridge I don't know if it's that bridge, but there is a submerged bridge under the Batsto River, upstream from Hampton Furnace at: 39 46.916, 74 40.356 Water can flow under it, but it is usually under water. It's made of heavy planks. Ed
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    Backyard frog pix

    No, it's a canna plant sitting in a half of wine barrel. That frogs been keeping me company all summer. Last year we had a large bull frog named hannibal the cannibal because he ate the other frogs. One day he was hopping around with the backend of a mouse hanging out of his mouth.
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    Kayaked the Forks and the mouth of the Basto

    The island is still there and it looks like a party place.
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    Backyard frog pix

    Just cause I took it http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=308&pos=0 Ed
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    Kayaking from Plesant Mills to Crawleys Landing

    On August 10, Marianne and I decided to do a long put off kayak trip. We origionally wanted to end up at the Sweetwater Casino for a late lunch but the entire waterline is bulkheaded, so we ended our trip at Crawleys instead. The water is tidal at Sweetwater, high tide being at 3:00 PM, but we...
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    Trivia Question for this Forum

    I know, but I'm not telling. I guess Merle was another tropper who liked to hang out in the pines. Ed
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    Parker Preserve, a red toad, and the State Police

    I saw state troopers in Wharton on 2 occasions last year. In the fall I was shutteling kayaks at Hampton Furnace and was in the process of swaping cars when a state uniformed tropper came by in a state ranger SUV. We both got out and talked. He just wanted to know if both cars were mine. I'm...
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    Kayaking this weekend

    I think we also saw swamp azalea http://www.delawarewildflowers.org/1675.html Also sweet pepper bush which is in bloom now http://foragingpictures.com/plants/Sweet_pepper_bush/h0002.htm A couple of other thoughts: Bob, I took a good look at those vines I was cutting, especially...
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    Kayaking this weekend

    It was a very nice trip, a cooler and breezy day than the week before. The river right below the dam was wide and fast flowing, and except for 2 spots had few small obstructions. The campground rents canoes for it's guests to paddle down the river 2 miles and therefore maintains that section of...
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    Kayaking this weekend

    Nescocheague Kayak trip Ron, Looks like it's just you and me. Do you like Saturday or Sunday? Where are you coming from? I like early too, cooler and maybe we'll miss the afternoon storms. Check your Private messages. Do you have a 4 wheeler? Ed Last call, anyone else?
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    Kayaking this weekend

    I'll stop in Paradise Lake Campgroung tomorrow to see if we can begin there. If not we'll start down stream. I'm ready whenever, weekdays or weekend. I'm just watching the water level, lots of logs and water helps getting over them. Four hours is abit quick. It's not fast going and Ace is worth...
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    Kayaking this weekend

    Nescocheague OK, who's up for an adventure? I'd like to redo my Nescocheague River trip from a couple of years ago Trip report http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/showthread.php?t=316&highlight=campground A highlite would be Ace Campground. I would also like to start further up river...
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    Nash Cabin?

    It has a geocache. Here's what Tom thinks: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=4516800a-3092-4f93-814e-b7e5f6665020 Ed
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    helicopter crash

    Mile marker 26 of the AC Expressway Ed
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    Three River Crossing, a PBX Hike.

    A few pictures I wasn't sore at all and my feet held up better than I thought they would. I had 6 ticks on me but I got them before they dug in deep. The bird house in the middle of the Great Swamp. It was on the ground, we put it in the tree to photograpg it...
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    Wanta buy a Kayak...

    I use an Old Town Loon 111, which is meant for fishing. It has a large cokpit, a moveable seat so you can balance the boat with a load and you can get to that space behind the seat. It looks like a boat, and has natural flotation due to it's sandwich construction. At 11 feet it's a little bit...
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    A good NJ-DEP map site

    I just found this site that has a layered database that can be placed over satelite images. The site is unintuitive and user antagonistic, but the information is excellent. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ Go to interactive mapping and launch I-MAP NJ DEP An example of Atsion with...
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