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Category: day trips

places a family might travel throughout New Jersey

Sandy Hook: Nature and History

mortary at Sandy Hook, NJ

Sandy Hook is a peninsula at the top of Jersey Shore with ocean beaches and little cove beaches. At the far end is a lighthouse and historical buildings. See horseshoe crabs, lighthouse, mortar battery and scenery.

Filed in: Central New Jersey, day trips, nature Tagged: horseshoe crab • Sandy Hook(8 Comments)

Shakespeare at Rutgers Gardens

Puck

Midsummer Night’s Dream, play by Shakespeare, was performed at Rutgers Gardens in New Brunswick, NJ. Puck, Hermia, Demetrius, Lysander, Helena, Oberon and Titania are some of the characters.

Filed in: Central New Jersey, day trips, drama Tagged: Rutgers Gardens(12 Comments)

Rutgers Gardens in October

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October Rutgers Gardens post shows Gomphrena globosa, bench in rain garden, chipmunk, Raritan River foliage and Donald B. Lacy Display garden

Filed in: Central New Jersey, day trips, nature Tagged: Raritan River • Rutgers Gardens(24 Comments)

Thursday Theme: Blurry

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Rutgers Gardens – pom pom flowers and chipmunk that moves and causes blur in a camera. A fun trip with Hannah Katsman who saw the chipmunks.

Filed in: Central New Jersey, day trips, photography Tagged: Rutgers Gardens(19 Comments)

Seagulls at Point Pleasant Beach

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Seagulls at Point Pleasant Beach in New Jersey: jumping seagull, flying seagulls, seagull pose for camera, seagull eats and seagulls stare.

Filed in: Central New Jersey, day trips, nature(26 Comments)

Birds at Philadelphia Zoo and Bird Migration, Too

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Birds at Philadelphia Zoo ranged from African Savannah birds to black birds flying in trees to peacock. Watch movie about oriole Otis at zoo aviary.

Filed in: Central New Jersey, day trips, nature(28 Comments)

Review at the Zoo with Giraffes

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Review with giraffes at the Philadelphia Zoo, history of Poland and its Jewish communities, confounding factors in studies and blog exercise

Filed in: Central New Jersey, day trips, photography, week in review(4 Comments)

Sons of Israel in Asbury Park

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Congregation Sons of Israel in Asbury Park was founded in 1904. Syngagoge building built in 1949 now is a church.

Filed in: Central New Jersey, day trips, Jewish Tagged: Asbury Park(47 Comments)

Johnson Park and Delaware & Raritan Canal

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Geese live in Johnson Park. Johnson Park is in both Piscataway and Highland Park, New Jersey. The Delaware & Raritan Canal is across the Raritan River from Johnson Park.

Filed in: Central New Jersey, day trips, New Brunswick Tagged: Johnson Park(12 Comments)

Red Beach Chair at Asbury Park Beach

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This red beach chair photo may make it appear that there is hardly anyone at the Asbury Park Beach on July 4th, but in truth it was quite crowded on the beach.

Filed in: Central New Jersey, day trips Tagged: Asbury Park(14 Comments)

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