All,
On 2/16/2017 all members of PBX received the trip announcement from Bob concerning this hike. Here is an edited portion of it.
Boys, get your gear on. Rope ‘er down an saddle up--make sure she’s well shod on this one!
Our next trip is entitled “Little Hauken Run”. We’ll meet at 8:45 AM on Saturday, March 18, 2017.
We are going into the heart of the pines where I guarantee most everyday people don’t go. It’s kind of in an odd area that most people would not think of as they speed from rt. 563 into the other areas, like Quaker Bridge, or the state campgrounds, or Mount, or Devious, etc. They zoom right by this forsaken section without even thinking.
--It will be more strenuous than usual, and will include 3 water crossings and some tough country.
This shakes out to be about 5 miles as the crow flies, but I’ll be continually gaging whether we need to take a shortcut here and there. If we do the full run and stumble around, it may be a 6 miler.
Let me know if you can make it, I’ll keep an eye out for you.
Happy Trails!
bob
Obviously, we did not make the trip on March 18 and it was postponed until today. Along on this hike was:
Me (TeeGate)
Bob (bobpbx) and his fiancee Jan
Jessica
Chris (Hewey)
Al (Manumuskin)
Scott (RednekF350) and his wife Dottie
Dan (Menantico)
John (Smoke_Jumper)
And long time PBX member Paul
Our first find was an electric fence. Now I don't know about you but I just don't believe anyone has an electric fence in the pines so I just had to test it. I had to!
Something strange happened today that kind of freaked us out. Someone had been all over the woods along most of our route putting up orange tape for some sort of project or testing. It was almost as if they knew our route. And to make it even stranger they were just there in recent weeks. (3/5/17 and 3/8/2017 just to name a few dates)
Two of many multiple locations. If anyone knows what this is for please let us know. They put a little red flag in the ground and painted numbers on the trees all around the flag.
You can see the orange marking on the tree right in the middle of the photo.
We stopped for a rest along the Wading River.
John, Paul and Jessica explore the confluence of the Wading River and the Little Hawkin Creek.
Our group photo in the Wading and a closer look below.
We traveled this wet area saving ourself much time and from the ravages of brier along the edges. There is a video below also.
I found this very nice shed on the upland.
Lunch time.
We started to notice massive amounts of deer tracks ..... more than anywhere I have ever noticed. Then we found this place. Enough cranberries and corn to feed every deer in the pines.
Bob counting each and every one.
This location separated the men from the boys. The Hospitality Creek and the Little Hawkin Creek run parellel to each other here. We had to cross them both making for an interesting half hour. This is one you have nightmares about. There is video below.
While on every hike I am always on the search for state corners I have not been to before and this was no exception. While others were taking a short break I strayed off looking for one such corner. Experience has taught me what to look for and I noticed this in the area. Fully covered in moss it just fit the look of a monument that nobody has visited since it was placed there in the mid 1950s.
And as I carefully pealed away the moss it just fell apart.
It is Wharton corner monument NJ237W.
And then the hike was over. I gave this event a 9 out of 10 because it brought back the PBX of old where the challenge was high, the company was great and the woods were exhausting. My kind of hike! Thank you Bob for the adventure!
Now to the video's. Join Jessica and the crew as they splash their way forward along a quarter mile long wet area.
See us cross a small portion of the Hospitality Creek and Little Hawkin Creek and be glad you were not there.
Guy
On 2/16/2017 all members of PBX received the trip announcement from Bob concerning this hike. Here is an edited portion of it.
Boys, get your gear on. Rope ‘er down an saddle up--make sure she’s well shod on this one!
Our next trip is entitled “Little Hauken Run”. We’ll meet at 8:45 AM on Saturday, March 18, 2017.
We are going into the heart of the pines where I guarantee most everyday people don’t go. It’s kind of in an odd area that most people would not think of as they speed from rt. 563 into the other areas, like Quaker Bridge, or the state campgrounds, or Mount, or Devious, etc. They zoom right by this forsaken section without even thinking.
--It will be more strenuous than usual, and will include 3 water crossings and some tough country.
This shakes out to be about 5 miles as the crow flies, but I’ll be continually gaging whether we need to take a shortcut here and there. If we do the full run and stumble around, it may be a 6 miler.
Let me know if you can make it, I’ll keep an eye out for you.
Happy Trails!
bob
Obviously, we did not make the trip on March 18 and it was postponed until today. Along on this hike was:
Me (TeeGate)
Bob (bobpbx) and his fiancee Jan
Jessica
Chris (Hewey)
Al (Manumuskin)
Scott (RednekF350) and his wife Dottie
Dan (Menantico)
John (Smoke_Jumper)
And long time PBX member Paul
Our first find was an electric fence. Now I don't know about you but I just don't believe anyone has an electric fence in the pines so I just had to test it. I had to!
Something strange happened today that kind of freaked us out. Someone had been all over the woods along most of our route putting up orange tape for some sort of project or testing. It was almost as if they knew our route. And to make it even stranger they were just there in recent weeks. (3/5/17 and 3/8/2017 just to name a few dates)
Two of many multiple locations. If anyone knows what this is for please let us know. They put a little red flag in the ground and painted numbers on the trees all around the flag.
You can see the orange marking on the tree right in the middle of the photo.
We stopped for a rest along the Wading River.
John, Paul and Jessica explore the confluence of the Wading River and the Little Hawkin Creek.
Our group photo in the Wading and a closer look below.
We traveled this wet area saving ourself much time and from the ravages of brier along the edges. There is a video below also.
I found this very nice shed on the upland.
Lunch time.
We started to notice massive amounts of deer tracks ..... more than anywhere I have ever noticed. Then we found this place. Enough cranberries and corn to feed every deer in the pines.
Bob counting each and every one.
This location separated the men from the boys. The Hospitality Creek and the Little Hawkin Creek run parellel to each other here. We had to cross them both making for an interesting half hour. This is one you have nightmares about. There is video below.
While on every hike I am always on the search for state corners I have not been to before and this was no exception. While others were taking a short break I strayed off looking for one such corner. Experience has taught me what to look for and I noticed this in the area. Fully covered in moss it just fit the look of a monument that nobody has visited since it was placed there in the mid 1950s.
And as I carefully pealed away the moss it just fell apart.
It is Wharton corner monument NJ237W.
And then the hike was over. I gave this event a 9 out of 10 because it brought back the PBX of old where the challenge was high, the company was great and the woods were exhausting. My kind of hike! Thank you Bob for the adventure!
Now to the video's. Join Jessica and the crew as they splash their way forward along a quarter mile long wet area.
See us cross a small portion of the Hospitality Creek and Little Hawkin Creek and be glad you were not there.
Guy
