Malaga Lake Nature Trail – Malaga Lake Park – Franklin Township, Gloucester County, NJ Distance – 1.1 miles total Type – Lollipop Difficulty: 1 of 10

Website – Franklin Township Website Open – Sunrise to Sunset

Terrain – woods and wetlands Surface – Dirt

Trailheads – 39°34’51.19″N, 75° 3’25.31″W

Directions – 445 Malaga Park Dr, Malaga, NJ 08328

Parking – Two good sized lots, one next to the playground, one by the boat launch

Dog friendly? No dogs allowed on the beach, did not see any notices by the trail itself (and saw and pet three dogs along the [...]

Hope everyone got a chuckle! These pictures are from a six day backpacking trip to Grand Teton National Park in 2012.

Kent Manderville Preserve – Barrington, Camden County, NJ Distance – 6 miles total Type – Loop trail Difficulty:  6 of 10

Website – Kent Manderville Preserve Open – Sunrise to Sunset.

Terrain – Field, swamps, hills Surface – Dirt

Trailheads – 43°59’33.81″N, 102°14’30.03″W

Directions –

Parking – Good sized lot

Dog friendly? Very dog friendly Stroller friendly? Very dog friendly Benches? Yes Facilities?: None

Markings – on [...]

So one of my many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many interests that I fake knowing something about is architecture.  And my favorite style of architecture by FAR is “mid-20th century futuristic space architecture.”  I absolute adore the crazy stuff that people dreamed up at that time.  It was the height of the space race, and people around the world looked forward to a time of robots and flying cars.

Crazy.

So crazy.

But this idea of buildings of the future went way further than just giant [...]

Merchantville Bike Trail – Merchantville, Camden County, NJ Distance –  1.1 miles one way (2.2 out-and-back) Type – Out-and-back Difficulty:  1 of 10

Website – https://merchantvillenj.gov/ Open – Sunrise to Sunset.

Terrain – Flat Surface – Paved

Trailheads – East trailhead –  39°57’10.61″N,  75° 2’36.87″W West trailhead –  39°57’3.00″N,  75° 3’46.54″W