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Visited this one on Saturday after Cloverdale Farm. I can't lie, I was a little disappointed. I don't know if it was the stretch of housing development along the back stretch, or just my expectations were so high after seeing how nice Jake's Branch, Wells Mills, Cattus Island, and...

My wife was working Saturday, so I took the boys and went to check out Cloverdale Farm County Park in Barnegat Township. For those that haven't been (although I know many folk here already have), this is a cranberry farm that will continue to be used a demonstration farm (although I'm not sure...

For my last hike of the year, I went to check out the Friendship Creek Preserve in Tabernacle on Irick's Causeway. No marked trails here, but I had a good time wandering about three miles around on old dirt roads and deer paths. Some nice swamps and forests. Nothing spectacular, but it...

So I did this one on Thursday, right after I did the Pemberton Rail Trail, the south branch of which actually cuts through this preserve. My GPS crapped out, but it was probably about 1.6 miles of hiking. Caught the sunset at the end, which made for some pretty reflections on the North Branch...

Did this trail yesterday in the rain, good times! It's 1.6 miles one way from the old Pemberton Train Station on Hanover Ave through to Birmingham Ave. It's an odd trail through, in that it makes a "Y". The south branch of the Y starts at the Stavola Beechwoods Preserve behind Clark's Canoes...

So last month, two of my friends and I were dragged along by two of my Boy Scouts to attempt to do the Batona Trail in two days. This was not the brightest idea that anyone ever had. But I did get some pretty pictures! This one might be my favorite pine barrens picture I've ever gotten...

Just saw this today, a group is hosting a tour of areas in the pine barrens damaged by Off Road Vehicles. https://www.facebook.com/events/611880385679643/

http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/news/local/flying-w-airport-in-medford-targeted-for--home-development/article_63a68d14-b1c9-11e6-a1a1-cb579859989b.html Cue sad face. :( Circa 1986 30 years later...

A few months ago, I bought myself a copy of Henry Bisbee's Sign Posts; place names in history of burlington county, n.j. I've finally had a few minutes to myself thanks to the holiday weekend, and began to read this one. Despite the English teacher in me flipping out over the capitalization...

I got out of work early last Friday, so I went home, grabbed the kids, and headed to Pemberton to check out this trail system. Right off the bat - it's rough. The first hundred yards or so of trail are a bit overgrown (this gets MUCH better afterward, as you hit an old road), the markers...

http://southjersey.craigslist.org/for/5804739824.html Thought it was interesting, Micks, Bellhaven, or any of the others ever offer this? Thought it was interesting enough to share...

'Gem' of a South Jersey waterway deserves national recognition By Kevin Riordan, Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20161023__Gem__of_a_South_Jersey_waterway_deserves_national_recognition.html About Ranococas Creek's bid to be become a National Water Trail...

Few weeks ago, I finally got to canoe the forks of the Rancocas. Put in above the dam at Iron Works Park, which required a nearly immediate portage, but allowed me to check out a creepy tree and the dam. Next stretch was through Mt. Holly, passing under the various bridges, and giving...

Checked out the Evert Trail Preserve in Pemberton a few days ago. The trail is reported as usually being flooded, so I took a shot with how dry it has been, and guessed correctly (this time)! I love most that a big chunk of this trail is along boardwalks, but the highlight has to be the...

Happy birthday! Took the boys over to Independence Hall to celebrate. Sadly, we missed the birthday cupcakes. To celebrate, I torture you with some of my favorite pictures I've taken...

Picked up some WWI pictures from a post card set last winter while down the shore, and just stumbled back across them while doing very late Spring cleaning this week. The stamp on them reads "Camp Dix", but they don't seem to be particularly pine barrensesque. I'd imagine the original photos...

So I managed to misfile most of my pictures from this one, but a few months back, I took the kids hiking at Hammonton Lake Park in Hammonton. There are three trails there. Two are simply paved fitness trails (and nearly overlap the whole way), but the third is a nature trail that wanders into...

Beautiful hike if you've never done it. We did just over four miles on the blue and white trails (just over 8 miles of trails total). My favorite part of the hike was, due to fires and controlled burns, you get to walk through pitch pine forests of various ages, which makes for a very...

I few weeks ago, I took the kiddos to watch the sheep get sheared at the Swan Bay Folk Art Center in Port Republic. The Gibersons are wonderful folks for letting the children of South Jersey invade their property. A few pictures: More pictures and some senseless rambling...

Alright, so what is this ruin on the Washington Turnpike? Other than a picture taken on a digital camera in 2003 (man, my phone takes better pictures than this now... technology). First time I saw it was 1993 or 94 when I went on a Scout hike past it, and was told it was the remains of the...