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Taking a kayaking class is a very good idea. That one seems good, and doesn't take a big investment, You will not regret it, right? Kayaking is the best way to see the waterways of the pines, and will show the whole area to you from a totally different perspective. Oswego lake is a really nice...

Yep! :) We spotted that. We were not sure if there were still track remnants there. Next, we will look for the one in Whiting. That one looks awesome.

We did, we looked around for a while, but all we could find was some mostly-buried timbers, I don't think that was what we were looking for. We did find the raised berm but nothing else. Did you find any other evidence?

Another tick lesson by request As for when we can expect to get rid of this season's crop of ticks, frost will kill them off if it's sustained cold, but if it's not, some or most will survive. The ticks of all stages will burrow into leaf litter that tends to ferment and therefore stay warmer...

Oh, no. I'm so sorry.

We found the turntable at Atsion this weekend. Coolness! :)

Sorry, for successful Googling purposes, it's Amatol, not Amotol. :)

Hey there! If you want to see some good ruins and explore some piney history, check out the Amotol speedway and the surrounding area. It's a fascinating place. A whole town was built around an explosive shell factory, then it was dismantled, the whole town, all in a matter of a couple of...

I posted your note and Colin's photos on the South Jersey Geocaching forum. They also spend a lot of time in the pines and will spread the word.

Oh, I'm so sorry you and your family are worried. I hope you find him safe and sound very soon. You posted this in a good place. We'll get the word out. And please let us know if he comes home.

I saw for myself what the tick situation is down there. It's not good! Geeze Louise. I picked about 50 off of myself and my husband today. The picaridin we sprayed ourselves with didn't do a thing. Between the ticks, mosquitoes, blackflies and greenheads, we're both anemic. I hope the chiggers...

I thought there was widespread spraying for gypsy moths this spring? I guess some places were missed? Dimilin is pretty effective against that genus of insects.

I guess the spraying with dimilin didn't do a whole lot for the gypsy moths? That's too bad.

Yeah, I am looking forward to FIOS too. We have it for internet service and it ain't bad. :)

You have cable now and no credit? I would think that would do something to your credit history. Anyway. I had Comcast digital cable and switched to Dish Network. It wasn't terribly troublesome, but digital cable wins hands down with both programming and with on demand features. When we moved...

You're welcome. I just noticed that I got the two dog ticks backward so I fixed it. Whoops, I always do that. To give you an idea of the time it takes for a tick generation to hatch and grow to reproduce in optimum climate conditions (80-90% humidity and ~80 degrees F), they require 3 hosts to...

Lyme disease is primarily transmitted by the black legged tick at the top, Ixodes scapularis, also known as the deer tick. The females are reddish and the males are darker, but color can vary so you can't go on that to ID a tick. The ticks will reproduce as much as they can and don't have a...

My pleasure. :)

Here are the four most often encountered tick species you will find in the pines. There are other ixodes species (like the blacklegged tick) around that are capable of transmitting Lyme disease, but they're more obscure. Below is the Brown Dog tick, (Rhipicephalus sanguineous), the one...

I totally love my iPod. It keeps me sane. I will not be purchasing the iPhone though.