All,
The weather seemed right for a Thursday exploration, so Rob from work and I took off and headed out before sunrise to do just that. We first visited a location in Runnemede which I will be writing about later on the weekend when I return. From there we headed to Stevenson Road (Red Road) where we parked my car here at the beginnings of the Plains Branch and headed south along the same.
http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.79789509981406&lng=-74.4078254699707&z=14&type=k&gpx=
The small savannahs were completely dry until we arrived near the intersection of the two streams. We wandered around somewhat along the route and something caught my eye that forced my first photo of the day. Hidden away in a remote spot we had stumbled on a rare Pine Plains property stone. This stone was barely sticking out of the ground, and I almost missed seeing it. It is most likely on the Haines property line.
From there we explored the cedar swamps which was one of our objectives for the day. They have been harvested over the years and are full of corduroy roads which are always fun to visit. This shows our route there.
Corduroy Road
Haines Monuments.
Eventually, we made it all the way down to the Nature Conservancy House at the Oswego Preserve, and we borrowed a couple chairs and had our lunch on the dock. This was about the same time those where we work were finishing lunch and heading back to work. It was a good feeling putting our back to the breeze with our feet propped having the time of our life. This shows Rob preparing for lunch.
Kind of messy there.
So by now we had made it all the way to here.
http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.768254986058906&lng=-74.40979957580566&z=16&type=k&gpx=
Then back to exploring. Our next route.
The convergence of two corduroy roads.
Finally, we arrived at our next objective of the day. We found the refrigerated truck that Bobpbx visited in the past. Carefully checking out the writing on the side it informed us the truck was from Ship Bottom NJ. The fifth photo below shows that.
It says Refrigerated
Ship Bottom
We then headed north back towards my car, exploring the stream on the way.
A great little spot that as far as we can tell does not have a footpath or road to it.
And finally, we started in the pine plains, and we ended in the pine plains, and the day was over all too soon.
We had bushwhacked 5.52 miles according to my GPS, and visited all of the places we had intended to go. And very soon I will be on another adventure and I will let you know how that turns out.
Guy
The weather seemed right for a Thursday exploration, so Rob from work and I took off and headed out before sunrise to do just that. We first visited a location in Runnemede which I will be writing about later on the weekend when I return. From there we headed to Stevenson Road (Red Road) where we parked my car here at the beginnings of the Plains Branch and headed south along the same.
http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.79789509981406&lng=-74.4078254699707&z=14&type=k&gpx=
The small savannahs were completely dry until we arrived near the intersection of the two streams. We wandered around somewhat along the route and something caught my eye that forced my first photo of the day. Hidden away in a remote spot we had stumbled on a rare Pine Plains property stone. This stone was barely sticking out of the ground, and I almost missed seeing it. It is most likely on the Haines property line.
From there we explored the cedar swamps which was one of our objectives for the day. They have been harvested over the years and are full of corduroy roads which are always fun to visit. This shows our route there.
Corduroy Road
Haines Monuments.
Eventually, we made it all the way down to the Nature Conservancy House at the Oswego Preserve, and we borrowed a couple chairs and had our lunch on the dock. This was about the same time those where we work were finishing lunch and heading back to work. It was a good feeling putting our back to the breeze with our feet propped having the time of our life. This shows Rob preparing for lunch.
Kind of messy there.
So by now we had made it all the way to here.
http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.768254986058906&lng=-74.40979957580566&z=16&type=k&gpx=
Then back to exploring. Our next route.
The convergence of two corduroy roads.
Finally, we arrived at our next objective of the day. We found the refrigerated truck that Bobpbx visited in the past. Carefully checking out the writing on the side it informed us the truck was from Ship Bottom NJ. The fifth photo below shows that.
It says Refrigerated
Ship Bottom
We then headed north back towards my car, exploring the stream on the way.
A great little spot that as far as we can tell does not have a footpath or road to it.
And finally, we started in the pine plains, and we ended in the pine plains, and the day was over all too soon.
We had bushwhacked 5.52 miles according to my GPS, and visited all of the places we had intended to go. And very soon I will be on another adventure and I will let you know how that turns out.
Guy
