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Thanks, Jerseyman. To be honest, and this is in all sincerity, reading this site has made me extremely homesick for The Pines. Although we are here in Florida to stay, I do miss those places I called home. Really, I would have to hear the voice of God Himself telling me to move back "home". My...

Sycamores and Buttonwoods My dad and I had a big friendly argument once while driving through the woods. He commented--"Wow, look at the size of those sycamores!" I immediately corrected him, "Dad, they're buttonwoods, not sycamores!" From there we went back and forth insisting we were right...

Smart A_ _.

Thank Clinton You can thank Clinton for that, he had his opportunity to get him from the Saudi's, but had to check with his lawyers first, and then decided the USA had no legal claim on his terroristic ass. You can bet UBL is sweating in some cave(s) constantly now. If you know anything about...

Appalachian Trail? Were you near the AT? I remember going up the trail with the Boy-Scouts in 1966---I think it was Catfish pond? I remember it was beautiful. My grandfather found a "lodestone" that was magnetic and made everyone's compasses go nuts. In '71 I drove up there with my friends in...

9 mm I have two 9mm handguns strategically placed in my home, loaded with rounds in the chambers, for some lucky bastard who would like to make an unsolicited and no-appointment visit. Here in FL we can shoot and ask questions later. In NJ, you probably have to first determine if you are in...

Coyotes Coyotes are a very handsome animal, but having a respect or fear for a large carnivore in my opinion is wise. I would be nervous if I encuntered one in the woods, and I was unarmed. I recall encountering a large pack of dogs in the pines near Batsto while hunting years ago. Cute Fido...

Thanks! Again, awesome photos.

Nice Thanks for the photos, my wife is a turtle-lover.

Fishladder Nice. Does the fishladder at Batsto Lake work? Anyone check it out in the spring when the herring are moving upstream to spawn???

Here they come! No more skinny-dippin!

? Pike 56--how's Tom? I haven't seen him posting here in some time now.

Uh-hum Yeah, I think Pat caught a catfish and was laughing so hard he fell in and got in big trouble! You're probably right, outfished again! 1972. Hardly seems possible....Good memories.

Coyote's Range Despite being extensively hunted, the coyote is one of the few medium-to-large-sized animals that has enlarged its range since human encroachment began (another is the raccoon). It originally ranged primarily in the western half of North America, but it has adapted readily to the...

Grrrrrr. Ree-Ra--Ru-Reeb!!!!

Coyote Bio From Wikepedia: Coyotes tend not to roam in large packs as wolves do, though they have been observed to travel in small, single sexed groups. These groups are usually not as unified as wolf packs, and members will readily disperse and regroup. [3]The collective name for a group of...

Atsion This will be a wonderful addition to the history of the pines. The Atsion mansion was spooky looking when I was a kid in the 60's because it was boarded up and looked abandoned. A little off-topic, is Atsion Lake still drained in the winter? I could never understand the reasoning for...

Chatsworth Lake I caught a 19", 3 lb pickerel ( a real sowbelly) on a Ultralight with 4lb test in the canal leading back to the bogs coming out of Chatsworth Lake, on the other side of the old RR bed. It was a miracle I landed that fish, with all the tree overhangs and shrub thickets lining the...

Huh??? Must be oletimers disease, but I can swear you've fished Oswego Lake before...yup, I believe I'm right, back in the 70's. Tom and I in one canoe, you and Pat in another.

Nostalgiaitis Probably no such ailment exists, but I think I have it. When I look at these post-cards of 100 years ago, I get carried back through my own imagination, to a much quieter and simpler time...where the loudest sound would be the whistle or bell of a steam locomotive...where everyone...