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Was a super nice day, so the family and I headed out to walk the Blue Batsto Lake Trail just off the parking lot at Batsto. I was expecting pretty similar to the red trail, which is stroller and ADA friendly. I expected wrong. The Batona overlap isn't particularly exciting (although I was...

I went to Hopewell Furnace at the end of January, checked out the town area and the furnace. The furnace is really impressive. Of the iron furnaces in the pines, I know only Allaire has any significant part left of the old pinelands furances, and that is slightly less impressive for having to...

Was out near Winslow today, so I decided it was a fine warm day to take a walk to the Blue Hole. I haven't been there in ten years... ... and for the life of me, I couldn't find it. I remember it being really simple - turn off Piney Hollow Road, park at lot for gun range, follow trail...

Anyone every toured the Lakehurst Naval Air Station? Stumbled across the fact that they offer tours: http://www.nlhs.com/nlhstours.htm They offer group tours to the Hindenburg crash site. Website looks a little old in construction, but the link on the official McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst website...

Hello folks. For those with kids, how young were they the first time you took them camping? My first camped at just under 3 months old (Bodine Field). We have another one due on May, planning on taking him on the family camping vacation in August. I realize that I'm probably crazy...

Alright, let's try this again... I need to remember to not type posts on a phone while simultaniously amusing a toddler... Anyway, my in-laws live down in Delaware. Because I teach New Sweden to my 5th graders (the textbook gives it a sentence and a half, but I stretch into a whole period), I...

Walked the Tom's Pond Trail back in July, just getting to go through my pictures now (did about 90 miles on the AT and took the family to Maine/New Hampshire for 9 days since then). It starts on the far side of Batsto, at the end of the row of worker's houses. It's only a 1.1 mile total out...

Went and explored Mt Laurel State Park on Saturday, mostly because I was driving past it anyway. I know that this is the Mount Laurel that the town is named after and that there is a huge radio tower at the top. Other than that, there seems to be no info. The signs posted on trees there say...

I had a friend ask an interesting question the other day, what is your favorite place in the Pine Barrens? I offer it up for discussion.

Did Hawkins Bridge to Bodine twice in the last three months (most recently last weekend). The current was really moving this last weekend with the rain, but not as bad as I thought it would be (especially because you pretty much wanted the canoe to tip so you could cool off). Mosquitos are...

Spent the first day of summer break exploring Rancocas State Park with the kid. Parked at the nature center and walked in from there. Wow, there are a lot of trails back there. I like the contrast of the meadows, the mature forest, and the swamps near the river all within a short walk of each...

Went out and hiked the Lake Trail by Harrisville Pond last weekend. Much shorter than I expected (only 3/4 of a mile), but makes for a nice four mile loop with the Batona and Martha Road. Saw a turtle, but couldn't get a good shot. http://southjerseytrails.wordpress.com/2013/06/19/laketrail/...

Off the Batona Trail between Martha Bridge and 679 is a blue blazed trail labeled with a nice, new sign labeled as "Lake Trail". From the map, it looks like it heads toward Harrisville Lake. Anyone walk this trail yet?

Did a loop on the Cranberry Trail from the station to Pakim Pond, then came back by way of the Batona Trail. My favorite part of the Cranberry Trail was definitely the cedar swamp along the road, I always love a good cedar swamp. Overall, it was really well marked, had some nice interpretive...

Started up a new blog -South Jersey Hikes. I've never been real thrilled with any of the New Jersey hikes books I've seen, because the hikes all seem to be in North Jersey. Haven't found any websites I particularly liked either, so I started my own. http://southjerseytrails.wordpress.com/...

Saw this on Craigslist, I don't feel quite qualified enough, but there are those on here who know far more than I do : http://southjersey.craigslist.org/wri/1401150292.html Author needed for historic pictorial of New Jersey...

I think its brilliant so far. It makes me want to hop into the car right now.

I was backpacking the Batona Trail this weekend with the Scouts and we ended up eating our lunch at the base of the tower. We wouldn't let the kids climb up past the first landing (that tower is really friggin' tall, it makes Apple Pie Hill's tower look tiny), but has anyone climbed that tower...

So I took my Scouts to Vermont recently for a whole week. We camped right on Lake Champlain and made visits to Burlington, the Green Mountains, the Winooski River, Fort Ticonderoga, and a couple of other place. I managed to drop and break my camera on Day 2 of the trip (thank goodness for...

It's a bit South of the Pines, but Fire Control Tower #23 (located between the Cape May Lighthouse and Sunset Beach, aka home of the SS Atlantus) is now open for tours. I went through on Friday with my girlfriend, it was quite an interesting little tour. The downstairs tells the history of...