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I don't have any one place that I like more than any other, but I tend to enjoy the highlands and rivers more than the wetlands.

Haha, yep, that's what you would find :). I thought maybe they were looking for artifacts of the people who used the kiln (which would be more interesting to me), but it make sense that what you would get primarily is insight into the process.

Heard about this and thought it was just a rogue waveset. Had no idea there was actually an earthquake.

Been getting strong cells rolling through Morris County every afternoon this week so far. Yesterday was probably the most intense.

I've run into three or four of those things, so far, in the woods around NW Jersey. Interesting, for sure, but it didn't occur to me that someone would excavate one. Do you recall what they were hoping to find? And what they did find?

Guess you're right. Wood wouldn't last long lying out there on the ground like that.

It's probably the most effective tool they have left, when they can get away with it. Google has been getting a lot smarter about ranking "content farm" sites, but when a spammer manages to slip links into a legit message board it's really hard to tell that they should be disregarded. Since the...

Yeah I know exactly the one you're talking about, though I haven't been back up to look yet. It's right next to the old Van Campen cemetery that I bushwhacked into a few years back. Shame about that house.

Interesting. For some reason I always assumed those markers were baked or dried clay, and the frame is the mold it was made in.

Pewter tankard? Seems like an old design to me. Can't really comment on the marks, but overall it's interesting enough that I'd probably try to figure out where it came from. So when you do, let us know! :)

Took my daughter to the Pic-a-Lili for burgers on our way north from Ocean City yesterday. Is that sign new? I seem to recall a different one, and I don't remember the words "The Original" above the name. Probably just getting old. Me I mean. Not the sign.

We had a good time, but man it started off cold. I think the low on Friday night was around 48 up here. Went down to Ocean City on Sunday and it was 68F. Monday was better at 74F or so. Still not beach weather, but I was glad the last two days were at least sunny, and it seemed like a pretty...

Ben, glad you finally made it up here. That's damn sad about the Van Campen place. I wasn't aware it had burned. The are still many abandoned structures up there, but I guess over time they will all come to look more like what is in the Pines now: foundations and bricks. I just wish the NPS was...

I just tried this, and boy it didn't work out all that well. I'll post more after the cops let me go.

Not looking good for me, Ben. Sorry. Its sounds like fun, but I'm going to have some family obligations.

I hope that the part-timers are simply collecting data, i.e. how many floors, how many rooms, frontage, etc. If that's all they do, and the data is then analyzed by someone expert in the local market, then you might get a fair result. On the other hand, this is local government, so there is no...

This is a neat tool just released by the USGS. It is an interactive map of species habitats across the U.S. and over time. You can search for specific species of flora and fauna and see how their habitats have changed over the years. http://bison.usgs.ornl.gov/

That is a pretty darn cool find! I knew when I saw the pic that the bottle was an ink jar, but didn't have a clue beyond that. Leave it to JM to come up with the details as usual :).

Checked a few times last night. Didn't see even a hint. Then clouds rolled in from the southwest and obscured the northern skyline.

I still can't get over the amount of windfall produced from my 1/2 acre of trees by Sandy. I'm always on the lookout for obviously dangerous trees when I'm in the woods. Haven't gotten down to the Pines yet this spring, but I've been up in the gap and it's the same there: lots of windfalls...