Today I am divulging just about everything I remember about the area. I posted a lengthy one in General Discussions but maybe it would have been better placed the legends and lore one. Ok I just wanted to say the in the summer back in the fifties we often visited Atsion Lake to swim. My father enjoyed it because he was born across the street in one of the historic homes there that is now gone. The thing I remember that was a bit different were the changing rooms. The rooms were fashioned by hanging ropes between the trees with Persian designed rugs hanging to form little rooms.
A decade and half later in the early 60's when I was about 16 or 17, I had one of the scariest episodes of my life deep in the Pine Barrens. In Hammonton at the time crusing around town was a huge past time. Groups of girls walking would hop into guys cars to go for a fun ride. Well, one time two fellows drove about four or five of us out to the Pine Barrens in what I think was a Jeep. We took that rode that is along side of the Batsto Church. It probably is one on the loneliest stretches that there is. Today the road is off limits due to a broken bridge. This guy drove out there about eleven in the evening maybe about two or three miles in. We go out and then the guys took off and left us there. We were terrified but after about an hour they came back for us
A decade and half later in the early 60's when I was about 16 or 17, I had one of the scariest episodes of my life deep in the Pine Barrens. In Hammonton at the time crusing around town was a huge past time. Groups of girls walking would hop into guys cars to go for a fun ride. Well, one time two fellows drove about four or five of us out to the Pine Barrens in what I think was a Jeep. We took that rode that is along side of the Batsto Church. It probably is one on the loneliest stretches that there is. Today the road is off limits due to a broken bridge. This guy drove out there about eleven in the evening maybe about two or three miles in. We go out and then the guys took off and left us there. We were terrified but after about an hour they came back for us
