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Frank's Ford, Ives Branch, and Amatol My buddy's Mom said we were crazy as we headed out the door this morning, and maybe she wasn't far off. We'd been looking at the forecasts and wrapping optimistic words around the number "28", but once we got out there we realized that with the wind we were...

I was surfing through the map collection at the LoC today when I came upon this map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, circa 1839 or so. What caught my eye was a solid line across southern NJ from a point on the Delaware river north of Mt. Holly to the shore at Long Beach. I thought it must be a...

You old-schoolers will get a kick out of this. It's not often I will sit through a 17 minute internet video, but the technical skills on display here, as well as the lyrical presentation, make it quite a treat. http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/01/make_your_own_vaccum_tube.html

Finally made it out to Nash's cabin today. Nice day all around, with the rain letting up and the sun coming out after noon. The roads were a little sloppy but nothing out of the ordinary. A certain buck-toothed resident of the pond at the cabin site has been very busy. There was one large (8" or...

... a typical deer hunter. http://www.maniacworld.com/worst-hunter-vs-dumbest-deer.html

James' thread on the self-tuning guitar reminded me that I wanted to share something with you guys. My brother sent me a link to this site, which some of you may have visited before. It's called Wolfgang's Vault, and one section of it is named the "Concert Vault."...

Warning: the following post contains completely irrelevant information that can do nothing more positive than confirm your already low opinion of Some People. I was trying to find information on the brick plant at Brooksbrae last night and stumbled on this "diary" of a trip to the Pine...

What a beautiful day for exploring in the pines. Crisp, clear weather. No bugs. Dry conditions. Couldn't have rolled it up better if I had tried. We started at Ong's Hat and went in on Turkey Buzzard Bridge Rd. Had a look at a large clearing just past the intersection with Mile Ery Brook Rd...

From an NYT blog post on Tasers... "And sales of Tasers have hardly slowed since the ugly scene in Gainesville. The day after the tase heard around the world, Taser International, the manufacturer, announced that the United States Forest Service had ordered 700 X26 models, along with 'related...

Just thought you guys would like to know that Martha Road north from the turnoff to the pumping station all the way to Andrews Rd. has been widened recently. I was up there a couple of months ago and it was very overgrown, and much pinstriping resulted. Going through today I barely scraped a...

Had a great 40+ mile run through the woods last Saturday. As usual Jon and Jack took a crapload of pictures. A selection of them have been uploaded to a gallery here. Here are a few of the more interesting ones. The Jersey Central trestle south of Hampton Village off Rider's Switch Rd...

I got to wondering this evening what the longest unimproved route through the barrens is? Criteria are that it can't cross pavement, and it has to be a logical route between two places, as opposed to a route that wraps around on itself to add distance. After noodling around a bit with Google...

What a gorgeous afternoon for exploring the pines. We covered 45 miles in all, starting at Atsion. We entered on Hampton Rd. and proceeded to the site of the village. Pulled up at the packing house foundation for lunch where we were questioned by a couple of nice rangers. Afterward we explored...

So we returned from an expedition on Saturday to Mt. Misery and over to the Forked River Mts, finishing up in the wooded areas behind the lake at Howardsville (very narrow roads, heavily overgrown, will post pics and a trip report as soon as I get them processed). I noticed an itchy bump on my...

Taking my daughters to the pines this 4th, and we were hoping to get a couple of quarts of blueberries for mom while we're there. I've seen a few bushes around, so we can just stop and grab some, but I wondered if anyone knows a particularly good spot they would be willing to share?

Hi guys. I mentioned this briefly in another post, but didn't want to get into it further until I had some images. Last Wed. on our trip through Wharton we stopped at Mount and looked around. On the SW corner of the intersection we found a round, stone-lined shaft or pit, approximately 4 to 4.5...

Hi guys, I have uploaded an album of images from a recent trip I made with a couple of friends. The day, which was described in an earlier post, began at Quaker Bridge (really at the bridge on Old Atsion Road), and ended at the Pumping Station. The album contains a number of pictures of QB...

Thanks to all the great information on this site my friends and I were able to have a great outing today. We started about 1:00 PM at Atsion and finished up at 7:00 PM near Harrisville. In between we covered 25 miles and visited the sites of Mount, Jemima, Washington, Harrisville, Martha...

Hi guys. Planning to head into the woods this Wed. with a friend of mine. We'll be driving a Toyota 4wd (very respectfully :)), and plan to head in from Atsion and make our way SE toward Quaker Bridge, and from there to Mount, maybe Jemima, and then Washington. Can anyone give me a recent...

Hi, folks. Just wanted to drop a note to say hello, and thanks. I've been lurking on this forum for a month or so, reading up on Barrens history, and have really enjoyed the material you have put together, especially the high-res historic map collection and the anecdotes of personal exploration...