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  1. Ben Ruset

    Another year

    You can try uploading your pics to Flickr or using a service like Imgur.com to host them.
  2. Ben Ruset

    Could Use Some Help

    Yeah, they grow mosquitos pretty big in the Pines. Some people have a good tolerance for them - unfortunately I'm not one of them. The bugs tend to keep me out of the woods this time of year.
  3. Ben Ruset

    The Last True Piney

    http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/170618486.html?google_editors_picks=true
  4. Ben Ruset

    Could Use Some Help

    Really? I'm pretty sure I've been chigged in January before.
  5. Ben Ruset

    Could Use Some Help

    Chiggers will be around until probably January at least.
  6. Ben Ruset

    Could Use Some Help

    That's good advice.
  7. Ben Ruset

    Could Use Some Help

    You can't end on a cliffhanger like that.
  8. Ben Ruset

    Lock's Bridge

    It'd probably be more convenient to have the forge and furnace powered from the same source. That way there's only one dam to maintain, and you don't have to go through a lot of expense and effort to get material from the furnace over to the forge. For them to put a forge at Batsto (village)...
  9. Ben Ruset

    Some winter birds

    Incredible! What kind of camera do you use?
  10. Ben Ruset

    Unknown hole in IE

    You're going to need an ocean of calamine lotion.
  11. Ben Ruset

    batona trail hike

    Perfect is good enough around here.
  12. Ben Ruset

    Big Chrome and Plenty of Rust

    Expensive gas was never in the minds of the designers of those vehicles either!
  13. Ben Ruset

    Big Chrome and Plenty of Rust

    There's something really poignant seeing these old cars rusting away into the ground.
  14. Ben Ruset

    Lock's Bridge

    I should have known better then to look at Beck for facts. :)
  15. Ben Ruset

    Lock's Bridge

    Gabe, it appears that you are correct. According to Carl Woodward in Ploughs and Politicks a large forge of four fires and two hammers was built at Atsion in 1767-1768. The forge worked bog iron from Batsto into bar iron. Almost immediately Read began to sell shares in Atsion. On January 26...
  16. Ben Ruset

    batona trail hike

    Well there's a nice article on the front page if you'd like to read all about Brendan Byrne! (The State Forest, not the former Governor.)
  17. Ben Ruset

    Sunset

    From my back yard last night
  18. Ben Ruset

    batona trail hike

    The Cranberry Trail at Brendan Byrne might work out well for a stroller. It's handicap accessible, so it's either paved, packed dirt, or a boardwalk. It's only 2.7 miles long, though.
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