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    Pine Barren History Shorts

    Bob my family moved from wv to Cleveland Ohio to work and a bunch came here to work in glass.I have a bunch of cousins in cleveland
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    Best Kayaking/Canoeing Lakes in Pines?

    Tavern Rock is the gravel pits in upper right hand corner.
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    Best Kayaking/Canoeing Lakes in Pines?

    There is an old fallen apart bridge where Doghty tavern rd crosses manumuskin.I was there 25 years ago and i would not walk across it.There may be nothing left now? The road appears to be a legitimate rd on the newjersey maps site...
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    Best Kayaking/Canoeing Lakes in Pines?

    you should be able to see the dirt rd they use here.the pointer is at the entrance.it's the same rd that used to take you to tavern rock only that rd veers off to the right about 50 ft off of 49 and you can see it's not used anymore.The road that is used that veers left is their driveway though...
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    Cumberland County Arrowheads

    Another one I found today,front and back.My buddy found four arrowheads,one trade pipe made by Europeans (the bowl in perfect shape) and we found a fresh hole dug by a pothunter.He jumped into it and started looking at the wal,seen a dark spot and started scratching and pulled out a perfect...
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    Best Kayaking/Canoeing Lakes in Pines?

    Ike was my cousin.He died of a heart attack at an Eagles Game with his ten year old son.Doin what He loved best,rooting for the eagles.His sister Stormi tried running it for a while but gave up on it.I don't know if the family still owns it or not...
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    Ore Beds On Cherry Hill Road

    That is one of my favorite areas in the pines.I have driven that whole road in a dry summer,well almost.I came in from 206 and about half way through after some really scary puddles even in the dry season I came to a stump about 18 inches tall growing in the very middle of the road with no way...
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    Best Kayaking/Canoeing Lakes in Pines?

    I"ve walked every inch of that spur and have even driven most of it back when it was accessible.It heads to Tavern Rock which the state destroyed the remnants of that operation back in the 90's.Used to be a great place to explore.
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    Washington Tpke 745 acre thinning bid

    Looks to me like you just temporarily lost your balance.On the really narrow rock in front of the boat you did just fine.If your concerned maybe you should get your inner ears checked.ears are supposed to have a lot to do with balance. I lose my balance a lot anymore but I think it's from belly...
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    Cool bug

    Is that whats called a backswimmer?Or a water boatmen? The bugs you see skittling across the surface of water? If so I hear they can give a nasty bite but I"ve never been fast enough to catch one to find out.
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    Best Kayaking/Canoeing Lakes in Pines?

    I"ve always just flipped my canoe over against a tree and have had it since the age of sixteen but then again it's aluminum and has proven indestructible.had it wrapped around a rock once.took it home and jumped up and down in it and it's good as knew.Wish someone could do that to my back.Jump...
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    Best Kayaking/Canoeing Lakes in Pines?

    My best friends dad caught the state record bass in menantico Ponds in 1980 https://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/reclmbass.htm it still stands
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    Beware: The giant hogweed lurks

    Looks like Queen Annes lace on steroids.In flower i should have no problem identifying it.Gotta learn what it looks like when young
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    Best Kayaking/Canoeing Lakes in Pines?

    Toothy when I used to canoe the wading I"d do from Speedwell to beaver Branch and take out there but then I found Charcoal landing on the topo and went to see if I could drive there and I could! I started taking the extra 45 minutes to take out there and yes below Beaver Branch it's tidal and...
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    Best Kayaking/Canoeing Lakes in Pines?

    If your looking for a long ride the best Cumberland County has to offer would be Menantico Ponds wma.it's a maze of old sand ponds attached to Menantico Creek.there are ponds above and below the trestle (trestle must be lined under) and you can follow the creek downstream to the Maurice but...
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    Who comes up with these idea's?

    My advice would be to quit building on low lying coastal lands.perhaps a ban on building under 20 ft in elevation?Come on folks,the ice is melting,I"ve seen the swamps moving back keeping pace with the shoreline right here on Delaware bay in my 50 short years.The waves pounded and the seas...
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    Who comes up with these idea's?

    The Army Corps of Engineers has flooded more caves then I can imagine.They also have flooded several of my family's graveyards in eastern KY.They supposedly dug up all the bodies and put them in the new Yatesvilel cemetery on top of the hill.My question is how do you dig up a body thats been in...
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    Who comes up with these idea's?

    Great! All those ships running from the storm headed for a safe harbor will run into a steel wall and that will be it for them.But Hey! No ones property will suffer loss!
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    Cumberland County Arrowheads

    12,000 years of stone tool manufacture? he's going to present everything twice? ! :-)
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