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All, Between being sick, the snow, and work, I have not been out in the barrens much as of late. However, I have still been acquiring some info that you may find interesting. I will start with something a little obscure. I was recently looking over some info summarizing the Wharton Ledgers...

All, I might as well get it started even though I am not really interested in the Super Bowl. Have you viewed the Visa commercial that shows the older men who created the "Never missed a Super Bowl club?" They have been to every Super Bowl, and in the commercial they show the tickets and all...

Jessica heard on the news that Sally Stars pizza place on Jackson was badly damage by fire. Guy

http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20110130/NEWS01/101300357/N-J-Historical-Society-sale-of-items-criticized Guy

http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20110125/NEWS02/110125066/6-soft-shell-turtles-rescued-from-N-J-roadside

All, If you have 5 minutes and are into photography, you may want to watch this video. It is an interesting report on a previously unknown woman street photographer who snapped 100,000 photographs over her lifetime, and her works were discovered at an auction from a repossessed storage...

All, My PBX shirt was getting old so I requested Bob to order new. As you might expect there is a minimum order so there are some extra PBX shirts available if anyone wants to purchase them. The cost is $12 each plus shipping and they are only gray as the below photo's show. Shirts left...

All, Back on November 26 all the members of PBX received the below email from Bob outlining our next PBX outing that I designed. I wanted to visit area's of Wharton that very few people know about, and as we found out today, that is true except for hunters. Boys, you have do yer Christmas...

Can anyone help me identify this? Guy

All, I have a rare treat for all of you that I think you will enjoy. I have acquired two 1946 photo's of the Cranberry Packing House at Hampton Park, better known by most of us as Hampton Furnace. The ruins you pass by when you travel through that area is all that is left of this magnificent...

All, I have been slow this fall to start stone hunting for various reasons, but I have awakened and started work in my computer to do just that. So with that lets briefly go over a little history. As some of you know the bogs at Hampton Furnace along the Batsto and the Skit Branch were owned...

I have been in this area many times and never noticed this sign before today. Can you guess the location? Guy

http://www.bing.com/maps/

All, I now have a slide scanner and while going through my slides I found these photo's of a spider that was on the side of the now destroyed Pine Crest Gun Club back in the late 70s. Does anyone know what kind of spider this is? Guy

All, On our most recent PBX hike at Double Trouble Scott posted a photo of a "rail" crossing that spanned a stream at one of the location we visited on the hike. To refresh your memory here is a photo of it that I took. These small or narrow gage rails were used to help individuals move...

I am hearing that sometime in the last week or so someone broke into the tower and knocked out the windows. Anyone know about this???? Guy

All, Bob and I are always looking over aerial photo's for interesting places to visit, and recently Bob noticed a "island" along the Sleeper Creek and we decided that today would be the day to check it out. We learned yesterday that Al (manumuskin) had been there a few years ago, but we still...

All, Todays PBX trip has been a long time in the making. Back in March Bob announced that Chris (Hewey) had designed a trip for us, and here is an edited version of Bob's announcement. PBX Exploring Trip--A Creek and 3 Branches Winter is gone, gone, gone....put yer rubber boots...

Right or wrong, it appears someone at the DEP realizes that beavers at times can be a nuisance. The agency on Friday released the first 700 suggestions submitted by department employees, which ranged from streamlining air-quality permits to opening a trapping season on beavers in New Jersey...