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Yep, that's the farm. Great shots! I love shooting there in the afternoon. I've visited the site perhaps five or six times, and had no idea it was on the National Register. It looks like the park has used it for various things over the years, but it is definitely falling apart now. Fortunately...

Yeah, the weather's looking iffy. I haven't picked out a destination yet but if I go I may walk out Hamilton and see if they knocked down those two old farms out there. I've wanted to get back out there and take some pics with my new camera (the ones I have are from three years ago). If they...

Yeah, I've seen that PDF by Miller before. You can find lots of papers, brochures, plan outlines, and consultanting reports on the NPS website outlining thirty years worth of successive plans for stewardship of the historical buildings they came into possession of. They seem to have spent...

Thanks a bunch for the background! That's very interesting. The gate is definitely still up, as that pic I posted was from last Sunday. This is really a mixed-feelings situation for me. The more I've learned about Tocks Island and everything that happened from '65 through the early 70's, the...

ROFL. This thread delivers. +1. Would read again.

Hahaha, oh man. I really wish I had seen this thread sooner. You don't really think your old man made that one up, do you?

In case anyone's wondering, the gate is still up across Old Mine Road just north of the intersection with Kuhn. I don't know whether this is a dispute, as someone above indicated, or whether this piece isn't part of the park, and the township vacated the road. In any case it's a plenty stout...

Someone on Youtube made essentially the same comment, and so I'll reply with the same thing I said there: these guys know what they're doing. Their job is to contain the fire and starve it, not rush into a crowning inferno like you saw on that video with hoses and spray water at it. Look at that...

No, but when I hear about plans to build huge farms of windmills out on the ocean it makes this sailor want to grab a fifth of Glen-something and find a corner.

Offshore windmill farms make baby Jesus cry. In fact any windmill farm makes him bawl until he's red in the face.

I thought I knew the spot I was referring to, but I am having a hard time locating it on the aerial near HC, so perhaps I was confused and it is actually that spot to the NE.

There are some sites, but not a ton of them. I have a bunch of picture galleries and some articles on my blog at http://www.markbetz.net. Click the 'Pictures' link at the top and browse from there, or check the places category (http://www.markbetz.net/category/places/) for some articles to go...

Thanks, Boyd, that helps a ton. I guess the "sweet spot" is somewhere in the middle, and it's not surprising that's where you came in. I've seen marine chart-enabled Garmins for $700+ on Newegg. I'll have a look at that forum thread.

Unexplained, perhaps, but unexplainable? I don't think I've ever had an experience that is unexplainable. Well, there was this spontaneous encounter with a beautiful young woman in Halifax in 1985. Pretty sure that will never be explained.

So, follow up on this: the 1490t died. Was on my way to Philly a couple weeks ago and it wouldn't remain on. Would function for 1-10 minutes and then shut itself off. Brought it in the house and plugged it into USB and observed the same behavior. So it's going back, and I am wondering...

Why does this seem off to me... EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — The Garden State Parkway tree-clearing project has left stumps, bare earth and mud along the roadway, as well as what may be immediate erosion issues. Engineers familiar with the project say erosion is occurring and should be expected...

Those orphaned locos are amazing. No doubt steamfans already know about them, but that's the first time I've seen em. I love following old railroads. There's always something interesting to see, and the way is generally not too difficult given the requirements of a roadbed. I know there's...

>> There goes the state again, closing off roads for no good reason. Haha. Great report, and nice find on the causeway/dam/weir or whatever it was.

That's Amatol? I have seen the track outline in the aerials, but I had no conception it was that huge. It looks like Indy.

Well in that case you're not done paying for it yet. ;)