Garden State

Monday, November 5th, 2007
Abingdon, Maryland to Absecon, New Jersey

194.5 miles
Clear and cold


I lied about the great color at dusk last night. My polarized lenses deceived me. It was actually just shades of faded browns again. Oh well – it looked good last night!

Wonder what treasures you’d find at the “5 and dime Antique Store”??

Passed thru the top part of Delaware, the “Home of Tax Free Shopping” – at least that’s what the welcome sign says!

Into New Jersey, saw lots of ‘vote green party’ signs. Tomorrow is election day and there are signs everywhere!


Surprise, again, for me – New Jersey isn’t just a giant city. At least this southern end of the state is pretty fertile farmland! And several subdivisions with two and three story homes on acre sized lots. Most of the little towns are, for instance, Absecon Twp. Had to look that up – Twp? Appears to simply mean township . . . weird bloody abbreviation for township, if you ask me!


And I must say, this ‘Garden State’ doesn’t spend any money on its roads! One assumes that the State makes some money off Atlantic City, but it obviously goes somewhere other than onto the streets – worst roads I’ve driven on this entire trip!


Nice countryside though. But it’s closing down – almost all the farmers markets are closed, businesses are closed, RV parks are closed! Many of the homes have sun rooms, and apparently they do have winter, because they have more of the signs saying ‘no parking when the roads are snow covered.’ Guess people stay home in the sun rooms.

Interesting sign “Deer Corn and Horseshit for Sale” - I’m not kidding!

The center of this peninsula, around Buena and further south, some trees still have good color, and there are still crops in the ground. Pretty!

I cruised the resort area of Cape May – pretty much shut down. New Jersey’s attempt at Cape Cod, I think, but doesn’t approach the class at all, in my humble opinion.

Shady Pines Camping Resort
443 S 6th Avvenue
Absecon Highlands Galloway TWP 
NJ  08205