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I ultimately learned a fair bit more about that burial ground in conversations with the NPS. It is among several family burial grounds that were exempted from the eminent domain takings in the Water Gap back in the 60's and 70's. So title to that piece of land actually remains with members of...

God, no. Text messaging is already too real-time, and interrupts my train of thought and working processes fifteen or twenty times a day.

You can't beat Beck for New Jersey folklore, and Barbara Stull is worth reading as well, though I prefer Beck's approach via stories to her travelogue style. It's also worth picking up a copy of John McPhee's "The Pine Barrens" if you can find it, for the big picture.

I think it's important to let them itch the full four or five weeks. It's part of the pine barrens experience. I have about a dozen on my right ankle and calf. They're almost completely healed, and they still itch! You have to admire that level of effectiveness.

Going in there was probably one of the most foolish decisions I've made while out exploring, and the fact that it was 100 degrees with very high humidity that day didn't make the situation I got myself into any easier to get out of :). But I do like the pictures. I wouldn't go back without a...

You might be interested in this story of one that is in the process of disappearing, and that I explored last year. This is up north and not Pine Barrens related. However, you seem to have an interest in this stuff, so I will apologize to Ben for spamming my blog here and post the link. There is...

I've been George-rolled (which I should state, given the nature of the thread, has nothing to do with Largo).

Is that where the truckers get serviced, as opposed to their trucks?

Maybe if they created a volunteer program. There are probably a few people who would enjoy the view and the solitude.

Anytime someone slices their car in two on a telephone pole and walks away it's just sheer damn luck. He should never waste a dime on the lottery again because he's had his share :). I assume there were no passengers, because there is no way those odds would have been beat twice.

Nah, you're one of the good guys :).

We would have driven right by it, since we took Tremont from the strip all the way to Burnt Mill.

It happened regardless of how many images I added to the list. I'll try it again later today and grab a screen if it happens again. Basically the little progress line that the uploader draws freezes for a few seconds, then the box around the filename turns red and the message "Server I/O Error"...

Holy 6 year-old post, Batman!

Yeah, unfortunately we saw some pretty disgusting displays, including one area that you might also have passed, which included a bunch of ripped open bags and at least one complete household garbage can. I thought about stopping to look for an address, but I didn't.

I've been wanting to check out the area around Maple Island ever since I first noticed it on the map several years ago. It seems like whenever we have time for an expedition we end up further east. This past Friday I took the day off and my friend Jack and I headed out to circumnavigate Maple...

Still not working right. I'm going to try sampling the images down to 800 x 600. I got the same random server i/o errors on upload. Several of the seven files seemed to succeed, but when I clicked "Upload/Submit" on the process images page one of them showed up with a red X, so it looked like...

And drunks. Holy crap.

Interesting. Does the water still flow down toward Atsion? Or is that just localized seepage?

Very cool. Eerie and beautiful at the same time.