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Al is a rather strange one, yes, George. But he and I have managed to get along for many years despite this. :) However, things are rather magical between us when we're out in the natural world. Our gears mesh there. He's taught me a lot about the barrens. (Even to the point where I can...

Great stuff! You guys sure picked a ... ummm ... toasty day to be out exploring the "open" (and windy, I'm sure) bogs. The photographs are wonderful; quite the photographer's dream out there, isn't it? The pines' smaller shaded streams, and their associated bogs, are treasures. My...

There is the story, then there is the story-teller. (Which brings to mind John McPhee, who can write about anything, including the pine barrens, and do it so well.) I remember when suresue first posted an account of her Friendship experiences and of her aspiration to place these in a book...

Beautiful. Just beautiful.

Sorry. I seem to be on a BubbaMax-inspired roll here. And I'm still pix sorting from the other day's mass. Hopefully, this'll be the last batch, unless somebody begs for more. Ha. I found my first stone. But it's not like I wasn't led there by a carrot stick, of sorts. Apparently, this...

parkdale Still sorting through the 18-gazillion photos taken during Tuesday's ramble. Now that I think about it, the ride back to Parkdale from 206 was the prettiest part of the day. This road was obviously a battle line used to combat the recent fire. Territories north of the road were...

Tuesday, November 18 She was brisk, but still beautiful out there today. It seems like I don't get up to the big green often enough these days, but Al and I got together this morning, made our way north, and did some serious wandering. Our agenda is never solid -- I like it that way...

conjuntion-junction, what's your function? Is anybody else noticing the planets Venus and Jupiter glowing brilliantly in the western sky, while getting closer to each other each night? They'll soon meet face-to-face in a spectacular conjunction. I've been watching both planets near each...

Bubbamax is a budding photographer (a profile search reveals that he's six years old) and, that said, I'd say the photo he posted and those over on his gallery are quite remarkable. I see his photograph is gone now from this thread -- wish he'd put it back on. Please do. Bill

There, in that, Bridgeton land You won't find no "hot-dog" stand (uh! uh!) What they like to eat instead, Is barbecued brains straight-outta-your-head So if you're trav'lin out that way Listen up to what I say Don't want to be nobody's meal? Better bring along a real fast automobile...

Yeah ... heed Scott's advice, Mike. Especially since you have to make the long haul from North Jersey. Start at Sea Breeze and hug the bay southward, using 553 as your road to access the treasures. Bridgeton isn't a rough town. Plow on through at 100mph and the bandits'll all miss! I'm a...

Mike, There isn't any official public parking at Sea Breeze, but one can tuck himself off to the side of the main road heading to the bay. I always take the right at the fork located a hundred yards or so from the bay and park close to the reeds on the left side of the road. If you're...

Alfred, In the future, I'd prefer if you referred to me as Vincent van Whippoorbill. And stop hoiting my feelings. On the other hand, thank you Bob and Tom for the compliments. It's been a while since I've wandered the pitches with the ol' Canon. (I'm cheap, and gas has been, like...

I found a photo today in my archives that didn't strike me back when I first took it, which was shortly after the large fire near Warren Grove. Wondering now what I didn't see in it. This -- and football is boring me, and I've read enough of my book in progress (Thomas Pynchon's "fine" Against...

Nice, Gentlemen. Some of my nicest walks/hikes in the barrens have been in the rain. There is something extremely peaceful about all the pine green and the falling, dripping water ... especially this time of year. Scott ... Al is also famous for beating around the "bush". Bill

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:) Anybody here read John McPhee's In Suspect Terrain? The book is also included in his geology-series compilation Annals of the Former World. It gives a real nice explanation of the Appalachians and its rocks, and of the mountains' rising and falling (three times) through the ages...

When Lidge's slider slid under the Hinske's swinging bat for that final out ... oh, boy! One of those moments that will live forever in the slightly faltering memory bank. Act 2 of Game 5 presented three innings of the most intense, exciting, wildly wonderful baseball I've seen. The...

Tyndall Island revisited Whazit-all-about Alfie and yers truly returned to the bay tract west of Greenwich today and enjoyed the moderate effort required to access Tyndall Island. The distance traveled wasn't far, but the way there and back often required the usage of trails used by...