All,
On April Fools Day Bob posted our next trip. Here is an edited version.
Since we only saw half of the Manahawkin Swamp trip, Chris and I want to do Part II this year, on Saturday April 20th.
This part is 3.2 miles as the crow flies. Much more relaxed to look over any evidence of old farms and homes. It will still be 5 miles all said and done the way we meander.
So lets meet at End at 8:45 AM, and we’ll bring what vehicles we need up to Park to start. More on that when we get a head count.
I’ve built in a trip to a small Island. Not sure we can get to it, but it looks interesting.
Hope to see you there…..Happy Trails!
Bob
If you did not read about the first portion a few weeks ago you may want to look at that first.
http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/hawkin-swamp-a-pbx-hike.9136/
On this trip we had the one and only Lost Town Hunter with us who everyone was happy to see. Also along from PBX was Mickey, bobpbx, Hewey, RednekF350, pinelandpaddler, Woodjin, myself (TeeGate), and Jessica.
Crossing an old wooden bridge in a swamp.
Chris checking out a huge tree that most likely fell over during Sandy. There were many just like this.
The view from the other side.
Mickey found this injured salamander. It appears a bird or some other animal took a chunk out if it. I doubt it will live long.
There were at least three very nice and interesting old homesteads along our planned route and at one of them was this old locust post. We were figuring there may have been cows there.
Checking out the bricks in the ruins. This was an old location ...most likely 100 years ago or more.
This tree was growing right in the house.
Jessica and Chris at lunch. Notice the huge cellar hole for this particular home.
And the next location had an intact wall much of the way around it. Well built and old.
We traveled along the Forsythe boundary and Scott noticed this.
And unfortunately we found chemicals. Here is Lost Town Hunter and Bob checking them out.
One of my favorite places along the route .... a holly grove.
Jessica taking the grove all in.
Visitors from 3/10/1990. Does anyone know them???
Along the way we found this bug. After getting home I noticed the shot was taken just as it was relieving itself.
Guy
On April Fools Day Bob posted our next trip. Here is an edited version.
Since we only saw half of the Manahawkin Swamp trip, Chris and I want to do Part II this year, on Saturday April 20th.
This part is 3.2 miles as the crow flies. Much more relaxed to look over any evidence of old farms and homes. It will still be 5 miles all said and done the way we meander.
So lets meet at End at 8:45 AM, and we’ll bring what vehicles we need up to Park to start. More on that when we get a head count.
I’ve built in a trip to a small Island. Not sure we can get to it, but it looks interesting.
Hope to see you there…..Happy Trails!
Bob
If you did not read about the first portion a few weeks ago you may want to look at that first.
http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/hawkin-swamp-a-pbx-hike.9136/
On this trip we had the one and only Lost Town Hunter with us who everyone was happy to see. Also along from PBX was Mickey, bobpbx, Hewey, RednekF350, pinelandpaddler, Woodjin, myself (TeeGate), and Jessica.
Crossing an old wooden bridge in a swamp.
Chris checking out a huge tree that most likely fell over during Sandy. There were many just like this.
The view from the other side.
Mickey found this injured salamander. It appears a bird or some other animal took a chunk out if it. I doubt it will live long.
There were at least three very nice and interesting old homesteads along our planned route and at one of them was this old locust post. We were figuring there may have been cows there.
Checking out the bricks in the ruins. This was an old location ...most likely 100 years ago or more.
This tree was growing right in the house.
Jessica and Chris at lunch. Notice the huge cellar hole for this particular home.
And the next location had an intact wall much of the way around it. Well built and old.
We traveled along the Forsythe boundary and Scott noticed this.
And unfortunately we found chemicals. Here is Lost Town Hunter and Bob checking them out.
One of my favorite places along the route .... a holly grove.
Jessica taking the grove all in.
Visitors from 3/10/1990. Does anyone know them???
Along the way we found this bug. After getting home I noticed the shot was taken just as it was relieving itself.
Guy
