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Events, Trips, Things over time.. (ordered by date of event)
order by: date added or date of event

5/26/2012 Visiting Eagle Rock Reservation
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4/21/2012 Prospertown lake - Shots of low water..
In 2011, hurricane Irene caused damage to the dam within the lake. Because of this damage, almost all the water has been released. here are some shots of the very low water.
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4/21/2012 April 2012 Trail Day With S.M.A.R.T. at Mercer County Park
S.M.A.R.T. (a Jersey Off Road Bicycle Association chapter) worked again today within Mercer County Park. Today's volunteers rebuilt a bridge along the a trail on the northern side of the park that continues to be vandalized and torn down. We hope this beefed up bridge keeps the bridge intact for a ...
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3/17/2012 March 2012 Trail Day With S.M.A.R.T. at Mercer County Park (with video)
Today, JORBA worked in Mercer County park. We closed off 2 trail sections that were pure mud. Enjoy!
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2/14/2012 Tubing in the Dropzone at Mountain Creek
A few friends and I went up for some tubing fun at the Dropzone in Mountain Creek (Vernon, NJ). We had a great time on both the main hill, and the big jump. Enjoy!
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7/16/2011 An evening paddle with LivingAdventureInNJ.com
We went out tonight with a great outdoor group called LivingAdventureInNJ.com for a full moon paddle on Swartswood Lake. I hope you enjoy the pix!
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6/19/2010 June 2010 Trail Day With S.M.A.R.T. at Mercer County Park
Today JORBA/Smart cleared the overgrowth found in Mercer County Park (West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey). This is our main duty over the summer months. Without it, many trails would not be usable at all.
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6/17/2010 Trail Maintenance in Core Creek Park
Some great mountain bikers from the Philadelphia Mountain Biking Meetup (http://www.meetup.com/mountainbiking/) planned a ride and clip session in Core Creek Park today. We tried to clear a few trails.. and I think we did a great job doing so.
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4/12/2010 The oil spill - Part 3: Rebuilding the house (pictures and video)
Now that the cleanup of the oil and cleanout of the house has been completed, we can start on turning this back in to a house.
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4/12/2010 The oil spill - Part 2: Cleaning out years of memories
As I mentioned in my first post, my grandmoms house had an oil spill that ruined everything. Around the same time of this issue, she passed away, leaving the cleanup of the house to us. This gallery contains some pictures from just a few of the days that we were ...
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4/12/2010 The oil spill - Part 1: Removing the problem
My grandmom had a furnace put in in 2009. Within 4 days they realized there was a problem. It smelled Very bad. Turns out that a small filter (or some part outside the furnace) had leaked. A few drips a second, for a few days. It had leaked under the carpet, ...
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3/20/2010 March 2010 Trail Day With S.M.A.R.T. at Mercer County Park (Pix and Video)
Today JORBA/Smart rerouted/cleaned some trails within Mercer County Park (West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey) to help prevent any more erosion and keep the trails open for everyone.
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11/21/09 November 2009 Trail Day With S.M.A.R.T. at Mercer County Park
Today JORBA/Smart cleaned up a few trails coming off the dam within Mercer County Park (West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey) in an attempt to help with erosion problems. After realizing that is going to be hard to run a new trail through the field below the dam, we decided to head into the woods.
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10/31/09 Mercer County Mountain Bike Festival - Oct 2009
On Halloween 2009, A few local groups and businesses decide to actually use Belle Mountain (Lambertville, Mercer County, New Jersey) for something more then bird watching. Today we had the first (of many) downhill mountain bike festivals. The races were fast, but muddy. And I think everyone had a great time.
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10/10/09 Opening day of the Thomas Edison National Historical - 10/10/2009
Today Jackie and I hit up the grand opening of the Opening day of the Thomas Edison National Historical. What a great location. Highly recommended.
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9/19/09 September 2009 Trail Day With S.M.A.R.T. at Mercer County Park
September 2009 Trail Day With S.M.A.R.T. at Mercer County Park (West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey).
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7/25/09 Taking my mom up in a hot air balloon at the 2009 Quick Chek balloon festival
My mom has wanted to go up in a hot air balloon for many years now. After she went through a lot with losing my grandparents and working to sell their house, we felt it was time to tell her we love her by paying for her to go on a ...
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5/16/09 May 2009 Trail Day With S.M.A.R.T. at Mercer County Park
This months Trail day with S.M.A.R.T. worked to clear the west side of the park from any low hanging branches and stickers bushes that want to attack your tires.
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4/17/09 A walk at the Brick Reservoir
Jackie and I took a nice walk at the Brick Reservoir (Brick, Ocean County, New Jersey). This was the first time I ever visited this park, and I am very glad I did.
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10/18/08 October 2008 Trail Day With S.M.A.R.T. at Mercer County Park
This month, S.M.A.R.T. worked right with Mercer County Park itself to build / install a new bridge. Today we are here to clean up the remains of the old bridge.
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9/20/08 September 2008 Trail Day With S.M.A.R.T. at Mercer County Park
This months Trail day focused on the blue trail in the northeast section of the park. There is a stretch of trail right past the "L" shaped pond that is rather marshy. The park system gave us a good bit of mulch/clean fill, and we filled up the trail.
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7/31/08 A nice bike ride around Veterans Park in Hamilton
Today Jackie and I took a nice bike ride through Hamilton Veterans Park (Hamilton, Mercer County, New Jersey). I used to roller blade hear a lot when I lived in the area. So it was nice to get back here and take a ride.
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7/05/08 Walking in a new park, Plainsboro Preserve
Jackie and I were able to visit a great park in Mercer County called the Plainsboro Preserve (Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey). The park was rather well kept. Lots of well marked trails, a large nature center. This walk/hike/park is highly recommended.
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7/05/08 Minigolf at Pine Creek and a small park
Today I took Jackie out to one of my Favorite miniature golf courses around, Pine Creek Miniature Golf (West Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey). This place is a lot of fun.
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7/03/08 2008 Fireworks in Oak Glen Park in Howell
Each year I try to get to Oak Glen Park (Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey) for their fireworks show. It is always well done, with a lot of people. This year was no different. The show was nice and long, with a good amount of variations. Great job Howell.
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7/01/08 Enjoying a new park - Thompson Grove
Thompson Grove Park (Manalapan, Monmouth County, New Jersey) just opened a few days before we visited today. Though it was a nice park, we had a rather awful experience. It was FULL of horseflies. And the off did not even help. It was rough.
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6/29/08 Hiking Woodfield Reservation
Woodfield Reservation (Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey).. ever here of it? Neither had I until this morning. And I am very happy that I did.
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6/27/08 Paddling the Manasquan Reservoir with JSSKA
Today I was able to catch up with a great group of people from the group JSSKA. We met at the Manasquan Reservoir (Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey) with blue skies. A few minutes into our fun paddle, we took a shower with heavy downpours.
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6/24/08 Paddling the Manasquan Wildlife Area with Jackie
I LOVE the Manasquan River Wildlife Management Area (Allenwood, Monmouth County, New Jersey). Especially on a nice summer day. Head up river and you are in deep woods. Head down river and you head through the reeds and out into the open Manasquan River (Monmouth|Ocean, New Jersey).
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6/23/08 Taking a stroll for the second time in Baldpate Mountain
Baldpate Mountain (Titusville, Mercer County, New Jersey) is a great park in Central NJ. Not many people know about this park since it has not officially been a park within the MCP park system for very long. But I am sure you'll here more about this place soon.
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6/21/08 Exploring while hiking through a new (to us) park: Poricy Park
Jacki and I had found a new place to check out a few weeks ago named Poricy Park Conservancy (Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey). Today we were finally able to get back and actually check it out. The trails are very well maintained. And it was a lot large then we expected. It is definitely a nice place ...
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6/19/08 Paddling the Navesink off Victory park with Scott
Today I took my brother out onto the Navesink River (Monmouth, New Jersey). We launched from Victory Park (Rumson, Monmouth County, New Jersey) in Rumson and headed away from Red Bank. What a great place to paddle.
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6/11/08 Biking and hiking at Core Creek
Today was my first visit to Core Creek Park (Feasterville Trevose, Bucks County, Pennsylvania), I had heard that it had great trails and singletrack, but did not know what to expect. I had a great bunch of mountain bikers from MeetUp.com lead a group around the park today. After the ride I wondered around on ...
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6/08/08 Paddling down in South Jersey (Wharton State Forest) with a group from Meetup.com
This weekend Jackie and I headed out paddling in south Jersey with a great group of people that I had met through Meetup.com. We rented out equiptment at Micks Canoe and Kayak Rental (Chatsworth, Burlington County, New Jersey), and they brought us down to Wharton State Forest (Atlantic|Burlington|Camden, New Jersey). It was a great paddle. Especially since this was one of the ...
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6/01/08 My first time walking through Tatum County Park
I was finally able to visit Tatum County Park (Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey) this weekend. It is just an Awesome park.. Highly recommended.
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6/01/08 Deep Cut Gardens and Poricy Park = Good times.
As usual, Deep Cut Gardens (Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey) was amazing. Each time I come here I am blown away. Especially knowing that is maintained by the Monmouth County Park system, and not some private corporation/business.
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5/31/08 May 2008 Trail Day With S.M.A.R.T. at Mercer County Park
Volunteers are the main force in Mercer County Park (West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey) that keep the trails fun to ride, jog, walk, whatever. S.M.A.R.T. has a huge part in keeping this going.
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5/30/08 The Edger Felix Trail has a northern extension?
The Edgar Felix Bikeway Trails (Wall, Monmouth County, New Jersey) is always a great place to ride/walk. Just like in my last photo blog "Biking Half the Edger Felix Trail", I wanted to actually get out and grab some pictures. So Jackie and I went out again today.
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5/28/08 Visiting both Walnford Farm and Clayton Park (trail info available)
I have been to Clayton Park (Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey) many times to bike/hike/hang out. I never have a bad time. And today was nothing less then tons-o-fun.
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5/23/08 3 Days of Camping, Hiking, Zoos, and a Sunrise on the mountain
This was the first day of our little weekend camping adventure. What did this adventure entail you ask? Well from our home base of Green Valley Beach Family Campground (Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey), we hit up Hacklebarney State Park (Long Valley, Morris County, New Jersey), Space Farms Zoo & Museum (Sussex, Sussex County, New Jersey), Bushkill Falls (Bushkill, Northampton County, Pennsylvania) and High Point State Park (Sussex, Sussex County, New Jersey). We topped that off with watching a great sunrise from the top of Sunrise Mountain Scenic overlook (Branchville, Sussex County, New Jersey) within Stokes State Forest (Branchville, Sussex County, New Jersey).
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5/21/08 A nice day for a baseball game wathing the Lakewood BlueClaws
Every year I am a chaperon with my moms elementary school as they head over to First Energy Park in Lakewood, NJ to see BlueClaws play a good old game of baseball. We always have a great day in this great park.
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5/18/08 Outdoor Expo in Turkey Swamp Park, and a few minutes in Monmouth Battlefield
Monmouth County Parks put on a nice "Outdoor Expo" once a year within Turkey Swamp Park (Freehold Twp., Monmouth County, New Jersey) each year. Its a great day for kids.. but older people can enjoy it just as much. There are a lot of outdoor groups/businesses setup down near the lake. I met a lot of good people today, ...
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5/17/08 Hiking through woods, over boardwalks, and over marshes, at Cheesequake State Park
Cheesequake State Park (Matawan, Middlesex County, New Jersey) has a lot to offer anyone that feels like exploring. And I can say that it has never let me down when wanting have a good time outdoors. I realized that i did not have many pictures up on this site, so Jackie and I headed over today to try ...
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5/14/08 Biking Half the Edger Felix Trail
I have ridden on the Edgar Felix Bikeway Trails (Wall, Monmouth County, New Jersey) maaany times.. but I had never grabbed any pictures of the trail. So this last time I brought my camera and snapped away.
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5/10/08 Paddling Island Beach State Park
I always try to get an early season paddle on the Barnegate Bay off the Island Beach State Park (Island Beach, Ocean County, New Jersey) and the Sedge Islands (Island Beach, Ocean County, New Jersey). So I was happy to be able to get out with Rob for a couple hour paddle this year once again.
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5/08/08 Biking Allaire from the Hurley Pond Rd parking lot in Farmingdale
I took Jackie over for a bike ride in Allaire State Park (Wall, Monmouth County, New Jersey) today. Not many people know that you can start your ride all the way over in Farmingdale (Hurley Pond Road). It puts you being the main campsites, and is a very nice ride/walk/run.
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5/05/08 My new Garmin Colorado 400t
I purchased the new Colorado 400t last week, and Amazon delivered it today. It looks like its going to be a great product. After I have it for a few weeks I will get a review up in my blog.
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5/04/08 Walking Shark River Park with Jackie
I used to work right near Shark River Park (Wall, Monmouth County, New Jersey) and would get there a good bit. Its a great park with a lot of fun trails. Great for trail running. Now that I work pretty far form here I visit a lot less. This past weekend I figured I would head back over ...
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4/27/08 Kymers Camping Resort, Wild West City, and a creepy place to sleep
This past weekend I headed up north to attempt to get some hiking in. That did not work out, but I was able to check out a few campgrounds/areas hoping to find some good places to stay this year. It was somewhat successful. We stopped by a favorite place of mine, ...
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4/26/08 April 2008 Trail Day With S.M.A.R.T. at Mercer County Park
After 6 months S.M.A.R.T. was finally able get back into Mercer County Park (West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey). We worked on fixing the red trail over near the large bridge/east picnic area off the paved trail.
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4/13/08 Danielle's first show of the year at Handy Acres farm
My friend Danielle and her horse went out for their first event this year. It was held at the Handy Acres Equestrian Center (Jackson, Ocean County, New Jersey).
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3/21/08 My new Creative Zen
My iPod finally died, and I needed to find a new MP3 player. I looked around for a few weeks, and finally found the Creative Zen 23gig. Its been a great purchase I must say. I plan on making a full review i my blog soon. For now, enjoy the pix.
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3/01/08 A get together at Jacki's House..
After a nice day walking at Chimney Rock / Washington Valley park (Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey), Jacki and I headed back to her house for a small get together.
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3/01/08 My first trip to Chimney Rock Park and the Hawk Overlook for a hike
I have heard of Chimney Rock / Washington Valley park (Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey), but had never been there.Jackie, Jaime and myself decided to head up there for a walk. We started off in the parking lot off Newmans Lane heading towards the lake, up towards quarry, and back down to the car. Next we drove over to the overlook ...
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2/24/08 My Grandparents 70th wedding anniversary
My Grandpop (Poppop) has been getting up there in years. He was born in 1912, and is currently 95 years old. He was in an assisted living place for a while, so we had to bring his 70th wedding anniversary to him! =)
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2/02/08 Trail Day with NJTrails.org in Baldpate park - 02/02/08
This is the second time I was able to work with a great bunch of people through Baldpate Mountain (Titusville, Mercer County, New Jersey) again. Its looking better and better each time we get there!
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1/26/08 Trail Day with NJTrails.org in Baldpate park - 01/26/08
I found a new trail maintenance group on the site NJTrails.org, so I decided to tag along with them while they worked on Baldpate Mountain (Titusville, Mercer County, New Jersey).
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1/19/08 Cleaning and decorating my fish tank
My fish had a bad case of fungi a a while back and I took out all rocks and plants. I finally got annoyed at staring at an empty tank so i figured I would set it all up again.
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1/13/08 A quick walk in Tyler Park
I took a small walk with my friend this weekend over at a really nice park in PA, Tyler State Park (Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania).
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1/12/08 6 Mile Run Reservoir is a wet place, but great place to ride, hike, and enjoy
Six Mile Run Reservoir (Somerset, Somerset County, New Jersey) is just a great "unknown" park in central Jersey. Jami and I decided to go hike it up today, and check this place out on foot. Too bad that the labyrinth of trails turned us around a good bit, where we got a bit lost :) Well.. not lost. Read ...
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12/31/07 My first time at Ringwood State Park
Hiking over the winter is not something I have always been into. But some friends and I decided to go out this cold day. We headed up to Ringwood State Park (Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey). I had not yet been there, but VERY happy I did.
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12/7/07 Longwood Gardens is Always beautiful
Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania) is a great place to visit anytime during the year. But they really step it up during their holiday season. Lights, events, amazing displays.
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12/6/07 The Jungle Habitat.. An interesting place
I took a trip to the Delaware Water Gap Nation Recreation Area (New Jersey|Pennsylvania) yesterday (see those pictures here), and today I headed to the Jungle Habitat (West Milford, Passaic County, New Jersey). It is an interesting place. Click on the location page to learn more.
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11/16/07 Walking through Washington Crossing Park enjoying the colors
I love Washington Crossing State Park-NJ (Titusville, Mercer County, New Jersey), so I was very happy to be able to go grab some fall pictures here.
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11/11/07 Enjoying the Fall colors in Holmdel Park, NJ
With fall finally setting in, and all the leaves changing into breathtaking colors, I felt it was time to get out and enjoy them. So I went for a walk with my friend in a really nice Monmouth County park, Holmdel Park (Holmdel, Monmouth County, New Jersey).
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10/28/07 Pumpkin Carving 101
Just some good old pumpkin carving for Hallows Eve.
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10/14/07 Pets
I decided to play with my macro a bit more, and took a few pictures of my friends cat.
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10/13/07 Apple Picking in Ochs Orchard, NY
This weekend I was able to visit one of my favorite places from my childhood.. Ochs Orchard (Warwick, Orange County, New York). I have not been there since I was a kid, so it was great that I could get back.
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10/11/07 Jenkinons Aquarium Photo Shoot
So I was asked to take some pictures at Jenkinson's Aquarium (Point Pleasant Beach, Monmouth County, New Jersey) for a project of theirs. I was very happy to say yes :) It was very challenging since I did not have much experience with trying to capture sharp pictures through glass and such. And the lighting in there is less ...
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10/10/07 My new Macro, My Clown Knife fish, and me
I FINALLY bought a macro lens. A AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED. It is really an amazing lens. I have never used one before, so i needed to try it out.
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10/6/07 Long Day Over and Jeta Grove at the Aztec
My friend asked me to take some shots at this show and I was happy to oblige. The bands that played ar Charlie in the Box, Long Day Over, and Jeta Grove.
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10/5/07 Yet another Delaware Water Gap trip
I can't get enough of this place. What place is this? Well its the Delaware Water Gap Nation Recreation Area (New Jersey|Pennsylvania) of course :)
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9/30/07 Visiting Grounds For Sculpture
Today I was able to finally get to Grounds For Sculpture (Hamilton, Mercer County, New Jersey), in Hamilton NJ. What a great place to explore. You will find weird things around every corner. Some things are hidden, so keep your eyes open.
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9/22/07 Hiking Hartshorne Woods County Park
Hartshorne Woods County Park (Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey) is one of my favorite parks in the Monmouth County park system. it has something for everyone. A slow hiker, or a hard core jogger. Its just a great park. And today was extra beautiful since everything was wet, and it was still nice and cloudy.
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8/31/07 Camping, Hiking, Butterflies and more in Western Mass - Day 1
Western Mass has some beautiful areas. Which are all nice for some camping/sightseeing/hiking/biking. Enjoy!
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8/12/07 Enjoying a hidden gem in Mercer county.. Sayen Gardens
I had heard of this nice park in Hamilton Square NJ that was a must for any photographer to walk through called Sayen House & Gardens (Hamilton, Mercer County, New Jersey). I was finally able to take some time to walk around there this past weekend. Wow it is really beautiful.
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8/11/07 Hopewell Wine Festival
Jaimi, Rebecca, and myself went to the 2007 Hopewell Wine Festival at the Hopewell Valley Vineyards (Pennington, Mercer County, New Jersey) this past weekend. We had a great time tasting all the local Jersey wines.
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7/28/07 Camping, a balloon festival, Bowman's Tower.. it was a good weekend
Camping adventure are always fun. We stayed at Spruce run all three days.
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7/21/07 Quick bike with Rob at Hortshorne Woods County Park
I really enjoy biking/hiking through Hartshorne Woods County Park (Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey). Its a GREAT park for a lot of different activities. Rob and I were able to get a bit of a ride in today and i tried to grab a few shots.
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7/18/07 July 2007 Trail Day With S.M.A.R.T. at Mercer County Park
July 2007 Trail Day with S.M.A.R.T. in Mercer County Park (West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey).
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7/15/07 Ice cream party at Martha's!
So this weekend, some friends got together for some ice cream freshly mixed by Us on her very own Cold Stone Creamery block. How awesome. While I was there I grabbed a few pix of her place.
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7/14/07 Paddling with Rob in Forge Pond
Rob and I went kayaking today in Forge Pond (Brick, Ocean County, New Jersey) and up the Metedeconk River (Monmouth|Ocean, New Jersey). It's a very nice paddle each time we go there. Definitely a good place to check out if you can.
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7/08/07 Paddling with Rob in the Sedge Islands
Rob and I went kayaking in the Sedge Islands (Island Beach, Ocean County, New Jersey) (located within Island Beach State Park (Island Beach, Ocean County, New Jersey)) today. We headed north this time (rather than out into the bay). I love this whole area. Lots of interesting plants and animals.
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7/03/07 2007 Fireworks in Oak Glen Park in Howell, NJ
Oak Glen park is a small recreation area in Howell, NJ.. the town I live in. They have a rather nice fireworks show every year. But for some reason I am never able to get there. But this year I was able to get my arse there, as well as bring ...
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6/30/07 Fireworks at this years Freedom Fest in Mercer County Park
Stacie, Rebecca and I ventured over to this years Freedom Fest festival in Mercer County Park (West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey). We had a good time enjoying the strange people, greasy food, a good fireworks show.
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6/30/07 June 2007 Trail Day With S.M.A.R.T. at Mercer County Park
June 2007 Trail Day with S.M.A.R.T. in Mercer County Park (West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey).
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6/24/07 Art Show in Trenton, and some Cat shots
This weekend my friend Rebecca was going to an art show that her friend was a part of. So I tagged along! Thanks!
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6/23/07 No tripods at the Popcorn Park Zoo
So I have to admit I have never had the urge to go to Popcorn Park Zoo (Forked River, Ocean County, New Jersey). I always thought that it was filled with mutant creepy animals that were taken from bad homes and science experiments to live out the rest of their lives in some small cage while people gawked at ...
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6/16/07 My first trip to Cheesequake State Park
I have never checked out Cheesequake State Park (Matawan, Middlesex County, New Jersey) before today. There is a nice multi use trail that I wanted to walk before I biked. It was about 3 miles long and would be fun to ride. But its only 3 miles.. so I will have to do 3 laps to actually get ...
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5/31/07 Cruise Night with classic cars in Freehold
I hung out with my friend Karen tonight in Freehold NJ. We walked around digging the nice cars and good people.
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5/27/07 My grandmoms house and the Farmingdale Memorial Day Parade
Some shots from around my grandparents yard as well as some shots of the kids and parade.
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5/27/07 Camping With Ron at Indian Rock
This is the first memorial day weekend in years (prolly more than 4) where I actually got my ass in gear and went out camping. I went to Indian Rock Campground (Jackson, Ocean County, New Jersey) with my friend Ron and his family. We had a great time.
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5/22/07 Hiking the Gap to Mt Tammany once again
After a killer day biking at Wawayanda yesterday and camping over night in High Point, I headed down to my favorite hike in NJ.
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5/21/07 Biking in Waway, camping at High Point
So this weekend I decided to take a little biking trip up north to Wawayanda State Park so I can try out my new bike. It was just a killer ride up there. I can't get enough of this place. After my ride I headed up too High Point to camp ...
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5/12/07 A walk through Turkey Swamp Park
My friend Joann and I took a short little walk through Turkey Swamp today. I have never really done any walking here so it was nice to get to see a bit more than just the fields.
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5/10/07 Some shots from Mercer County Park
So I realized I have no real pictures of Mercer County Park (West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey), and wanted to get some before it was over grown with weeds and grass. But I was not able to spend TOO much time taking any real good shots. I have never had to defend myself from being attacked by mosquitoes ...
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5/05/07 My New Mountain Bike - Specialized FSR XC Comp
I bought a new 2007 Specialized FSR XC Comp a few weeks ago and figured I should take a few pictures while it was still clean. This is my first full suspension mountain bike, and am very happy with it so far.
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5/02/07 Hiking Round Valley with the girls
Karen, Jaimie and myself went hiking in Round Valley today. We did a pretty good hike around the main outside trail. We were out for about 5 hours (walking a total of 4 hours and 14 minutes), covering over 10 miles.
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4/28/07 April 2007 Trail Day With S.M.A.R.T. at Mercer County Park
April 2007 Trail Day with S.M.A.R.T. in Mercer County Park (West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey).
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4/21/07 Ringing Rocks, Waterfalls, Camping, Jim Thorpe PA = Good Times
I was finally able to get out and do some camping. We headed to Ringing Rocks state park in PA, saw a weak cave, and did some sight seeing in Jim Thorpe PA.
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4/13/07 Gay Blades and Girl Boy at Asbury Lanes
The Gay Blades and Girl Boy put on a show at the Asbury Lanes.
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3/31/07 March 2007 Trail Day With S.M.A.R.T. at Mercer County Park
Today was my first time out with SMART in Mercer County Park (West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey), and I had a great time. I love what these guys do for the park and I can't wait to help out some more. Thanks everyone.. Kevin, Yuri, Jim, Dave, Jim and of course Mick.
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3/25/07 A BDay get together at Scott's new house
Today was my B-Day and my Bro allowed us into his home to through me a B-Day bash. Nice. Thanks!
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3/19/07 A snowy walk through the Delaware Water Gap
Each year I try to go for a walk/hike up around the Delaware Water Gap. I try to hit a few of the same hikes each time. I am not sure how this turned into a tradition, but it has. And i am glad it has. i enjoy the fact that ...
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3/17/07 Ice and Snow around my house and Allaire Village
One final icy storm came through for the season and it coated everything in a thick layer of ice and snow. Enjoy!
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3/10/07 Slider from Breakwater Beach at the St Pats Day parade
Today, Seaside Heights NJ had a St Pats day parade. Christine wanted to get some extra promotion for the park (since the parade went right in front of the park) and we went out in their mascot, Slider.
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3/09/07 Abbi and Misia playin!
Christine was playing with both her cats tonight. It was a lot of fun to get some shots of them. And Misia is growing up soooo fast now. She is about 10 months old now, and doesn't look like a lil kitten anymore.
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2/17/07 Hanging with Heather in Hershey, PA
I was able to spend some good time with my good friend Heather out at her new place in Hershey today. I am glad we got to hang! Thanks for having Christine and i out! :)
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2/10/07 Visiting Longwood Gardens with Kim, Mike, and Christine
Christine, Kim, Mike and I went to Longwood Gardens today. I love this place. They have so many amazing things to look at. I can't wait to go there once it warms up so i can start enjoying the outside of the main building!
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2/10/07 Severance recording Deny at the Jam Room
Severance had a great opportunity handed to them a few months ago. The Jam room wants them to be on a new compilation album CD they are releasing. I took some shots one of the nights they were recording at the Jam Room in Howell.
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1/28/07 Cabela's Anyone?
After a day of skiing/snowboarding at Camelback Christine and i decided to stop off at Cabela's in Hamburg PA. All I can say is WOW. This place was just amazing.
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1/27/07 Skiing Camelback
Christines's friend Kim invited us up to Camelback Mountain to spend some time with her friends, as well as do some skiing/snowboarding. I love the Poconos, but I have not ever been to Camelback. I am am very happy we went.
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1/01/07 Hangin at Christines apartment
Christine and I just decided to stay in and relax this new years day. And of course my ADD and boredom forced me to chase around the cats for a while with my camera.
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12/31/06 Some clowns at the pier
Casino Pier in Seaside hosted this years Clown Festival.
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12/30/06 Hiking Tripod Rock
My friend and and I went hiking in Pyramid Mountain Park today to see Tripod Rock. This is a pretty simple 3 mile hike that has a few steeper ups and downs.
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12/25/06 My new Toy
So I got a new RC plane this past XMas. I will try to get some pictures/info up here whenever I do something with it.
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12/25/06 XMas Day in Ewing
We started out at Christine's parents house. Then headed to her grandmoms. And then again back to the Rents house! Yeah it was a busy day.
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12/25/06 XMas Night at my grandmoms
XMas and my grandmoms.
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12/24/06 XMas Eve Gift exchange at Mommoms
Tonight was XMas gift exchange with my bro and fam, as well as my grandpops BDay.
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12/24/06 XMas Eve dinner with Grandmom Ayres
After spending time with my family in Howell, Christine and I headed over to her grandmoms house for dinner.
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12/21/06 Chris and Sarah making cookies
Christine and Sarah started their yearly Cookie Baking day today. While I was there I grabbed a few shots of them doing all the dirty work, as well as some shots of their beautiful XMas lights outside.
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12/17/06 Pix of the sick Parrot fish
Here are some pictures of my blood parrot cichlid that has gotten sick with fungi. I have started treating the tank with Jungle fungi remove. It seems to be working. It was worse than this a few days ago.
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12/3/06 Putting up Mommoms Christmas Lights
Christine and I put up some lights at mommoms house today. But first we had the pleasure of dealing with the scary ass attic to get down the lights. A hard hat is mandatory because the ceiling/roof is pretty low, and the nails that come through stick out about 2 inches. ...
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12/2/06 A fast walk in Cattus Island
Christine and I had a late picnic today over in the CI park. We knew it would be one of our last before the cold of winter sat in. I am glad we went!
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11/24/06 Thanksgiving in PA
This years Thanksgiving Get together was in Pittsburgh, PA this year. Christine and i were not able to get out there for all the fun since I had to work until Wednesday. So we got there late Thursday night, and I started taking pictures next morning.
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11/19/06 Thanksgiving in Ewing/XMas gift name choices
Today Christine and I went to her parents house for our annual pre-Thanksgiving dinner with the Steward family. This is also the time that we do our name exchange for XMas gifts.
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11/19/06 Hiking Allaire
I went for a hike through the southern group camping area of Allaire State Park today. I always love mountain biking on this side of the park since it has some rather cool trees/jumps/things to get over. So i figured I would bring my camera out to share.
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10/19/06 A walk through Washingtons Crossing
I got a new job recently. HURRAY! And my new job is right near my fav park.. Washingtons Crossing. So I took a walk to check out the falls colors.
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10/13/06 Camping in Voorhees SP (page 1)
THis weekend one of Christines friends got together a trip to go camping with us and a few friends up in Voorhees State Park. This is the first time I had ever been there. I will definitely be going back again next year.
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10/1/06 Cleanin the garage at moms house
Mom asked me to clean the garage for her B-Day. A few weeks after her B-Day, we finally did!
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9/12/06 Trips to Grandma Stewards
Christine and I take trips out to her familys house every once and a while. Each time we go we usually stop in at her grandmoms house. Here are smoe of those pictures.
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9/10/06 Spending time with the family
My family came out to do our yearly "bring the grand parents to Seaside" event.
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9/10/06 Hanging In Seaside
Today was the last day that Jenkinson's Breakwater Beach Waterpark at Casino Pier (Seaside Heights, Ocean County, New Jersey) was open for the 2006 summer season, so I spent some time there to get some pictures.
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9/09/06 Kayaking in Assunpink Wildlife Management Area, with some eagles
I really enjoy Assunpink Wildlife Management Area (Robbinsville, Monmouth County, New Jersey) everytime I visit. It's a really beautiful lake with so much wildlife everywhere you go.
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9/04/06 Pictures at the Water Gap
So i took my new camera, new tripod, and a lot of memory cards up to the gap this past weekend. I finally was able to get a few pictures that i just have not been able to get with my old camera. Hope you dig!
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9/03/06 Kitties Playin
Abbi and Misia playing. I am sure I'll update this gallery many many times :)
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9/02/06 Tropical Storms bring rain?
It was a rainy day today. Breakwater Beach was closed, and i was just hanging out. So of course.. time for some pictures.
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8/10/06 A walk through Turkey Swamp Park
I took a late in the day walk over at Turkey Swamp park today. Enjoy the pix.
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8/08/06 A walk around Allaire Village
I took a nice walk around Allaire Village after work today.
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8/08/06 Bridge collapse in Allaire Village
After many days of rain, the bridge/damn collapsed that holds in the water on the small pond within the village. Here is a collection of pictures I have taken of this whole mess..
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7/29/06 Hangin at High Point and a waterfall
I took a trip this weeked up to High point so i could play with my new lenses. I just bought a Nikon AF-S VR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED IF Nikkor Test Review, and Nikon 12-24 F/4GED-If AF-S DX Zoom and wanted some nice sites to play with it.
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7/23/06 Paddling the Manasquan River with my Bro
Scott and I went out today to paddle up the Manasquan river. We launched at the Manasquan River Wildlife Management Area and headed up through Brice park and then up into Allaie. It was a nice trip. he had never done anyhting like this before which made it even funner for ...
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7/19/06 Christine's new kitty!!!!!
Christine got a new kitten last night and I got some cute pictures!
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7/18/06 A lightning storm at my place
Some cool shots of a few storms that went over my place.
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7/09/06 Lillies and birds at the Man Res
I went for a nice paddle at the Manasquan Reservoir (Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey) today. I love this place.
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7/08/06 A trip to Bear Mtn and the Palisades
Christine and I went to NY today to do some sight seeing.
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7/07/06 Paddling and wildlife on the Navesink
Rob and I went out paddling again today. We saw a lot of cool ass birds. Check them out
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7/04/06 Fun with supervisors and Fireworks in Seaside
We took some pictures of the supervisors at BWB before enjoying the fireworks in Seaside.
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7/03/06 Paddling Wawayanda with Jaimi
Just a fast paddle with Jaimi. A thunderstorm rolled in, but rolled out just as fast.
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7/01/06 AVP in Seaside
The AVP tour made a stop in Seaside this weekend. Christine and I went down to check out some of the match ups.
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6/20/06 An accident in Howell
Some pictures that I took at an accident to go into the Asbury Park Press.
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6/03/06 Hiking the rainy gap
I went for a hike with my buddy this weekend.
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5/29/06 A fast paddle off Sandy Hook
I went paddling with Rob today. Nothing big. But fun.
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5/13/06 Camping with the Wolves
Christine and I went camping up in Northern NJ this weekend. We had some good hikes, and even found a Wolf preserve up near the water gap.
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5/06/06 Enjoyingm Thompson Park, Deep Cut Gardens, and Sailing at the Manasquan Reservoir
Christine and I took a drive around to some parks in the Monmouth County system today. We hit up Thompson Grove Park (Manalapan, Monmouth County, New Jersey) to check out the fire damage. Then Deep Cut Gardens (Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey) showed us a thing or two about flowers. Finally we went sailing at the Manasquan Reservoir (Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey).
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5/05/06 Enjoying the flowers around my block
I was just wandering around my neighborhood playing with my camera trying to get some good shots of the spring growth.
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4/30/06 Paddling Round Valley with Christine
Christine and I wanted to take an sprint paddle up at one of my fav places in Jersey, Round Valley Recreation Area.
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4/29/06 Building implosion in Asbury Park
Christine and I headed over for the early morning implosion of the C-8 building in Asbury Park. Then we drove aorund randomly for a while.
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4/26/06 Sailing at the Manasquan Reservoir
Tonight was the first night that my friend took out her sailboat in a few years. I was out in the Manasquan Reservoir Environmental Center (Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey) on my kayak trying to take pictures as she zipped by. We had a great, and no one fell in! :)
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4/23/06 Some pictures at Stokes, Tillman's Ravine, and Buttermilk Falls
I decided to take a photo trip up to northern Jersey again. I stopped at Stokes forest, Tillman's Ravine, and Buttermilk Falls. Tillman's and Buttermilk can both be found within the Jersey side of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.
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4/19/06 Guinea Pigs possing for the camera
It was a really nice spring day outside today. Christine and I were hanging outside my house and figured we would let my guinea pigs enjoy it as well.
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4/19/06 Hanging at a Blueclaws baseball game
Christine and I went along to chaperon a Blueclaws game for my mom school. I really like this stadium and enjoy going back each year.
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4/15/06 Paddling the Sedge Islands with Rob
The sedge islands are the wildlife area (a lot of islands) on the Barnegate Bay side of Island Beach state park.
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4/08/06 A visit to the Franklin Institute in Phili
Christine, ROn and myself went to Phili today to check out the "Body Worlds" exhibit. Too bad I wasn't able to take pictures of these creepy ass things. But here are some pictures from the rest of the place.
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4/01/06 Christines boat and hockey
Christine and I went out to Ewing to check out the shape of her sailboat. And then enjoyed a hockey game in Trenton.
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3/26/06 Swans, and me taking apart my new truck
SOme swans visit Christines lagoon. And I work on putting in my new system on a less then 2 weeks old truck.
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3/25/06 Move In Day
Moving day for Christine!
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3/19/06 Karen and the fam visit Jersey, Day one
Some pictures from karane's trip up to Jersey with her family.
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3/05/06 Severance at Starland Ballroom
I took some pictures of Severance, as well as a few bands before they went on.
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2/24/06 Visiting Christine's Family
Christine needed to get some help with her taxes, so we headed out to get that help from her dad.
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2/12/06 Playin in the snow
Since we can't ski in central jersey, Christine and i to get some use out of our ski clothes and play in the snow.
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2/11/06 Snowboard contest and ice on Kaaterskill falls while visting Hunter
Christine and I went up to Hunter Mtn to snowboard/ski for the weekend. The was a competion going on that day, as well as some live live music. It was pretty cool.
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2/04/06 My flowery photo shoot
I decided to play with my camera and new SB-600 Nikon speedlight and see what i cuold upll off. Kinda good for not knowing much.
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1/28/06 A wintery walk through Allaire
Christine and I took a walk through Allaire Village this cold afternoon.
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1/21/06 2006 US Snowboard Grand Prix at Mountain Creek NJ
This was the last competition before the 2006 Olympics that decided who would be on the team.
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1/15/06 A snowy mornin and Abby's Playin
Some snow and some pictures and Christine's cat playing.
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1/14/06 Breakwtaer Beach Manager Meeting/gettogether at Christines
Christine had the new managers over for a chat about the up coming year. As well as having some good times :)
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1/06/06 Severance at the Pony
Some pix from Severance playing at the Pony
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1/05/06 Dans Jammin
I figured I would hang with Dan and Jason as they jammed.
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1/02/06 My new camera at Manasquan Reservoir
I took a walk around the main office in the Manasquan Reservoir (Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey) today. I was just playing with some settings and seeing what it can do!
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12/31/05 Abbi and Katnip. Sweet
Xmas is over. Its now New Years eve. All is well. Time to relax at the GFs house and get her cat high on katnip :)
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12/25/05 Xmas with Christine's fam
Merry Xmas!
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12/25/05 Xmas with My fam
Merry Xmas!
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12/24/05 X-Mas eve with Christine's Fam
After my grandpas B-Day din din we headed out to an X-Mas eve mass with Christine's family in Ewing.
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12/24/05 Poppops B-Day!
Tonight we went out for my grandpas B-Day
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12/23/05 Kitty Kitty Kitty
Christines cat is retarded. She plays with her water dish all the time. And by plays I mean she splashes it out all over the place. She does this all the time. Its forced CHristine to have to keep the water dish in the bathtub! So we decided to take some ...
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12/19/05 Holidays at Longwood Gardens (page 1)
Christine and I headed over to Longwood Gardens to enjoy their amazing Holiday lights display. Its amazing what they did with this place.
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12/17/05 XMas In Allaire Village!
I took a walk through Allaire village today. To my surprise, Santa riding with the kids on the small railroad oval. Here are a few pictures from around the village.
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12/16/05 Ocean Waves, Surfing, Birds, a Cat, And XMas Tree Lights
I visited Christine today at the water park she manages (Breakwater Beach) in Seaside NJ and decided to take a walksie out on the beach. A few things came together to form great waves today. An Off shore breaze, a large off shore storm, and high tide. Then later in the ...
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12/10/05 Skiing/Snowboarding up at Hunter!
So we are headin up to Hunter NY again to go skiing/snowboarding. Its my first time doing this... but I am defintiely up for the challenge.
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12/9/05 Another show with my brothers band
I played with my brothers band again this past weekend at a bar in Red Bank called the Walt Street. Here are a few pictures taken by my girlfriend. Thanks Christine :)
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12/3/05 Xmas Lights at my grandparents house
My bro, my girl, and I were putting up the Xmas lights today. So of course.. time for pictures. And its the first day with my new camera! Its a Nikon D70. And since Christine was being more of a manager then a helper, she tended to some px :)
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11/22/05 Thanksgiving in Michigan
THanks giving 2005 was shared with my new amazing girlfriend and her family. We headed out to Michigan for a few days of fun. Enjoy!
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11/20/05 Thanksgiving with the fam in Ewing
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11/6/05 A fall paddle at Prospertown
Christine and I went for a fall paddle in Prospertown Lake. That's a wildlife management area right next to Great Adventure in Jackson. This is part of the lake system that is actually in the theme park itself. But you can't paddle all the way in anymore. You get to a ...
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11/5/05 Becky's Halftime Show
Christine and I headed to this game to watch her cousin perform in her highschool's halftime show. I believe the school we are at is Monroe High, and the teams we are watching is Monroe verses someone that wasn't Monroe :)
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11/5/05 Visiting Barnegat Light House
Some pictures from the Barnegat Light House.
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10/30/05 Camping with my friend (Day One)
My friend Christine and I went camping this weekend down in Cape May with her family.
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10/23/05 Northern Jersey trip with Christine
Christine and I took another trip to Northern NJ to visit my fav places. She had never been there before.. so I was happy to show her aorund :)
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10/16/05 A trip around some Monmouth County Parks
I took a trip today to a few parks that part of the Monmouth County Park System.
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10/15/05 My benefit concert
I played a show with my brothers band. We had a great time playing, hangin out, and giving people at the show some music to dance to. Enjoy the pictures!
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10/1/05 Up Mt Tammany
A hike up to the most noticable spot when driving up through the Delaware Water Gap.
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9/29/05 Jays B-Day party
Some pictures from Jason's B-Day party!
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9/17/05 Skydiving!
A group of friends and I went out and went skydiving this past weekend. Here are a good amount of pictures from the ground and up during our jumps!
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9/14/05 Party at Christines
This years B-Day party for the one and only Christine S.
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9/11/05 Breakwater Beach Water Park - Second Visit
So I went back the next week and took a LOT more picture of the park. It was their last day of the season (pretty much) and we wanted to get lots of pictures of the employees. It was a rather fun day!
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9/11/05 Car show at the Jersey Shore
A small classic car show in Seaside, NJ
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9/05/05 Small hike at Round Valley
A friend and I went for a small hike up in Round Valley. I love this place.
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9/04/05 Paddling Assunpink Wildlife Management Area
Once again, I paddled around Assunpink Wildlife Management Area (Robbinsville, Monmouth County, New Jersey). The flora and fauna were out in force today.
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9/03/05 Breakwater Beach Water Park & Casino Pier - First Visit
My girlfriend works at Breakwater Beach in Seaside. I spent the day down there and took a looot of pictures.
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8/27/05 Paddling out to our campsite
Ny buddy and I camped up at Round valley the the weekend. Its a killer place. You either paddle across the lake or hike 4-6 miles out to your sites. We choose to paddle.
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8/25/05 Sail boats, nice houses, and a lil tug boat
This paddle started at a launch point in Rumsun, heading west along the Navesink river towards Red bank.
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8/20/05 Assunpink - Pictures and Paddling
I woke up early this morning and wanted to head out to Assunpink Wildlife Management Area (Robbinsville, Monmouth County, New Jersey) for a while. I was able to play with my new camera, as well as get out paddling for a while. This place is always great.
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8/17/05 Paddling the Manasquan River (once again)
A paddle from Gull Island (off Broadway in Pt Pleasent), up past the Rt. 70 bridge in Brick.
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8/13/05 Hershey Park here we come
A lil group trip to Hershey park.
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8/06/05 Kayaking near Great Adventure
I dig this lake. Small, nice, quiet (when Great Aventure is not open). Just a very nice paddle.
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7/28/05 2005 Monmouth County Fair
A simple night at the Monmouth County Fair.
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7/22/05 Camping, Hiking, A zoo...
Hiking, camping, Space Farms Zoo, kayaking, and more. What a busy weekend.
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7/21/05 Fungis, trains, and Allaire Village
I took a good sized walk through Allaire camp ground and Allaire village today. I also took a few pictures. Enjoy!
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7/19/05 Trip to Detroit
I was sent to Detroit for some training that just wasn't needed. The trip wasn't a total waste. I was able to see a bit of downtown Detroit and a rather interesting new printing press.
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7/14/05 Paddling Forge Pond and the Metedeconk River
Simple paddlin in Central NJ.
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7/09/05 Some paddling and some photography in northern NJ
We decided to to go up north today to a kayak/canoe/raft outfitter. They bring us up the Delaware 4 or 8 miles, and we paddle back down to the starting location. We wanted to do the 8 mile trip, but something happened at the company, and they only could take us ...
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7/05/05 Paddling on the Delaware (Near New Hope, PA)
A nice trip paddling up the Delaware River past New Hope and the surrounding areas.
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7/03/05 Big swells, paddling, and guns
So I went paddling today with my friend again. We tried out a new launch site that put us out on the Rariton bay, about a mile and a half west of the pier at Naval Weapons Station Earle. We headed out like normal, with me facing my first 2+ foot ...
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7/02/05 Fireworks at Mercer County Park
This was my attempt to use my camera to capture the show in Mercer County Park (West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey). Some actually turned out nice.
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6/26/05 Simple Paddling
My friend and I took a nice simple paddle up the manasquan river, starting at the Wildlife Management Area in Allenwood, NJ.
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6/25/05 Island Beach State Park and Barnegat Bay
A few friends and I went down to Island Beach and went out for a paddle on the bay and through the sedge islands.
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6/24/05 Dans Accident
My buddy Dan got into an accident. Here are the pictures of his car at the junk yard.
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6/18/05 B-Day get together at the movie theater
My friends Steve's girl friend rented out a moview theater to throw him a small B-Day party and watch a movie.
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6/17/05 Kayaking the Manasquan River. Along with some dogs
Some kayaking, rope swings, and dogs. Good day I tell you!
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6/12/05 Huber Woods and me
A quick bike ride, and then some pictures
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6/09/05 Kayaking the Navesink
I went kayaking with my friend Rob. Enjoy!
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5/31/05 Wawayanda / Drive-In / Hiking / Kayaking trip
I took a trip up to northern NJ / southern NY this past weekend. I just needed to get away for a few hours. A few hours turned into 2 days. Definitely had a good time.
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5/27/05 Paddlin the Run
Some pictures from a kayaking trip I took up to Spruce Run recreation area.
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5/14/05 Quick trip to Monmouth Park Racetrack
A few pictures from opening day of 2005 at Monmouth Park Racetrack.
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4/20/05 Blueclaws Game
My moms school had a field trip to a Blueclaws game and I was asked to be a chaperon. Here are the pictures.
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4/14/05 Paddling through the Manasquan estuary
Just a simple early spring paddle through the Manasquan Wildlife Management Area.
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3/20/05 Pictures from a road trip trip to north Jersey
I went to a road trips one foggy Sunday earlier this year. I went to the Deleware Water Gap, a water fall deeper in the park, Wawayanda State Park, and a few other places.
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3/18/05 A digital photography class for me
The Monmouth County Park system offers TONS of awesome classes/programs/courses all year round. One of them was a 2 day class on basic digital camera techniques. After some lecturing and watching a slide show of TONS of awesome pictures, we took pictures of animals in the Manasquan Reservoir Environmental Center (Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey).
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2/26/05 My Grandparents surprise 67th wedding anniversary
Some pictures from our surprise 67th wedding anniversary that we through for my grandparents. We had up a bunch of people. including my sister from Florida.
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12/16/04 Trip to NYC
A trip I took with my friend to NYC.
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9/24/04 Early morning paddle with a bald eagle
I went out really early one morning to go for a paddle at the Manasquan Reservoir (Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey). The reservoir is amazing in the morning. Calm water. Birds singing. Definitely rocks.
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8/06/04 Fast Trip To Disney
Some pictures from a fast weekend trip to Disney World in Florida.
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5/30/04 Wine Festival/Allamuchy State Park
Today my friend Jaimi and I decided to go the New Jersey Blues & Wine up in good old Waterloo Village (Stanhope, Warren County, New Jersey). It was a simple day full of free wine, good food, beautiful weather, and good times. Being the outdoor adventurers we have become in the last month, we HAD to ...
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5/29/04 Bushkill Falls hike
The "Niagara of Pennsylvania", Bushkill Falls (Bushkill, Northampton County, Pennsylvania) is among the Keystone State's most famous scenic attractions. Today I was able to enjoy this great location.
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5/23/04 Enjoying the Manasquan Reservoir
This was before I bought a kayak and was forced to rent row boats at the Manasquan Reservoir (Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey). YUCK! :)
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5/22/04 Hiking Round Valley State Park
Round Valley Recreation Area (Lebanon, Hunterdon County, New Jersey) is a killer park in what I would consider North Jersey. Back in the 60s, the state bought up all the land in this particular valley, dammed the 2 lowest gaps between the hills, and filled it with water. This place contains a GREAT trail for both biking and ...
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5/16/04 Hiking the Delaware Water Gap
Simple hiking trip up to the DWG.
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3/27/04 A walk up at pops
My sister was up from Florida to visit my dad, so my bro and I headed up there so we could all spend the day together. This was some of our adventure :)
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2/18/04 A chilly walk at the Manasquan Reservoir
I decided to take a walk around the Manasquan Reservoir (Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey). I really love this place.
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1/27/04 Quick walk around Allaire Village
Historic Allaire Village (Wall, Monmouth County, New Jersey) is a historic village found within a in central Jersey called Allaire State Park (Wall, Monmouth County, New Jersey). I decided to go for a small walk today right after a few hours of snow in the morning.
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1/20/04 Cold High Point State Park
I took a trip up to New York/north Jersey this past winter and made a nice chiller stop in High Point State Park (Sussex, Sussex County, New Jersey).
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11/5/03 Trip to California
I went out to Cali over Halloween in 2003. It was a mix between a business trip..meeting up with a company I might be doing work with..as well as a personal trip. I mean, how couldn't it be..would you go explore if you were dropped out into Cali?! :)
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9/01/03 Road trip to Florida!
After a Looong summer and a rough breakup I needed to get away! So I did.
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7/17/03 Get together at my Grandparents
Some family pictures from a get together with my family in 2003. My sister was up with my niece Megan.
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6/04/03 My aunt Jans wedding
Congrats!
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5/25/03 Trip to Vermont
Over the the Memorial Day weekend of 2003, my friend Sue and I headed up to spend a few days at her parents house in Rutland VT (near Kilington). Here are some pictures from our trip.
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3/24/03 Small B-Day get together
For my B-Day this year, I had some family and friends over to the Princeton NJ area for some food at the Big Fish.
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2/23/03 My Grandparents 65th anniversary
Some family pictures from my grandparents 65th anniversary, while at the Empire Dinner on Rt 9 in Freehold, NJ.
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12/31/02 New Years 2002 in Vermont
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10/11/02 Kayaking the Lehigh
I have been getting into kayaking more and more. I have rented one a million times at the Manasquan Reservoir (Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey), but wanted to really learn how to handle one. A few friends and I decided to take a river kayaking class through Whitewater Challengers (Weatherly, Carbon County, Pennsylvania) in the Lehigh Gorge State Park (Luzerne | Carbon, Pennsylvania). Here are the pictures from that ...
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7/13/02 Carbon 14 Concert pictures posted
Here are some picts of my last show with Carbon 14. :( Pretty much, I knew I was not contributing what I needed to contribute to the band, to be a real part of it. I have other things going on in my life right now, that do not ...
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6/24/02 Carbon 14 Concert - 06/24/2002
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6/01/02 My my new apt/new office - Jun/Jul, 2002
Here are some picts of my recent move, including my move itself, apartment shots, new and old office, and some before furniture/after furniture shots. All are taken around mid June-early July, 2002.

3/09/02 Carbon 14 Concert - 03/09/2002

2/25/02 Flying, hiking and friends
Today I took a plane ride out of Allaire Airport with my Friend Anna. I am allll about flying so this was great. We also hit up Allaire State Park (Wall, Monmouth County, New Jersey) for a bit.
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