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Building on those barrier islands was always a little nuts, and the fact that we have more or less gotten away with it for 150 years doesn't mean much. Sandy was a devastating storm, but it was nowhere near the worst that can happen. The worst that can happen will move inlets, make new ones...

Wow, nice macro shots, Bob.

Are you up here in the highlands, Badfish? A lot of the forest service roads have really suffered in the last four years. I was out two weeks ago in the FJ, exploring some roads up in the Pahaquarry and it was some of the toughest stuff I've ever been in. Many of those steeper roads have just...

I would think that people's reaction to them varies, as with poison ivy, or mosquito bites. But I doubt anyone is completely immune. And yeah, as the others said, the place to roll around in naked to test your theory would be low weeds by a trail.

"Cougars are not cuddly." Lol.

Yeah I have heard a lot of people sing their praises. A little small for me, but you could sure get anywhere in one. Funny to seem them lifted and kitted out with big tires.

Nice, Jeff! She looks clean as a whistle, too. And... wtf @ the new Cherokee. Someone has been watching too much television.

Had to drop my daughter and her friend in Philly this morning for the big music festival, so I decided to take the afternoon and seek the quiet green places. Herewith a few things seen along the way. Bricks and ironstone on the bank of the Oswego at Martha. The bridge at Martha...

I busted a ball joint off of Atsion Rd. many years ago, and I think the tow guy charged me $200 to come pick up the car.

It does look pretty dead.

I think they took a jeep a good part of the way, if I recall that passage. Started with a boat ride across the river, didn't it? I have to get that one out and reread it again soon. I think that's the one that inspired me to go looking for the Log Gaol milestone on Johnsonville Rd.

Yes, that post is formidable in its magnitude :). I can't answer these questions either, since that is a little further north than where I regularly spend my time. But in general the whole area was private long before it was public, and the remains of old roads, homesteads, structures, farms...

There are a lot of roads and paths that aren't on the official maps, as well. They're mostly leftovers from before the park was established. Most of them show up on actual road maps because somewhere a database doesn't know that the NPS came in and changed things. Stumbling on them is one of the...

Ah it was Irene then. As I said it had been a few years since I was up there. The storm certainly tore the hell out of that property. I haven't heard anything specific about the tear down plans, but I can tell you that a number of structures along Mountain Rd. north of the intersection with...

The Rosenkranz's held on to their farm north of the bend. On Saturday I saw that there are "For Sale" signs out front but I don't know if they are selling the whole thing or a piece. I think the house you refer to as being reconstructed might be the one on the newly-opened section of Old Mine...

Quite possibly! That's basically what the NPS does up here when they want to at least try to preserve a structure: exterior paint and shingles. I don't recall whether this work was done since my last visit prior to this one. But I do remember that the last time I was in the building there was a...

Off topic, but I know a number of you have spent time up in this neck of the woods, and specifically in the Gap. I was up there last Saturday to revisit a few spots I had not been in several years. Among them was a place that has been mentioned here before, the Shoemaker Farm. Sadly I found the...

Uncommon Carriers was not his best by a long shot. I did like "Looking for a Ship," and I can't say I hated "Uncommon Carriers." It just didn't seem as thorough and engaging.

Northern New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and upstate NY are all rural and isolated, and offer a lot of camping/hiking/exploring opportunities. They are also chock full of blackflies, greenheads, skeeters, and other noisome beasties. If you're heading for the north woods my recommendation is to...

Late to this one, but... Goo Gone. Made from orange oil so it doesn't hurt any finish, and it totally removes pretty much any resin- or oil-based stickiness that gets on your stuff.