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At the risk of tooting my own horn, I was in the Inquirer today. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/south-jersey-mans-hiking-blog-has-half-million-fans-and-climbing-20170611.html I don't know if everyone who ever visited my page is a fan, but I'll take it.

The Scouts practiced their boating skills at Penbryn Lake in Winslow a few weeks ago. The lake isn't very special, but we caught a helluva sunset. Been fishing here before too. Didn't catch anything, but its a nice spot. More info on Penbryn -...

Back in March I went to check out the Mill Pond Trail, part of the Port Republic Trail System (and am just getting around to looking at my pictures now). It's a nice 1.8 or 1.9 mile loop. My favorite spot on the trail... Some handy, dandy pioneering work: Only warning is, like...

ADHDing my way through Google tonight, and found the full text of the Kite Report. This was part of the fraudulently done study by the Vineland Training School on the piney "Kallikak Family" in the early 1900s. It branded all pineys as degenerates, and was brought to fame in Henry Goddard's...

Finished Devil Leeds by F. Scott Macom this week, which I had bought at Lines on the Pines. This is a fiction book, and definitely NOT for kids. The story is different than the usual one, as the birth and setup are all after the Civil War, and involve a first born child planted in a unwed...

That's exactly where it was, good sleuthing. The guy had the truck out there, I can't imagine its been there very long. He was nice enough to show the 4 year old how it worked.

Or at least the 14 best in my opinion. https://southjerseytrails.org/2017/03/15/besthikesinthepinebarrens/ What's your favorite trail in the pine barrens?

Finally hiked this in the ice cold a week and a half ago (been waiting for the intersection of having a whole day free, decent weather, and my 4 year old having a restful enough week that he could do 6 miles... at least I got the first and third part), and it was amazing. I'm sure there...

Thank you! I assure you that he does not get that from his father! :)

And what a fine job your kid did of getting that balloon. :) You're braver than I am, the one year old was such a wreck last year that he stayed home this year and I just brought the older one (who had a grand time making frogs and snakes at the Jenkinson's Aquarium table). I was invited...

I had a great time at this event this year (as always) and spent entirely too much money on pine barrens books (as always). Thanks to a last minute invite to share his table, got to spend the day with Kayak Karl talking hiking and backpacking with folks that wandered on by, which was a blast...

With the pipes all over the place, and the massive indent in the land, I was leaning that way. Bur, from their official website - https://sites.google.com/site/ehtnatres/news/stoneformations

I stumbled on this one years ago when trying to make my way home through a blizzard, but the wife wasn't too keen on taking our newborn out hiking in single degree temperatures. Finally made it back a few weeks ago. It lists at 6 miles of trails, but the ones through the woods are closely...

I did this about three years ago with a group of a dozen, we had a great time on the tour. If there is anything on Earth to know about airships, the fellows giving the tour know it. Pictures from when I went - https://southjerseytrails.org/2014/07/20/hindenburg/

Awesome! I'll try to get back there in April :)

Wonderful pictures, thank you for sharing. I think I'm going to find a suit at Goodwill and try to class up the rivers this year.

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...

If the History Channel has taught me anything, it's that it was definitely, 100% aliens.

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...