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http://www.app.com/app/story/0,21625,1115075,00.html Published in the Asbury Park Press 11/17/04 By KIRK MOORE STAFF WRITER CHATSWORTH -- Hopscotching over piles of soil and sand, Emile DeVito stepped on drying clumps of cranberry vines. His feet landed with a solid thud, in a spot just...

Would anybody be interested in a trip to Sandy Hook? Lots of ruins, and interesting wildlife/plant life. Since it's a barrier island, the environment is different than the Pines and the coastal area Pinelands. Might be an interesting change of pace...

Today my friend Jay and I decided to head out into the woods to find the Swamp Monster that everyone but myself has been to, and to revisit Ace Campground. Despite the fact that we're not armed with hiking sticks we had a great time. :) My GPS autorouted me the wrong way to the Monster. We...

Guy, I was flipping through my copy of "Place Names of Ocean County" when I saw this. Have you ever heard of it?

FYI there is a new global calendar where you can add your trips and events if you'd like. http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/calendar.php or click on the link on top.

Anybody up for visiting some of the "mountains" at Lahaway this weekend?

My latest area of research has been Lahaway. Beck talks about it in "Forgotten Towns" and recalls the story of J. Turner Brakeley, the hermit of Lahaway who gave up a life of Bordendown society and education to become a recluse and one of New Jersey's first naturalists. Much of the land in...

... found it. This is one of the few times that I have found Beck's directions to be accurate. The spring is pretty much as he describes it in "More Forgotten Towns." I suppose in a way it sort of looks like a volcano with the spring water running down the hill towards Toms River (the...

A bunch of my friends and myself are getting together on Saturday night to go to the Jersey Devil haunted hayride at the Indian Rock resort in Jackson. We'll be meeting at my house around 8 or so. Afterwards we'll most likely head over to the Cassville Tavern for a :guinness: or two.

Anyone know what township Nash's Cabin is located in?

Last night I was bored so I decided to drive around. I got the dreat idea of driving up High Bridge Road into Colliers Mill WMA and then driving back to 70 via Cassville. I have been in the pines at night before, but for some reason last night was really spooky. Especially when I stopped at...

I drove the length of the Tuckerton Stage Road today. The whole trip from Marlton to Tuckerton took roughly 4 hours. Most of the route was paved. I plan on writing an article on it, but there are some things that need to be cleared up. First, I don't believe that the Tuckerton Stage Road...

Hello everyone, I have done the unthinkable. :pigfly: I have actually updated the front page with a new article on Ongs Hat and Buddtown. Take a look here: http://www.njpinebarrens.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=25

I read somewhere that the Factory Branch was named for an iron furnace that was run somewhere along the length of this river. It's located in the Forked River Mountains area. I'll have to check, but I believe it was mentioned in the "Tides of Time" Ocean County history book. Has anyone else...

Anybody know of any places in the Pine Barrens area that sell antiques and stuff? I know that out near Cassville there is a small shop, but I've never been inside it before.

Just installed an inverter in my Rubicon today: Slightly "modified" a Coleman 400W inverter bought at Costco for $25 yesterday. Now the inverter itself is mounted under the steering column inside the dash, and the plugs are remotely mounted in the big blank plate in the console. I also...

I decided to try to find the big gun club with the covered picnic area that my friend and I stumbled on back in 2000 when we were somewhere between Bullock and Buckingham. This has been my third attempt at finding it, and again I struck out. I did, however, find some interesting ruins along the...

I just came home to find that my cat had spilled a vase full of water all over my copy of trail of the blue comet, ruining it.:( oh well, $90 down the drain. it's totally ruined.

Yet another weekend I won't be able to get into the Pines. I'll be at Williams Lake Resort in beautiful Rosendale, New York for Laura's parents family reunion. http://www.willylake.com/ Maybe I will get some good pictures.

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