tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44986413372174179592024-02-08T01:19:39.776-05:00To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone… In A WhileWritings From A Modern-Day Indiana Jones
Exploring that which society has left behind.AK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-77418015954633331732011-03-23T16:24:00.002-04:002011-03-23T16:33:08.660-04:00What's-in-the-Woods WednesdayHey everybody, went rambling around in the woods -as I'm prone to do- i came across this little gem of a.. well... dunno really. Looks like a platform of sorts. It's made of rebar-reinforced concrete and has held up for a pretty long time.<br /><br />Either way, looks neat, if anybody knows anything about it or stuff like this please let me know.<br /><br />Location: Midland Park, NJ by the old blown-out dam.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_z_4rGfXjtX7Upb2JKb2cIApJ_-Xnux9QMsihKuDRqQnZu6mzS_3qMZalzK5V_TzobT0MdubU0I8NUn5bjbqK2h-ip_Ayc-gUhUe3dsnngU2XYa8u2cAo-57bXf_0T01WOPnM5AW4Ri11/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_z_4rGfXjtX7Upb2JKb2cIApJ_-Xnux9QMsihKuDRqQnZu6mzS_3qMZalzK5V_TzobT0MdubU0I8NUn5bjbqK2h-ip_Ayc-gUhUe3dsnngU2XYa8u2cAo-57bXf_0T01WOPnM5AW4Ri11/s320/photo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587376049737090018" border="0" /></a><br />Be Legendary,<br />-AK the JefeAK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-16331450387157927712010-12-26T17:59:00.008-05:002010-12-26T20:04:30.414-05:00The Old Jail on New StreetSnow lightly falling, I ventured into the depths of Newark to the Science district around Rutgers to see the Old Jail of New Street. Built in 1837 for the staggering sum of $30,000 to replace it's predecessor that burned down two years before. Just to put that in perspective, that's about $14.5 to $16.5 million dollars in today's money.<br /><br />I took an interest in this place after talking to a guy who worked on it's replacement: it was there he learned the first rule of plumbing: never bite your nails.<br /><br />So, not getting much of an oppertunity to explore inside, I'll leave you with these shots.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHe_3RO6j_GN30_27gGVcTiZly9GQtu2gT34qyYNg4ubCi1uEuZfI3mlzEprdZXtVgInBgD2hx3Z-ax2sst_hXqqxk8Qp-DO2mILCFvVcLP-0ChJxbQpcf56u-p6qThlwcW0Pmg7s2bVeB/s1600/IMG_2015.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHe_3RO6j_GN30_27gGVcTiZly9GQtu2gT34qyYNg4ubCi1uEuZfI3mlzEprdZXtVgInBgD2hx3Z-ax2sst_hXqqxk8Qp-DO2mILCFvVcLP-0ChJxbQpcf56u-p6qThlwcW0Pmg7s2bVeB/s320/IMG_2015.JPG" alt="" 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrU9LY5Psx8rsfqA-f6Il7D05bmzYp48U3Boq7Oa4SdHNxUF8GP3PMXXHsh4Ofk3v38PnwMnvftzZiEH0UM_5DMfVISK3UXWqqGEXHDbnpRlveNlmBJWIYia1L-hVjyK13s8X-pYhBlhpR/s1600/IMG_2008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrU9LY5Psx8rsfqA-f6Il7D05bmzYp48U3Boq7Oa4SdHNxUF8GP3PMXXHsh4Ofk3v38PnwMnvftzZiEH0UM_5DMfVISK3UXWqqGEXHDbnpRlveNlmBJWIYia1L-hVjyK13s8X-pYhBlhpR/s320/IMG_2008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555160733126537858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjChKXGQ51uUkcNi_SwVq_E8y1PIPP5U9GcfdZAJPBGAGy_QcsbvPAtMT2iLX1ep8m99oG5pGsu4Vv4_Xg70xjv6e-N0y5Rl5gAUC3AnOTZEwzDWXMGaie93a5URI2hRHMpfx4YpQC74f/s1600/IMG_2007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjVMV9PcKc4rFXD3WeZpr62e3jymQYeFCeuBndCQ_8CjrxBEMMq2Sl9nC6pwX5gi1IPbMjAyZmPEUHJIMKzcf-jF5c0PE9myXh9S-Jw-YLxjGWiABeOvil9pAKg9NTtqORph4AjUA9RVU/s320/IMG_2006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555160720592372210" border="0" /></a><br />Merry Christmas.<br /><br />Be legendary, my friends.<br /><br />-AKtheJefeAK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-64215274853493699762010-09-12T17:11:00.003-04:002010-09-12T17:15:44.054-04:00Pleasureland: LostI heard from a person who tried to visit it that there was large construction equipment around.<br /><br />Not a good sign.<br /><br />Having visited Pleasureland i kid you not two weeks ago, and it was fine, coming here today was like an unmercifully hard punch to the stomach.<br /><br />Abandoned for decades, withstanding the ravages of Mother Nature's hellish, unmerciful and unrelenting assault, and years of being raided by punks with spray cans, and crews looking to level the once proud and family-friendly attraction.<br /><br />I'll leave you with the pictures of this fine, fine place.<br /><center><center><br /><a href="http://s816.photobucket.com/albums/zz88/akthejefe/Pleasureland/?action=view&current=CIMG6323.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz88/akthejefe/Pleasureland/th_CIMG6323.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><a href="http://s816.photobucket.com/albums/zz88/akthejefe/Pleasureland/?action=view&current=CIMG6324.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz88/akthejefe/Pleasureland/th_CIMG6324.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><a href="http://s816.photobucket.com/albums/zz88/akthejefe/Pleasureland/?action=view&current=CIMG6325.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz88/akthejefe/Pleasureland/th_CIMG6325.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><a 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Save yourself and us!”<br />But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don't you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”<br />Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”<br />Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.” Luke 23: 39-43<br /><br />Indeed this place has done nothing wrong, and deserves no punishment but to while away and let Nature take it's course, being visited like a holy shrine to Explorers. Now, as Sunday comes to a close and Monday morning drives ever closer and the Crews take to their equipment to tear this sacred place down... we remember not as it closed, in the wake of a violent massacre, not as it was destroyed, but as it was when open: a place of happiness and bliss.<br /><br />Of Paradise.<br /><br />Rest in Peace, Pleasureland. 1934 - 2010AK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-83484247541641779332010-02-03T11:54:00.006-05:002010-02-03T12:08:07.156-05:00Deserted BarnKinda at a loss for words as to what else to call this place, I guess "Deserted Barn' pretty much sums it up fairly well.<br /><br />Me and Sweetie <span style="font-style: italic;">-Sweetie and I- </span>were originally looking for a place called the 'Collage House' which looks a lot like the Addam's Family house<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kamarox.com/addamshouse.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 276px;" src="http://www.kamarox.com/addamshouse.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>But unfortunatly, as we discovered, it got torn down and turned into a<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.quick-chek.com/upload/contents/287/Lnd_history.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 550px; height: 190px;" src="http://www.quick-chek.com/upload/contents/287/Lnd_history.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />So on our way back down Rt. 23, I see a HUGE abandoned-looking farm.<br /><br />Intrigued, I pull in and check for the ominous NO TRESSPASSING signs and saw none.<br /><br />So, lookin around in the frigid cold, I snapped these shots of a remarkably preserved barn, hope you enjoy.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmzDo8ntk8P0CO-CqMqpgzvfRhwV_DJwXWX_fk3YT_AAZIr94rPp7UzWNl0O6qOKYCjOX6OWNFNj0eNMvskfXjF369Rw0JsuZkeUgNg6Im8fIHl65aKy1jWMNxK3tQ-lyTGu-gU87r2NN/s1600-h/CIMG3232.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFweiE7y2Il-T4kf-EkxBYT4M6-E8QSp-qDOCDL2pqyVeh-EYF4kU7qGnH7HjM4JUjWbSfab5pd4krUJj535i1PvhQrcKo4GtQIa2KH7bG00DDyRV7rYEh9dGhjyQKSRO51F3czQ6zRzp/s400/CIMG3225.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434064182433696914" border="0" /></a><br />Walked behind the barn for a ways and THIS is all I got to. From the abundance of tracks, I'm guessing people walk their dogs back here alot.<br />Either that or there's a lot of wolves following hikers.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hcLyrx6JOA4L1CgHEBBhsvqFjdhqmr2CkkvDZ6eXAy4I8HmdSJwT2_A4BEFdUfzG7Jbu_oClD07OAcg5kR9UmiX-UYGm0rK51VAtSfL0zugRV5V_zqLYuQ7l6cYvOdMhmiIeF4B2b5Qq/s1600-h/CIMG3223.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hcLyrx6JOA4L1CgHEBBhsvqFjdhqmr2CkkvDZ6eXAy4I8HmdSJwT2_A4BEFdUfzG7Jbu_oClD07OAcg5kR9UmiX-UYGm0rK51VAtSfL0zugRV5V_zqLYuQ7l6cYvOdMhmiIeF4B2b5Qq/s400/CIMG3223.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434064183462143266" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIwuZZqC7ZXZ6Mqpoy6ClyHyh6e5D7QauC-fADk706AWgbRWrkBg_237Fj5yAK86RY9G57rEZqiO79FW_pDO2TZB0UoYGEmeHsWIGtbXx3-dxdrvkQitjdIsXNdJZJW_3dcI78qnjT8GQS/s1600-h/CIMG3235.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtJInnPlLLKF-26EL-xmPhl3FE6OI5Uf_2Kw93ZLyTkT_sVN-PoXLxKCGXGOjG3tGC9DR81bPAhbhXZTGu6ASgNDWxgK86oscQpw5xOBZM1cbjwCca3YyhC-6JCxM2AcD7HPGdKDYQew-/s400/CIMG3217.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434064015875551234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ61eZo99SRRabTfBA7nbkaafu0HUPWOPiVi1IdrTWHu-g6SRAt-m7TYp3OAbYWn6_ZLn4ZoUFY9hQ4GPOkijZ2er2qY9oju0Vrg4rlsRfVCda1lEc6G9xP_hefwSXNNqfcvdmcoflLKlZ/s1600-h/CIMG3215.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ61eZo99SRRabTfBA7nbkaafu0HUPWOPiVi1IdrTWHu-g6SRAt-m7TYp3OAbYWn6_ZLn4ZoUFY9hQ4GPOkijZ2er2qY9oju0Vrg4rlsRfVCda1lEc6G9xP_hefwSXNNqfcvdmcoflLKlZ/s400/CIMG3215.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434064011331611250" border="0" /></a><br /><br />-AKAK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-29777842979715000512010-02-03T11:20:00.005-05:002010-02-03T11:49:42.447-05:00Deserted VillageAs an explorer (how i see myself at least) I spend a lot of time researching, tracking, investigating, and pouring over countless satellite images of a place BEFORE I even set out with camera in hand looking for it.<br />My reasonings are simple:<br />1. No wasted trips. I like having a (rough) idea where we're going.<br />2. Not wandering about too long.<br /><br />Though I personally like the phrase by Tolken, "Not all who wander are lost" I do like to know that this-odd-thing-in-the-woods-that-may-look-interesting is in THAT direction, as opposed to behind you, on the other side of the road, around the corner, or got burned down 3 years ago.<br /><br />However, with this trip, my research time was almost for naught, having found an ACTUAL address, and not only that... there were actual <span style="font-style: italic;">signs</span> that said DESERTED VILLAGE on them.<br /><br />Bingo.<br /><br />So this place in the Watchung Reservation, the 'Deserted Village', once called Feltville, was settled first in the early 1700s by a guy from Long Island who built a saw mill, but that got town down literally hundreds of years ago.<br /><br />Then comes this guy named David Felt, a businessman from Boston who moves to New York City to build a factory, realizes that he's successful beyond his wildest dreams, and then builds a second one where Feltville now stands.<br /><br />So, he builds the factory, housing, and employs about 175 of the local residents who refer to him as King David since he obliges them to attend church every Sunday, and effectivly runs their lives while in power. By about 1875, he's out of business and sells the property.<br /><br />it changed hands a few times before eventually ending up as it is, abandoned (except for one or two families in houses up the road) and part of the Union County Parks Division.<br /><br />It's pretty cool to go there, but it wasn't just cool... it was <span style="font-style: italic;">COLD</span> when we went, so our trip wasn't as long as we would have liked but it was fun nonetheless.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGjQT6pSFs1atAx1h6qFzxAyny2JW_ptRbKuNQIMX_EjI34zjLrwqsSK34kHuaQ3VpaKaikFuJnqZ7WUo8Qi_UCSv1XKtny3IRsZ3nQxPoNP7ByZJPye884CRMN8dY0EDFPc9R3HikgYx/s1600-h/CIMG3202.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGjQT6pSFs1atAx1h6qFzxAyny2JW_ptRbKuNQIMX_EjI34zjLrwqsSK34kHuaQ3VpaKaikFuJnqZ7WUo8Qi_UCSv1XKtny3IRsZ3nQxPoNP7ByZJPye884CRMN8dY0EDFPc9R3HikgYx/s400/CIMG3202.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434059691646896418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZACVdNNxHc0AljEDWpxK0fTO18d6TOYK-qLx0KL2B3BN5eRrwZgCQoxfRVzoYzO8HYTD4zTljeCnakBLLT4JytM0uqDvs1hvOEPsBVNtfmfFKLti1Zm4uxyuIN3-Qh3grn0VAV76nMRr/s1600-h/CIMG3201.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZACVdNNxHc0AljEDWpxK0fTO18d6TOYK-qLx0KL2B3BN5eRrwZgCQoxfRVzoYzO8HYTD4zTljeCnakBLLT4JytM0uqDvs1hvOEPsBVNtfmfFKLti1Zm4uxyuIN3-Qh3grn0VAV76nMRr/s400/CIMG3201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434059688399554066" border="0" /></a>A <span style="font-style: italic;">unique</span> fixer-upper<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGDTUiZasAxuT8n2RIahSMmG3hpZWKsHLeNTTf2m2ex9WJnd88wnW2VzixgaQNMF2XfAP4OKGviJb9EWeTW5du9fPcCY9-xrW35Knzob5ho_UCRVTq61482vUXkVMyl_Iy13ak1J_S-N6/s1600-h/CIMG3208.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGDTUiZasAxuT8n2RIahSMmG3hpZWKsHLeNTTf2m2ex9WJnd88wnW2VzixgaQNMF2XfAP4OKGviJb9EWeTW5du9fPcCY9-xrW35Knzob5ho_UCRVTq61482vUXkVMyl_Iy13ak1J_S-N6/s400/CIMG3208.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434059684029664226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9-WVRK_Iw1tZLbM9tVNA86xyOYB_OkRQqNZFMcr1rz7u4KZr8GTXvTWbUyk-vlioIzqRXjq8i_oFazGxnd1ZnGkDFLaw1ittO4DYYP268QLqCyqcpsUvOumOXRkqv0O_oKkRvhWkpGSp/s1600-h/CIMG3207.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9-WVRK_Iw1tZLbM9tVNA86xyOYB_OkRQqNZFMcr1rz7u4KZr8GTXvTWbUyk-vlioIzqRXjq8i_oFazGxnd1ZnGkDFLaw1ittO4DYYP268QLqCyqcpsUvOumOXRkqv0O_oKkRvhWkpGSp/s400/CIMG3207.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434059676610409746" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVySscnaO7UADjBRzLO_YswhvtOuSRMEWzw-KL-0g2Wqx4Pe-JAR-xXqmiRi1iDHP3yzMgqGmuMCf1RtKFzbgP98UTQXAG6be2UVFSrs9r3qGBnleTT6T05FPxF9oom5YpOdMzpFtfbPTY/s1600-h/CIMG3196.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVySscnaO7UADjBRzLO_YswhvtOuSRMEWzw-KL-0g2Wqx4Pe-JAR-xXqmiRi1iDHP3yzMgqGmuMCf1RtKFzbgP98UTQXAG6be2UVFSrs9r3qGBnleTT6T05FPxF9oom5YpOdMzpFtfbPTY/s400/CIMG3196.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434059670867787410" border="0" /></a><br />Gorgeous house. The one on the left of it was even better but it's occupied so I wont put up the pics.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46fZ5IZtVlpmPoGhR34q7fg5R0696lV9qY7JIsnBYLD0J1tHK4FFJqbj16oYBOd6CXDpKydm9N5efZ7Qq0zweooUqrzG9HRNrhWLsFnme4hpNhH6TwFSCOlMup0UZ9gmVv94RrDp-HQn4/s1600-h/CIMG3203.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46fZ5IZtVlpmPoGhR34q7fg5R0696lV9qY7JIsnBYLD0J1tHK4FFJqbj16oYBOd6CXDpKydm9N5efZ7Qq0zweooUqrzG9HRNrhWLsFnme4hpNhH6TwFSCOlMup0UZ9gmVv94RrDp-HQn4/s400/CIMG3203.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434059393839054466" border="0" /></a>See what I mean by 'unique'?<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBgy8rA3USy2F75OKCgc0K4dNMOmBBbUt2i40R957DIEfeeMAnruk5UQ_QGqZO4lNJbNoVDigDq1fBDGNO6o7qsmj8kQW7_gATGgKlNXGoHn8-BjGyYfRJfs1Aq7_s1cU6U1q9wX6nxBKx/s1600-h/CIMG3204.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBgy8rA3USy2F75OKCgc0K4dNMOmBBbUt2i40R957DIEfeeMAnruk5UQ_QGqZO4lNJbNoVDigDq1fBDGNO6o7qsmj8kQW7_gATGgKlNXGoHn8-BjGyYfRJfs1Aq7_s1cU6U1q9wX6nxBKx/s400/CIMG3204.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434059389036907426" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-i0QDB0xTxwKpTtdmpaP0SuZfxAm8TSMxAjaBecJNPgFR7eQmgDpViQ79HKQdkneu-akwDaARmXCL06IxtzzUEYjHfghBK6DwHyBJ3bLrLWENFZdEhpu0oVBrQq1jmwwv0vQFvsKJJzMl/s1600-h/CIMG3210.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-i0QDB0xTxwKpTtdmpaP0SuZfxAm8TSMxAjaBecJNPgFR7eQmgDpViQ79HKQdkneu-akwDaARmXCL06IxtzzUEYjHfghBK6DwHyBJ3bLrLWENFZdEhpu0oVBrQq1jmwwv0vQFvsKJJzMl/s400/CIMG3210.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434059385048466978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYNERnjDPKVJiaSUBrQWe7NVGku86WD44eG9ZSb3vTqhYgSxA4P0vKM4Zz3-Y-AJ8T5_xtW6rWpKrnh0SHeV4tYKdfYX2gZvbXypsysX54W5BMwIMSbaj6lPTVyWtOW8wUvabEB7FI9u9/s1600-h/CIMG3198.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYNERnjDPKVJiaSUBrQWe7NVGku86WD44eG9ZSb3vTqhYgSxA4P0vKM4Zz3-Y-AJ8T5_xtW6rWpKrnh0SHeV4tYKdfYX2gZvbXypsysX54W5BMwIMSbaj6lPTVyWtOW8wUvabEB7FI9u9/s400/CIMG3198.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434059380038925730" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsKIs8OH8UHjFsD5Av3z-fGdLvRPT8H07lT-3Q08WlX2lE4J8AlU8HgG9xRa9sw6xkKFPRKNtAKSp1bNLHc33ODDnYLRuEjsVCS7-BMk1ceUDail6LvFBI0wjfsZUNf1HIMbaT3my8whw/s1600-h/CIMG3197.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsKIs8OH8UHjFsD5Av3z-fGdLvRPT8H07lT-3Q08WlX2lE4J8AlU8HgG9xRa9sw6xkKFPRKNtAKSp1bNLHc33ODDnYLRuEjsVCS7-BMk1ceUDail6LvFBI0wjfsZUNf1HIMbaT3my8whw/s400/CIMG3197.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434059372330489762" border="0" /></a><br /><br />-AKAK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-27459420694872395442009-09-09T11:06:00.002-04:002009-09-09T11:13:54.828-04:00ABNFSo I haven't updated in ages since my computer sucks, bad.<br />Also haven't been active in the UE Community in a long time as well, and finally getting Firefox to work right last night, I noticed that my favorite haunt, AbandonedButNotForgotten.com , is gone!<br />Or at least, I can't find it. Anybody have any insight as to where it went?<br /><br />Now that I'm back to school and have access to real computers that actually work, I'll be adding updates for places that I went to this summer, and ones that I plan on visiting this fall. Since I'm now back to work 6 days a week my Exploring time has been significantly reduced, however the flame for adventure still burns strong.<br /><br />Onward,<br /><br />-AKAK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-26840428468165799662009-06-24T11:33:00.002-04:002009-06-24T11:35:27.912-04:00RedBubbleHaving been told by I-kid-you-not dozens of people, I'm now selling some of my photos as prints and posters on the site RedBubble.<br /><br /><object width="360" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.redbubble.com/swf/redbubble.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="FlashVars" value="url=http://www.redbubble.com/people/lostlens/works/visual.atom?campaign=sales_widget&mode=slideshow"><embed src="http://www.redbubble.com/swf/redbubble.swf" flashvars="url=http://www.redbubble.com/people/lostlens/works/visual.atom?campaign=sales_widget&mode=slideshow" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="360" height="300"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/LostLens"><br />http://www.redbubble.com/people/LostLens</a><br /><br />-AKAK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-90609296676308221052009-06-09T00:30:00.006-04:002009-06-09T01:02:20.560-04:00The Devil's Tree... got a haircutPerhaps a better description would be 'amputation'. Two of the larger branches on the tree that supposedly were used to hang people from, have as of May this year been hacked off.<br /><br />The tree as a whole is still there, so is Heat Rock. The DPW can hack off the limbs, but you cannot destroy the memory and the legends of the place.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.lostinjersey.com/graphics2003/treesunlight.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 386px; height: 289px;" src="http://www.lostinjersey.com/graphics2003/treesunlight.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />An older photo courtesy of LostInJersey.com showing the tree with all the limbs intact.<br />The following shots show it as of this afternoon.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0Ww7neV18HDE0sR4igeKt_Cis4IVBIIsYdAB6nqOD3D4TprOWjpftwBjkSR2feTyNE73YWU8JvssYWpV24GTFZTqzL-OxHvCPY__7EMF66d1d5pH9PtbPmhOhQTUnK_wJzYdX8vkrpxX/s1600-h/CIMG9140.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbBr7jyziEMMGKLtEOcPMVutSSAV2Yz_DwLwhJgT9dleuABLJISc2yRFzPwkKsJde54Ol5p0f6t1d3fEx7cJOamUrpxJcgnyKQXTWMr-q8AHj8m7DvJKXDRqFuxk3eIKlRF1iEVcSCO2a/s400/CIMG9159.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345181799894922962" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGQGemrIsm-GSiA1-O_cQX16Zu6jvG44gnhH1pCGkFGZ4vvTwIFSls1gI8R9h6aHIuBWYGLOHIhGkBmrYYQar9H-3i1FbQWUO4C9BvuzNJPMP43U_cyUE7T2EOHm3ryQ_o2CXLcIislDS/s1600-h/CIMG9162.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGQGemrIsm-GSiA1-O_cQX16Zu6jvG44gnhH1pCGkFGZ4vvTwIFSls1gI8R9h6aHIuBWYGLOHIhGkBmrYYQar9H-3i1FbQWUO4C9BvuzNJPMP43U_cyUE7T2EOHm3ryQ_o2CXLcIislDS/s400/CIMG9162.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345181791984680322" border="0" /></a><br />Do I believe in the legends associated with the tree? That it's haunted, cursed, a Gateway to Hell? The execution place for unruly slaves? A KKK hideaway? The Devil driving a Black Bronco chasing people away?<br /><br />Eh, I believe that every legend is based -at least partially- in fact. Slavery w<span style="font-size:100%;">as legally abolished in NJ in 1848. However, by the start of the Civil War, NJ citizens still owned 18 "</span><span style=";font-family:verdana,arial;font-size:100%;" >apprentices for life"</span> as they appeared on the NJ census, however, the Federal one listed them as slaves.<br /><a href="http://www.slavenorth.com/newjersey.htm">http://www.slavenorth.com/newjersey.htm</a>.<br /><br />Now, that tree does NOT look to be over 160 years old, but I could be wrong. It happens every now and then.<br /><br />Also, perhaps it was specifically slaves that were hung there? What if it was just ordinary and free African Americans? Or what if a previous tree had stood on that spot back during NJ's slave-holding times that was used to string up unfortunate men, and the legend held through the ages?<br /><br />Heat Rock is indeed still there, but the statement that "snow never falls on Heat Rock" is a misconception. During some parts of the year, snow does indeed fall on Heat Rock, but then melts into water. The rock is larger and retains heat better than the surrounding top soil, which allows snow to accumulate on it. The concept is call Geothermal heating and conduction of heat. It's physics and engineering that explains that myth, not The Devil.<br /><br />The legend that Satan drives a black truck and chases you away can also be explained as some guy with a Bronco, Blazer, or Durango that likes to play pranks on people. I had it happen to me one night with a bunch of people in the car and the "phantom truck" happened to be a black Cadillac Escalade.<br /><br />But, there is that very ominous feeling that you're being watched when you walk there. Like you're treading on hallowed ground, the same feeling when you walk into a cemetery. I do feel that based on my own experiences there (detailed here: <a href="http://akthejefe.blogspot.com/2008/09/devils-tree.html">http://akthejefe.blogspot.com/2008/09/devils-tree.html</a> ) and that of others who I know better than to make stuff up to impress me... yes, there is something paranormal about this place. And it is my hope that the local DPW doesnt further damage this piece of Jersey legend and lore.<br /><br /><br />-AKAK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-88701355526616532722009-06-08T10:33:00.006-04:002009-06-08T10:54:11.480-04:00Ramapo Reservation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZsqvKDGojIRRkGY59QNsG6Fh7iqwacE9f-Dloj-UojYTRZnRXZQ34M88cJthA9m8R6LhXA8bKhfiPAjfOrmiAHwKVWpq0Uav8cUsol57r9nNb4YXwlX35INKc2QQuoa8V0fM9ajlqKbcZ/s1600-h/CIMG8983.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZsqvKDGojIRRkGY59QNsG6Fh7iqwacE9f-Dloj-UojYTRZnRXZQ34M88cJthA9m8R6LhXA8bKhfiPAjfOrmiAHwKVWpq0Uav8cUsol57r9nNb4YXwlX35INKc2QQuoa8V0fM9ajlqKbcZ/s400/CIMG8983.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344969442650064754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibn6dJG6KaZCzR0QiXhZ_YV-GSHbH5yBbvSv0UWXtGIm3sV7K1ia53M0UKCQkupHYxLNFIXufhY34v_SGP3NOrsdpLuQOUmti8R7QRxB9ZqOEhmo-oXoWKnaif1tEfTAUO_5itBhOEz9xV/s1600-h/CIMG8984.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6FZM0OQXZDsCaVz_l9K3E1_k1uHqkxMvh_N5qR3tVc6WTEtiBFpm1lSnKFgjPx9j8AzaXXL8bpCTYhUs5cb_SicUNkzMWo9Brja6vytF5jaah04UYSTTmecv07PMsNTkPMgikN9TsqiLr/s400/CIMG9000.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344967463523943074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sweetie and Me found this burned-out building in the Ramapo Reservation woods while on a fishing trip this weekend, and about a hundred feet away, the remains of a mansion built in 1864, according to the plaque on the rock.<br /><br />Sort of an accidental find, we snapped a few shots then went on to catch absolutely nothing in the nearby river. Either way, we had a great time and let us know what ya think of the shots.<br /><br /><br />-AKAK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-35523608830563899662009-06-07T18:15:00.010-04:002009-06-08T10:30:03.632-04:00Camp Bluefields Pt. 2<div style="text-align: left;">Venturing again up into the Blauvelt woods again, I explored more parts of the old and abandoned Camp Bluefields training site.<br /><br />This was the first time in a while that I've gone somewhere by myself, and since I was alone and having a really sub-standard flashlight, I decided NOT to venture into the tunnels that criss-cross these woods. After a while, all these walls and bunkers all start to look the same, and if you venture too far away from them, it's like they're not even there. You need an iron grip on your mind and senses if you plan on going here. You need to know what sounds are threatening and what are just deer.<br /><br />This was also the first trip I've been on where I've seen... snakes. Yes, snakes. I was walking along one of those seven-foot tall walls and heard something skitter through the brush by my left foot and sure enough, there was a black snake about the length of my larm and thickness of a garden hose. He didnt bother me, and I didnt bother him.<br /><br />Fair trade.<br /><br />I brought my metal detector with me, but didnt use it and it just ended up getting caught on low-hanging branches since it jutts like a foot out of my backpack. I felt a large piece of concrete over one of these tunnels <span style="font-style: italic;">move</span> when I stepped on it, so yeah I took another route when I went back that way.<br /><br />It's kinda funny, with the route I take to this place, how strenous a hike it is... all the graffitti there is. You figure that most bastards who spray-paint shit everywhere wouldnt waste their time walking 3 miles deep into the woods, right?<br /><br />It's a great place to go if you have the lighting and the nerve to go there.<br /><br />I took a whole mess of pics of the places I went to today, leme know whatcha think.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />-AK<br /><br /><br /><center><br /><a href="http://s437.photobucket.com/albums/qq97/alexkenny07/resized/?action=view&current=CIMG9009.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq97/alexkenny07/resized/CIMG9009.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s437.photobucket.com/albums/qq97/alexkenny07/resized/?action=view&current=CIMG9010.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq97/alexkenny07/resized/CIMG9010.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s437.photobucket.com/albums/qq97/alexkenny07/resized/?action=view&current=CIMG9011.jpg" 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Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-29343225034349129322009-06-01T18:05:00.008-04:002009-06-01T19:13:17.309-04:00Womens Federation MonumentNestled verrrry deep in the woods of the Palisades is the Womens Federation Monument. Erected in 1929, it commemerates the local women's clubs and orginizations that helped preserve and establish the park for generations to come.<br /><br />The Monument, looking like a small castle, is about a half-mile hike from my less-than-legal impromptu parking spot through some of the thickest woods and steepest slopes I have ever seen.<br /><br />I heard about this place from my mother, who went there when she was a kid with a bunch of friends. 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rgULOPrzdf1pD1Zvskb3Tz7akx9jwMveFbDw50EQD5b_UZMxyzw3nqyIHYSQi-zP7CuEvP3BoFANRl0UOV9gfgkuTbPpv_MSqur0bDqh56O1Fvvjgvs_lf0UzwVpMufab3YzhE5ARGDk/s400/CIMG8905.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342487737153726322" border="0" /></a>The pics have a certain flow to them, showing the route to and from the Monument, through the steep paths and thick forest. Overall, I'm surprised that my knee didnt give out and I gotta admit, it sure was fun!<br /><br />-AKAK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-41055407022065606922009-06-01T17:39:00.007-04:002009-06-01T18:02:52.854-04:00NJ VortexThese hills of Passaic County are home to the supposed New Jersey Vortex. Sightings of strange mists, ghosts, and dozens of UFO sightings.<br /><br />And I know what you're thinkin...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEa_ShqnTLbwRTYbjR9v5-SuLPjkHDDLH5PHEqhvQdYzN_-aGhA-KJc5ElHZItAWrADLlgSA32WE82YG4Cxhm78FJxN63UXkIacfzedOFR3WsXzcRYoqXXTRmzkYR5QALBKViYspCG5Mw/s1600-h/128850562241218504.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEa_ShqnTLbwRTYbjR9v5-SuLPjkHDDLH5PHEqhvQdYzN_-aGhA-KJc5ElHZItAWrADLlgSA32WE82YG4Cxhm78FJxN63UXkIacfzedOFR3WsXzcRYoqXXTRmzkYR5QALBKViYspCG5Mw/s400/128850562241218504.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342478168024386626" border="0" /></a><br />Yes, aliens.<br /><br />My feelings on the concept of extraterrestrial life are that yeah, they're probably out there, and no, they don't but-diddle drunks on weekend fishing trips.<br /><br />Now, we didn't see anything creepy when we went there when we did, but thats like watching a random half-hour of security tape at a liquor store in ( insert familiar crime-ridden town here) and say it's never been robbed before.<br /><br />Either way, we took a bunch of cool pics and went as far as we could based on the info i had.<br /><br />Again, we'll be back.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03nnQ6CR9h4kNYUq9POTsmF8n5SXDy4MJursW3_yp4hCrSyBrsgT27rjDkw3SaSS9-8x750MOnWS0-P-HoTwpn5lag6XJIiqdtFYoJeqfwzdtEMY42CDhEp18LI1a4tFLCm0OYVSysxdi/s1600-h/CIMG8810.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Someday.<br /><br />-AKAK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-43608055877722762312009-05-25T01:32:00.007-04:002009-05-25T02:13:59.586-04:00Battery LewismiliBuilt in 1942, this massive bunker in the hills near Red Bank offer a glimpse into what a WWII-type defense post must have been like. This site from which you can effectivly see New York City from would have been instrumental in defending NY from German U-Boats which were known to prey off of ships in this part of the Atlantic, and eventually in the 1960s and 1970s, hosted a long since demolished command and control headquarters for the local Nike anti-aircraft system that would have shot down Soviet bombers if the Reds ever got uppidy and sent planes to level NY.<br /><br />Now, the majority of the bunker is sealed off by chain link fence and the trail to get on top was so treacherous, I went up by myself and almost went down on my ass.<br /><br />This place was really cool to visit, amazing how 67 years of harsh elements -especially teenagers with spray cans- takes a toll on these places.<br /><br />Enjoy the shots so far, we'll be making a return trip in the future.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQO7EIQOs78ZNs1-WWYRLGRxzbvn530_PCDJkE_Q4osEY63OLBQpafhgxdFF7FamcllTj_JjWCO862hpgF0lb9DRcTJQxKqGJfJXv8HkqFj_54dNda0fAw51FelXb2_xwaTHBy4MQCmi-/s1600-h/CIMG8767.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK82IYdnIhpJME4yivbR8eS9w3QYS4pfrvEoGIVr_jrr_HPdnRnLpkGgetOMfmGAZe6pVrCesDkMDCRnscVr_Zw7LhvprHaDJikB77fuPpjuaHG0e7ubUtT8ie5CGnpwZoWj0uP6DR5Ii8/s400/CIMG8798.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339637914005446930" border="0" /></a><br />On top of the bunker, that small trail to the left of the sign is all I had to guide myself up with. The route I took was so steep that I was grabbing onto exposed roots to keep from loosing my balance.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7h7d-OuFbr6MZj31OeOnX-GBZDhzi1n5KJTO3WRx1T9d1VGX_x1PnXdlAIECPeXFyz_NBS7rItCgnRKhBk9y9dxakrQvePVObjmlHPTnxqAmox7sjgZeGJOmLAlpPV4sdc0d9c2A2qAi/s1600-h/CIMG8801.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7h7d-OuFbr6MZj31OeOnX-GBZDhzi1n5KJTO3WRx1T9d1VGX_x1PnXdlAIECPeXFyz_NBS7rItCgnRKhBk9y9dxakrQvePVObjmlHPTnxqAmox7sjgZeGJOmLAlpPV4sdc0d9c2A2qAi/s400/CIMG8801.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339637401013380050" border="0" /></a><br />View from on top of the bunker, did I ever mention that I am positively MORTIFIED of heights?<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7H1T5OZOyiSUl3nFIWH1XOBDe8c45zEFsYbspWDARSiTBoSMoZ8WtwE8zb6OUI_pZTLQuxpbZakih2E83tMoaE4A8ent-bEpS7ZZ07AtCmiVkIfJnv3EMo89swqJ3KxKrIBk02e5R0FNU/s1600-h/CIMG8804.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7H1T5OZOyiSUl3nFIWH1XOBDe8c45zEFsYbspWDARSiTBoSMoZ8WtwE8zb6OUI_pZTLQuxpbZakih2E83tMoaE4A8ent-bEpS7ZZ07AtCmiVkIfJnv3EMo89swqJ3KxKrIBk02e5R0FNU/s400/CIMG8804.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339637391359718194" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_i5MRtj3Qcwu5JMTLSeNG7G3u-jXC438xJ5QMzSO-4nBVJ_emdxn3mGQwrVGy_41p_kJlV_9HmSfFmIdY_hTJVRiWXE7aYHUCl43kvtRRHnojYZnDpS-0DLiJR9fiDhfeOMyI2yyyqqF/s1600-h/CIMG8805.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_i5MRtj3Qcwu5JMTLSeNG7G3u-jXC438xJ5QMzSO-4nBVJ_emdxn3mGQwrVGy_41p_kJlV_9HmSfFmIdY_hTJVRiWXE7aYHUCl43kvtRRHnojYZnDpS-0DLiJR9fiDhfeOMyI2yyyqqF/s400/CIMG8805.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339637385084488482" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Ahhh grayscale<br /><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrctOd8QPVQB5S9wV2PybYn5UNfh2eH1XyPE13nXqjBfEodeoforppVtRdsPpC_JxlHnLhjb1nJMTrWosp_Dv5X0iwlTn4ywooBuBkXbn2dTQDUfVJm6Nf9gh5fsOW3gtrlEoxbRSCm4s/s1600-h/n508124954_476229_467372.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrctOd8QPVQB5S9wV2PybYn5UNfh2eH1XyPE13nXqjBfEodeoforppVtRdsPpC_JxlHnLhjb1nJMTrWosp_Dv5X0iwlTn4ywooBuBkXbn2dTQDUfVJm6Nf9gh5fsOW3gtrlEoxbRSCm4s/s400/n508124954_476229_467372.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339637382910912130" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobxuMW4t6jTMUOYuVfZznFiNFb4JedBDqyyBvU48gM-zEWKBZChTknJxupvF863YStkP82Mh-uW4x1lWIk_vKI9Xbmz9zYMoAnLbTMVmmBXe3F86RiWBh5C52Cw5L_x1lBwYdaihAOZIo/s1600-h/n508124954_476230_3818900.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobxuMW4t6jTMUOYuVfZznFiNFb4JedBDqyyBvU48gM-zEWKBZChTknJxupvF863YStkP82Mh-uW4x1lWIk_vKI9Xbmz9zYMoAnLbTMVmmBXe3F86RiWBh5C52Cw5L_x1lBwYdaihAOZIo/s400/n508124954_476230_3818900.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339637382071559138" border="0" /></a><br />My Sweetheart took these two shots of me from down below. She can take EPIC pics one handed while I use both of my shaky hands and get lackluster results.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We'll be back.<br />-AK<br /></div></div>AK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-62287605017064669262009-05-25T01:16:00.004-04:002009-05-25T01:31:56.387-04:00Lucy The ElephantFor our Anniversary, me and my Sweetheart spent the weekend in Point Pleasant, and on Saturday morning -this being last Saturday- we went down to Margate, near Atlantic City, to see Lucy; the gigantic 6-story piece of "<span class="mw-headline">zoomorphic architecture" and an attraction for literally generations of people.<br /><br />Lucy was built in 1882 by a fella named James Lafferty, who in fact built several elephant-shaped buildings in NY and NJ, the tallest being 12 stories and resided in Coney Island. She is also the last one to remain standing.<br /><br />Lucy is made of tin and wood, and despite being nearly 128 years old, looks fantastic. If you happen to be in Atlantic City, head about two miles south and pay her a visit.</span><br /><br />For more information, you can visit www.lucytheelephant.org .<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfE3kwnzzRtfECYLDeXQDHFHeU61aA8EnESIsWsknUVUmwyFxUkh3rkmE05LKK6j39S1bBG6unaHcTJKQm4WUqNgmCR8oCt3pDBuVKNq68W8c_KopqD8IV7QUqsg8uFqW0v_xNnsPGKnZr/s1600-h/CIMG8709.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfE3kwnzzRtfECYLDeXQDHFHeU61aA8EnESIsWsknUVUmwyFxUkh3rkmE05LKK6j39S1bBG6unaHcTJKQm4WUqNgmCR8oCt3pDBuVKNq68W8c_KopqD8IV7QUqsg8uFqW0v_xNnsPGKnZr/s400/CIMG8709.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339629192057188674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Sk80L5g4eJ6bUUzlgz_p5rAvDfHjGVm9dxsF9QLDyAIpUHSpxiX-s4mb3TlE_fOpl5X1Idl3heGKPfYmgxpdBMVySIswVhPUbpAOdS9ytOhuWz1QLbCF42_F2zBQpuTak7pyldNnLiH3/s1600-h/CIMG8703.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVrx83fmg9ijUrpb5r1rmWRsAxjjYdMZzjmKeiLo2qU6yCC_XP625SwvByRRtD6bQRjEBtKo5t5N_4AxvSTz_gaGbBwv-pczSugxvxHvknP3bBLfL8ALEOaZPk7lXDxMSWuor4iQPWf8t/s400/CIMG8703.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339629540214928018" border="0" /></a><span class="mw-headline"></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmAUfC1J7yZ0Bj2-gpmq016TajkLSr_I96V3_T524OKuR-iRNIc431Os4H8gzFZJdN8EJPFzk_aIqLntz730soHB_XIHwA9RKD8maH3yJmuXsHJr9G_A45M-aRvI6UuJmUNhlOAe-iTzq/s1600-h/CIMG8702.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmAUfC1J7yZ0Bj2-gpmq016TajkLSr_I96V3_T524OKuR-iRNIc431Os4H8gzFZJdN8EJPFzk_aIqLntz730soHB_XIHwA9RKD8maH3yJmuXsHJr9G_A45M-aRvI6UuJmUNhlOAe-iTzq/s400/CIMG8702.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339629542978728674" border="0" /></a>Lucy is watching...<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">-AK<br /></div></div>AK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-16567254692992962182009-05-08T19:19:00.009-04:002009-05-13T18:15:02.983-04:00Sleepy HollowThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow...<br /><br />Originally a short story written by Washington Irving, published in 1820, tells the story of a headless Hessian Trooper who "rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head" which he 'lost' thanks to a stray cannonball round during a 'nameless' battle of the Revolutionary War.<br /><br />On the night of Halloween, the Headless Horseman chased Ichabod Crane, a Connecticut schoolteacher, through the Tarrytown NY subsidy called Sleepy Hollow, and especially, over the old bridge recreated below.<br /><br />Irving is burried in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, along with Samuel Gompers (founder of the AFL), Andrew Carnegie (yes, that one), Walter Chrysler (guess what car company he founded)... and thousands of others.<br /><br />This is seriously the first, if not only, cemetary that I've been to and NOT been a <span style="font-style: italic;">little</span> weirded out by. It's incredibly peaceful and almost like a park. You can even FISH there! For more information on the place, you can go to http://www.olddutchburyingground.org/ and http://www.sleepyhollowcemetery.org .<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvYBC7M249Y_SFjh9piJLYfhRT2UTz11y_j5UfYc4X9b_L3Qte0j6UKU0stL3gfsvJES_dmrU4T9RDW9iRdVRkO8ERxoSd_3teKy01yTZm-PcPwF_a8OLnGmWu3PPAAQtm0kEDwGB3GKjz/s1600-h/CIMG8597.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvYBC7M249Y_SFjh9piJLYfhRT2UTz11y_j5UfYc4X9b_L3Qte0j6UKU0stL3gfsvJES_dmrU4T9RDW9iRdVRkO8ERxoSd_3teKy01yTZm-PcPwF_a8OLnGmWu3PPAAQtm0kEDwGB3GKjz/s400/CIMG8597.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333603272299644082" border="0" /></a><br />You're welcome?<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zQwnGhbOkRT29dHux7iIrTx_TbBO0x-b01SchyZGaRZ4me90-BtPU2qqX4GixF36dmzlUG8IEkhchUu6tB-1iWN-f8gdNtpEUTbvN3ba2c_OBS9ken38FxlsOA9R-ed9fvBvTi_m4lWO/s1600-h/CIMG8598.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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When a car drives over it -at any speed- it sounds like the clap of thunder. More like a cannon actually.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpCCt6MvnJa1wPb18cKcpLkL5axk8iIUPhbgaqrcghyphenhyphengKJxnT3Cah7oTFGgemml1NqjCmWjTrR-ifg6tiIH7mt5k0c9pmffGOTwwTJnNqjxPmJGOOnZ3ECxGPfTpj_8E5q1Cq3sXQvfOM/s1600-h/CIMG8616.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpCCt6MvnJa1wPb18cKcpLkL5axk8iIUPhbgaqrcghyphenhyphengKJxnT3Cah7oTFGgemml1NqjCmWjTrR-ifg6tiIH7mt5k0c9pmffGOTwwTJnNqjxPmJGOOnZ3ECxGPfTpj_8E5q1Cq3sXQvfOM/s400/CIMG8616.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333602943208423762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEg1lRKlXSLqbpBZ6z1pOkZ9QlQ4bZ3LO_4jNTsOkXK8SRcalWzV7FfN_UgQASA9zidreb4VO26EPLGLW3Fx0OMy5ACiRlNexhFzAgiKs1a41q5tNEP0oN8jX5z77CTQX6c2yyjYDT5Py8/s1600-h/CIMG8616.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvgp31Vp8HMW1d_LZMkut9mC47U_dXx4f0xKNFvsLDwMbZm-75UgibclPvnvIVG7Lv4buB2m2VhfXUmwb77UJIjYLPAHQJkJu9Oi6fDAmX9YHnRiycsAfzyed2GZBuLVNy774Zl80NCaX/s400/CIMG8648.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333602497841565330" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Current desktop background.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">-AK<br /></div></div>AK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-56583768481178198652009-05-08T19:02:00.006-04:002009-05-08T19:18:16.034-04:00Fairytale Forest... Take 2"Hey!"<br />"What?"<br />"There's someone over there!" <br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Oh shit<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span>Me and Sweetheart, or rather Sweetheart and I went back to the Fairytale Forest earlier this afternoon, and after poking around a bit, discovering new displays and buildings, we froze.<br /><br />A maroon station wagon off in the distance, part of the self-storage place, with it's owner walking around.<br /><br />We spent the next half-hour picking our way out of there, using over and moving only when we knew it was safe.<br /><br />It was probably just somebody who rented space there, but with time of the essence, we made our exit.<br /><br />Our hearts were beating so loud I'm amazed we did hear each others, and having enough skulking around, we set course for our third and final stop of the afternoon, Sleepy Hollow.<br /><br />We went to the Forest today to basically check up on it, and dispel the rumors I keep hearing that it's about to be torn down. There's no benefit to using the land what left of it is on, too hilly, too densely forested, and by the looks of the self-storage facility, they already have more than enough room to work with.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7QqlKpqS5I0I4IP7yJTHhQJqY_9rd2wVEdHYN0q_FEEZ-b0qJpALnxb8hv2hVNP8C29YhBFKdRpFeEw-Qdyo4qhahU3TjhyphenhyphenOM27M3TU93umMrXaFMociNTS0c4VkTC2931JeF0dgnGNB3/s1600-h/CIMG8574.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7QqlKpqS5I0I4IP7yJTHhQJqY_9rd2wVEdHYN0q_FEEZ-b0qJpALnxb8hv2hVNP8C29YhBFKdRpFeEw-Qdyo4qhahU3TjhyphenhyphenOM27M3TU93umMrXaFMociNTS0c4VkTC2931JeF0dgnGNB3/s400/CIMG8574.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333595712666482034" border="0" /></a><br />Shrooms... they're everywhere.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZeIOjnCcCVAhO-q2SAvOIwB9t-zmKbAk0_jRDFvE_w7ot8jNxBaR4kEptYUUBOy52BcRWJh9kxG6rxhrwc_XxCVWrSWtFnlnlCpiwZzNo863Uqh5s4yo8SLGhkWRFF6AdKQvP0G6pQ7f/s1600-h/CIMG8575.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Well by recently, I mean within the past few years. We went there today in the early afternoon and there wasn't a soul to be found.<br /><br />We couldn't get inside, but maybe someday, before it's gone for good.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvQ45dVj2MZFERLPj086IULcs8KUbZO6H03Cx1z5HZQOjpyJDjpOTtYo9gBQ1xUB9oQY5AUWK5V9kdroEDIB80wxYoz-HAZ9gADf886J8v_680fofLSCg-umokK0Gub3CD0CWhX1no_uu/s1600-h/CIMG8530.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvQ45dVj2MZFERLPj086IULcs8KUbZO6H03Cx1z5HZQOjpyJDjpOTtYo9gBQ1xUB9oQY5AUWK5V9kdroEDIB80wxYoz-HAZ9gADf886J8v_680fofLSCg-umokK0Gub3CD0CWhX1no_uu/s400/CIMG8530.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333581934019788098" border="0" /></a>Dodge Avenger Cop Car<br />They see me rollin... they hatin<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYg8bK9D3vhG0GmvZ66EhoCx8nXok4fsIEr2PMN9GWT0P8mTy4eV4koNPLsVqa6Fvq_t_IOFH-KhpXQevtwIW92jc01MxvBqf8VLtnIo0UW7a5-gQgEp-ZT5eODUMIUD7tikLv0NcbmvZa/s1600-h/CIMG8532.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7w1cYiSs1ADpiB9uXTvVM44z1eFEvt7k0pg-2Fe78O3mfcQ4oYJx13IGNsvsrMj4aCOa8z98O5YS2lROi6fIMWDdQnmNbTYmVAz8L0V52JC-c1SrdAZd0Uk46k7EYDFRpf97JNwU2B1mZ/s400/CIMG8532.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333581057247663282" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />-AKAK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-87543976328719634302009-04-22T12:46:00.007-04:002009-04-22T13:37:30.788-04:00Hinchcliffe StadiumSitting near the Great Falls Park in Paterson, NJ, is the old and abandoned Hinchcliffe Stadium. Now on the National Register of Historic Places, there is a movement right now to preserve and possibly restore the stadium -built in 1932- to it's rightful condition.<br /><br />The stadium was first home to a multitude of all-black sports teams since at the time blacks weren't allowed on white teams. Football, baseball, auto-racing, concerts... you name it, and it was here. It's kind of hard to imagine in our society today that... sixty-something years ago, blacks didn't play alongside whites in major and minor league sports.<br /><br />The stadium hasn't been used much since 1997 and the amount of vandalism is rather embarrassing for a place that has had some much history pass through it. I took only a few pictures since we were strapped for time and we plan on coming back real soon!<br /><br />To learn more about this place, and the movement to preserve it, please visit the Friends of Hinchcliffe Stadium at: <a href="http://www.hinchliffestadium.org/index.php">http://www.hinchliffestadium.org/index.php</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhew_3LWGsjG4rqzwkATbCGhCCJXKN4dkBJ2kP6vRbGfCp7RHgYGQs5PBR7f1a06DrWbsInIIm0aANbda8waF1qcwBfeEHbVaSUHgMBi_k4I6fGBaP56p15eXq4CTbd6EG0lrDeGSdhWhAn/s1600-h/CIMG8086.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhew_3LWGsjG4rqzwkATbCGhCCJXKN4dkBJ2kP6vRbGfCp7RHgYGQs5PBR7f1a06DrWbsInIIm0aANbda8waF1qcwBfeEHbVaSUHgMBi_k4I6fGBaP56p15eXq4CTbd6EG0lrDeGSdhWhAn/s400/CIMG8086.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327563252982747970" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MbZh34ctfXnCGxrwPgBXzw0VkVGlg9F_ZT6OtheyUmfEuS_-GlxhjhtkL_cBlF3qnh3IgAjFAJVI-66G8OFTkmvs1PxS31FJt5X_FxGp7ppv85rrJj9iRMwGOGFh62iHkkFLVAhiF1u-/s1600-h/CIMG8087.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ztZy9IrtWQpdItmruDCB9tBbYdpyA9LmTiclVE2yg9_kiYNQDfIB770rWjdoDwSSMggtXGue_jOM1Dp1fX3C09JDUXR9XCCruGjS4C-_8M09rNEBHR0t38HwIhij2-FG4NJBeSLQQe46/s400/CIMG8096.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327561895330404226" border="0" /></a>Where's the rest of it?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Finding random car parts in these places reminds me of that scene from Jaws where Hooper and Brody are cutting open that shark on the dock late at night:<br /><br /><b><a target="_popup5395" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000377/">Hooper</a></b>: Ah. Just like I thought... He came up with the Gulf Stream - from southern waters.<br />[<i class="fine">he pulls a Louisiana license plate from the shark. Brody examines it</i>]<br /><b><a target="_popup5395" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001702/">Brody</a></b>: He didn't eat a car, did he?<br /><b><a target="_popup5395" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000377/">Hooper</a></b>: Naw, a tiger shark's like a garbage can, it'll eat anything. Someone probably threw that in a river.<br /></div><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PdNbnZKXxfka9z_4gnyYWqpEeifk65AJzehE86NU5ikBrncQ2ravDyDBawYRH1y6GpH5dA5x3UfuVDnALABmI9ceOHxbo4rp7fNk98KprB1lGyX2oYh6WcpfbyHxPsdoEHMpD4ds-2oy/s1600-h/CIMG8097.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PdNbnZKXxfka9z_4gnyYWqpEeifk65AJzehE86NU5ikBrncQ2ravDyDBawYRH1y6GpH5dA5x3UfuVDnALABmI9ceOHxbo4rp7fNk98KprB1lGyX2oYh6WcpfbyHxPsdoEHMpD4ds-2oy/s400/CIMG8097.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327561894008238466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />-AKAK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-72864141183158809522009-04-19T02:19:00.009-04:002009-04-19T03:05:39.968-04:00Glen Island Castle<span style="font-style: italic;">It's better to be happy in a cardboard shack,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Then to be alooooone in a castle...</span><br /><br />Or so says Harry Connick Jr.<br /><br />Last Friday, Nicky and me went out to New Rochelle NY to see the legendary Glen Island Castle, now home to the Columbia University rowing team. Built in 1879 by a businessman named John H. Starin, the castle used to have it's own zoo, museum, and beach. Today, all that's left is the castle, crumbling beer garden, cannon, oddball passageways, and strangely mounted rocks.<br /><br />The song comes to mind because a few hours after visiting the castle, we participated in my school's Sleepout, which is a competition to build the best cardboard shack to raise awareness of homelessness. AND! I'm proud to say that my team won the competition by building the strongest and most efficient shack out of the 6 teams representing my school's fraterneties and sororities.<br /><br />The castle sits on the west bank of Glen Island in New Rochelle, NY and if you're in the area, is worth the visit.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjnd81Z_K0HuDnIiou-TdX6ZTIP3DCZc7L0oL7T_dxZY8fmiAYFTTINUs80KDHY1-jCdo7HUP8cVNMjQjOHxpNovkS_F0ziEVBbB0hY8H16xzJNw7mbMeTZGtUJLABdqklVnQ8Okf_xOY/s1600-h/CIMG7997.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjnd81Z_K0HuDnIiou-TdX6ZTIP3DCZc7L0oL7T_dxZY8fmiAYFTTINUs80KDHY1-jCdo7HUP8cVNMjQjOHxpNovkS_F0ziEVBbB0hY8H16xzJNw7mbMeTZGtUJLABdqklVnQ8Okf_xOY/s400/CIMG7997.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326290879573025682" border="0" /></a><br />South side view<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuETM1w6T9IWnl8wv3k5S-jMl00k5vpUxQJyXCp2BeGexMdOK6nExxEjanBNipm1zpyjrEHsWlULfRUjAZksSzcryXgHOG-GJKExSkzLfl5k3n6U3SjqR0qcsw_UEdzKWV6WXEaTrBf9M/s1600-h/CIMG7993.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsA2-qr7ONnhedD9eDS-3vDAru6_MpPsej60p4pQ2YuL4ema2NsLm39as2RvDSpum6cx58f8M-112CvcMVbGMCklfFpaXXbfnvUK84BR5NFwfDFdC0GL7EbBMc-9sdUweC1LERB0sIW-qX/s400/CIMG7973.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326287084551113010" border="0" /></a><br />Never figured out what these were for.<br />Not tombstones as far as we could tell.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmqkd5Bu5s3zE10EwqRxW_ib2c8SJDrCHY-vH-mURJSvp_vc3y9Tq6L4B-z5hPIlRm1ukgMYoxCUZcBBP_lMtGMOe9doEJhP2ROvr8mcT0KkkYsw-l8-OEnn1VfsM5j8NjcrOr0Wp9aZM/s1600-h/CIMG7978.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmqkd5Bu5s3zE10EwqRxW_ib2c8SJDrCHY-vH-mURJSvp_vc3y9Tq6L4B-z5hPIlRm1ukgMYoxCUZcBBP_lMtGMOe9doEJhP2ROvr8mcT0KkkYsw-l8-OEnn1VfsM5j8NjcrOr0Wp9aZM/s400/CIMG7978.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326287084322386498" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDz9MdF4hiiR4Mv8LiZpo0v8gqoOD2mFdUnZ1xpGW2L4lhigsvVajI6vROfxag2VXGNML2sIzgrfmxKYYGUrAaLfNcj0ty_xidzPYIOVbHCq2O19WCTL_FpR6qMQw7HkiDalgYXCQSubF/s1600-h/CIMG7983.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDz9MdF4hiiR4Mv8LiZpo0v8gqoOD2mFdUnZ1xpGW2L4lhigsvVajI6vROfxag2VXGNML2sIzgrfmxKYYGUrAaLfNcj0ty_xidzPYIOVbHCq2O19WCTL_FpR6qMQw7HkiDalgYXCQSubF/s400/CIMG7983.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326287083728797602" border="0" /></a><br />Sweeeeetie!<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2u5jdSb4Mx9vMtPT-EdOkbLvNtbAO9iYzKxxWlDvo5J83o10sb4WzK0DpsFMW7__35OVEMxVXn8z2Ne3EYe_74Wo2p2gQmZTpCvmQ7djmaPOCRa5_hSAOwsdj-lwNkQbwgALCAIE9U6a/s1600-h/CIMG7980.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2u5jdSb4Mx9vMtPT-EdOkbLvNtbAO9iYzKxxWlDvo5J83o10sb4WzK0DpsFMW7__35OVEMxVXn8z2Ne3EYe_74Wo2p2gQmZTpCvmQ7djmaPOCRa5_hSAOwsdj-lwNkQbwgALCAIE9U6a/s400/CIMG7980.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326287079668100882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3agaWugp1OjDfns01lPnrqWeerhOHLYpJGiYoU9APDedug2vqTRB0joTUrGZbUIBO8HvGFlbOafY7y771g7eArzTCjXETEg9sTliZAWPg9otrua3TcAA2SAzw7L4jM_CfSxT4W7joYSba/s1600-h/CIMG7986.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3agaWugp1OjDfns01lPnrqWeerhOHLYpJGiYoU9APDedug2vqTRB0joTUrGZbUIBO8HvGFlbOafY7y771g7eArzTCjXETEg9sTliZAWPg9otrua3TcAA2SAzw7L4jM_CfSxT4W7joYSba/s400/CIMG7986.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326286086547233538" border="0" /></a><br />Beer Garden, Eastern Wall<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5fh6MRzNa3K1SgMUwXA90ZnUIUIFXXaxySqiC_Di2R-6SkUCFS-KlZ6EqJ1G2lEeWA5e4O_HpxzKOiEibM6DYDH8DlgEO0oUITmsIEhOzVN8Mv_wEshQEx4o2ODkei2LLW6acbhvuf2cW/s1600-h/CIMG7988.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5fh6MRzNa3K1SgMUwXA90ZnUIUIFXXaxySqiC_Di2R-6SkUCFS-KlZ6EqJ1G2lEeWA5e4O_HpxzKOiEibM6DYDH8DlgEO0oUITmsIEhOzVN8Mv_wEshQEx4o2ODkei2LLW6acbhvuf2cW/s400/CIMG7988.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326286081073909666" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUe2fo73zEfNi7ibzZT_TyX8ip5l4T9pmVjlclCdi84-0l-Z3iWL9xYAV8lonyKMaj4E7ZJDrqIBR_W7uOSwQz_9wbV80lyFO-JMYTllJyH2Z3WvpTzHMakrqN5_jvzES0Zub7L0C8TLRa/s1600-h/CIMG7990.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUe2fo73zEfNi7ibzZT_TyX8ip5l4T9pmVjlclCdi84-0l-Z3iWL9xYAV8lonyKMaj4E7ZJDrqIBR_W7uOSwQz_9wbV80lyFO-JMYTllJyH2Z3WvpTzHMakrqN5_jvzES0Zub7L0C8TLRa/s400/CIMG7990.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326286082604110834" border="0" /></a>DUCK!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknw3CwccwEhMm-W4G8Puzybx4EAdyRNY1PYlFsKEGsRO-uAdTwJOji9x-O9W4FXWahLfUy-r4_r6rBYLeohuU1ltrcNsN98c2d8Hr0aNrmVh_YE48jELg7B9QnpLOWTxo0lgquUSreFaz/s1600-h/CIMG7997.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknw3CwccwEhMm-W4G8Puzybx4EAdyRNY1PYlFsKEGsRO-uAdTwJOji9x-O9W4FXWahLfUy-r4_r6rBYLeohuU1ltrcNsN98c2d8Hr0aNrmVh_YE48jELg7B9QnpLOWTxo0lgquUSreFaz/s400/CIMG7997.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326286075327578978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fvEdH5xDuTRVddtValXWAVlb-2DmWG2gJaTtkVWpAjr80G6H1fZ6-HDmkO_hYGHrJ1PkaJWhsJ-3J3kWUZ8gChS3S3KSgUY2_H4hpiF2CpgKGrWI953_iRGUIbkfeDlxYggV5lgjY1wO/s1600-h/CIMG7958.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fvEdH5xDuTRVddtValXWAVlb-2DmWG2gJaTtkVWpAjr80G6H1fZ6-HDmkO_hYGHrJ1PkaJWhsJ-3J3kWUZ8gChS3S3KSgUY2_H4hpiF2CpgKGrWI953_iRGUIbkfeDlxYggV5lgjY1wO/s400/CIMG7958.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326286077068694210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQt09ZpxGsavKWsJ5fyQMrjyj9X7auhEal-m8Y6CPpItGDcANS-jTzK5KJRnlrNMUTva-8uI_cIgyOyOwIOgb24nJm60ApfiO5BYCbN9SpjaXjgD4iUAvh23V0_-Q7zTS0z5yxYl4BGLw/s1600-h/CIMG7967.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQt09ZpxGsavKWsJ5fyQMrjyj9X7auhEal-m8Y6CPpItGDcANS-jTzK5KJRnlrNMUTva-8uI_cIgyOyOwIOgb24nJm60ApfiO5BYCbN9SpjaXjgD4iUAvh23V0_-Q7zTS0z5yxYl4BGLw/s400/CIMG7967.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326288807752061010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsUK8DwNQ0hdTs2DFv_EkftJQ4Js2hFtz6uLAAjfGRB0RAttwJBMnye6SvAwTOq8SyxlRMyxnpEK35TOa75irADR8o8-jGrRClX29PKV5MqOpTM18wo-XpPOXuZePcpd_pxP-v6lHHJuL/s1600-h/3310_32363084954_508124954_455864_2340322_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsUK8DwNQ0hdTs2DFv_EkftJQ4Js2hFtz6uLAAjfGRB0RAttwJBMnye6SvAwTOq8SyxlRMyxnpEK35TOa75irADR8o8-jGrRClX29PKV5MqOpTM18wo-XpPOXuZePcpd_pxP-v6lHHJuL/s400/3310_32363084954_508124954_455864_2340322_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326290882040425650" border="0" /></a><br />Find anything, Indy?<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_VavOYWhxTeFzaSxof1G59b1q5NsnsYhFBhj1dbhPmVw8ehPbnMHKbmc9TgrV2tkDPB7B2qg2NvjpKbiy7SElAYFjdwbEYkU_jFXv74FHfTEsLIFMcHKvo2kZPu1dQ7FgADJQvkBxwEQ/s1600-h/3310_32363204954_508124954_455867_748822_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_VavOYWhxTeFzaSxof1G59b1q5NsnsYhFBhj1dbhPmVw8ehPbnMHKbmc9TgrV2tkDPB7B2qg2NvjpKbiy7SElAYFjdwbEYkU_jFXv74FHfTEsLIFMcHKvo2kZPu1dQ7FgADJQvkBxwEQ/s400/3310_32363204954_508124954_455867_748822_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326290881384014898" border="0" /></a><br />Whatcha lookin for?<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVVbVMhyphenhyphenFiZpxBEjDwRembt0SVZmLPNTQhKFNyXcBZuD5-o4j6QK5send7KZpRcmQBfqBnf4mzq3n6OAFJb2xrVVkNso6r4DBSm7twx2i3typN0P3GfXJ_fk5r2auXThho9s_oz7Ng4Fc/s1600-h/CIMG8002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVVbVMhyphenhyphenFiZpxBEjDwRembt0SVZmLPNTQhKFNyXcBZuD5-o4j6QK5send7KZpRcmQBfqBnf4mzq3n6OAFJb2xrVVkNso6r4DBSm7twx2i3typN0P3GfXJ_fk5r2auXThho9s_oz7Ng4Fc/s400/CIMG8002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326291450274618658" border="0" /></a><br />This is the cardboard shack that I designed and we built,<br />In the rain.<br />It was a lot of fun, we had some good soup and listened<br />to a few good bands on the front lawn of my school.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">-AK<br /></div></div>AK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-20569175649600265942009-04-07T14:36:00.009-04:002009-04-08T16:58:45.608-04:00Sparta Train Station / Mohawk IndustriesMe and Nicky visited this place about a month ago, and hearing the rumble of trucks not too far away, I hustled to snap a bunch of shots, rather upset that the place had been recently re-boarded up. I dont know much about the history of this place, and having heard the place called Mohawk Industries in the past, I looked up what I could and the company going by that name is one of the largest carpet and flooring manfacturers in the world. The large pesticide tank outside with the biohazard warning on the outside could be used for industrial purposes, having not gotten inside, there's no way for me to confirm it as such.<br /><br />The place is plastered with no-entry signs and warnings; but in this case my not entering the building was more a saftey concern rather than a getting-busted concern. Bio-hazzard warnings are something I take more seriously than your typical Beware-of-Dog signs.<br /><br />It's pretty cool, I wish I had more of a history on the place, but as far as I can tell, it's been empty a while, at least ten years.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3WhqmYeCQpPJqgTLI_UumO8OAzaxHs9P8pBgAcqc3rWhxHDTg97tIlSPXwCDHJfKiKIDHK96G1lDlj1VYlIgucOjGo4iAMKcJ_yaO4A5UAT3pLOncnzUJzNlvnzEoPJ34kcySeJ8Kq5Md/s1600-h/CIMG6978.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322023098610337250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3WhqmYeCQpPJqgTLI_UumO8OAzaxHs9P8pBgAcqc3rWhxHDTg97tIlSPXwCDHJfKiKIDHK96G1lDlj1VYlIgucOjGo4iAMKcJ_yaO4A5UAT3pLOncnzUJzNlvnzEoPJ34kcySeJ8Kq5Md/s400/CIMG6978.JPG" border="0" /></a> BioHazzard<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMZXpQRoia8F0hd0lMSjYkBasyALDcHx8Z-NyfYObklvzkVwz4p2rORAc1Pud9meo0O7zYPGWu52ntnXXkeMfTyUQaIIAIFguqk5wQ5bi-fOX78-t2iPaH5WJmyGsuhJti6F8qOgzRJ10/s1600-h/CIMG6977.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322023092524775586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMZXpQRoia8F0hd0lMSjYkBasyALDcHx8Z-NyfYObklvzkVwz4p2rORAc1Pud9meo0O7zYPGWu52ntnXXkeMfTyUQaIIAIFguqk5wQ5bi-fOX78-t2iPaH5WJmyGsuhJti6F8qOgzRJ10/s400/CIMG6977.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6BrmBoTu_vubD50apLmIATsYhNQcZN00oxg0LEZ2ScWOzJMU0SvIcfjGRPXQgFWnRlFa3GxuIiNkW2e3LvX2QRSDsltxJRBLrngUnhWx9ZN1evnCs7BN_vBhhRtvB2GI1nFOj1kXSP5g/s1600-h/CIMG6976.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322023086662754658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6BrmBoTu_vubD50apLmIATsYhNQcZN00oxg0LEZ2ScWOzJMU0SvIcfjGRPXQgFWnRlFa3GxuIiNkW2e3LvX2QRSDsltxJRBLrngUnhWx9ZN1evnCs7BN_vBhhRtvB2GI1nFOj1kXSP5g/s400/CIMG6976.JPG" border="0" /></a> Fire damage, i think.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8IX_0Me5yJTojc90SAmzjVCD8oxfbjGHCvrOSqbgQZLarriye7JYjS461l3uGCqOfnUXSkGseGjOulVa0ML3IDSPLGf0-GbD212hPWFzpTD5XxZD3NFk1MPwn4TB1FPWq8V59LcN7eCU/s1600-h/CIMG6969.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322023084900876130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8IX_0Me5yJTojc90SAmzjVCD8oxfbjGHCvrOSqbgQZLarriye7JYjS461l3uGCqOfnUXSkGseGjOulVa0ML3IDSPLGf0-GbD212hPWFzpTD5XxZD3NFk1MPwn4TB1FPWq8V59LcN7eCU/s400/CIMG6969.JPG" border="0" /></a> Right by the tracks<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcONfK0Gz3ChdCzTXDITiaSLf3-AD2w6UjCCj5u-CE3ux1QTxu5XGXbda6SntyqC9RLyCGQcck7sCO7N2S8WAeqzw0h7Jz6XDWwCMYaIz7hlIXHlRxaaerNAsciSxdPSQOr4y6vG8EzS4n/s1600-h/CIMG6971.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322023081861501650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcONfK0Gz3ChdCzTXDITiaSLf3-AD2w6UjCCj5u-CE3ux1QTxu5XGXbda6SntyqC9RLyCGQcck7sCO7N2S8WAeqzw0h7Jz6XDWwCMYaIz7hlIXHlRxaaerNAsciSxdPSQOr4y6vG8EzS4n/s400/CIMG6971.JPG" border="0" /></a> Eh, probably not.<br /><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqHARJSgOxpXciW7nWvi_KDRBHGYyc3cOJCJ4EMnEIasPLFLq-oESQ-sx7yZ8zJnkj1HtPaRpXwqGkCcVCZktJ4NioHWI1q7XoQKd2oWyZnvqgB2_iuEJWdTJiwH66NUwfvBbpL9fAGBTr/s1600-h/CIMG6968.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322022434459101650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqHARJSgOxpXciW7nWvi_KDRBHGYyc3cOJCJ4EMnEIasPLFLq-oESQ-sx7yZ8zJnkj1HtPaRpXwqGkCcVCZktJ4NioHWI1q7XoQKd2oWyZnvqgB2_iuEJWdTJiwH66NUwfvBbpL9fAGBTr/s400/CIMG6968.JPG" border="0" /></a> Comfortable.... naaaat.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHV4Emoz2lXusOVWv8MTsjhQzkOuQYg6WR9NuiUN08CuHH6gn6draZYyRdR8aTg6W7E227U0c1zMvGXCH_yol1_J5FofKb6PZYfN92ACSoi9UFCT8SYGM0maVFfNfy6tgtx8mMwvDAGPZe/s1600-h/CIMG6962.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322022427541488178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHV4Emoz2lXusOVWv8MTsjhQzkOuQYg6WR9NuiUN08CuHH6gn6draZYyRdR8aTg6W7E227U0c1zMvGXCH_yol1_J5FofKb6PZYfN92ACSoi9UFCT8SYGM0maVFfNfy6tgtx8mMwvDAGPZe/s400/CIMG6962.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is the actual train station, it was sealed up with plywood and oddly enough: locks. </div><div align="center">To me, that means that someone still wants to get in there every so often.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1i45L-8VN-8o4ckZXmfVWna6aqMr5PCmO7SeBqHngi_4yUYznQssLhwvY4M-1sL-7lp-NyehmryZVk9PLZ_W8glgLlQ0DRuFc8qeKZVcVDSWFcX7L3KNKwFX_mrvtKWaJhvQDAjZZGEYi/s1600-h/CIMG6961.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322022423239785234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1i45L-8VN-8o4ckZXmfVWna6aqMr5PCmO7SeBqHngi_4yUYznQssLhwvY4M-1sL-7lp-NyehmryZVk9PLZ_W8glgLlQ0DRuFc8qeKZVcVDSWFcX7L3KNKwFX_mrvtKWaJhvQDAjZZGEYi/s400/CIMG6961.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BLZ5pPv-I7niHeDr_xndm2WwziMpyVnnvj8Of-Rsipnq2SQzl8yr7vT3wcWcPz17AYjCS0HPPiM2rCImlxaCoqYvAUJUwhRTO4aY3CjjqlJ-NKYmnIRVGXTVpBsAkx1KM8dEIK6SvTjX/s1600-h/CIMG6960.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322022419480682386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BLZ5pPv-I7niHeDr_xndm2WwziMpyVnnvj8Of-Rsipnq2SQzl8yr7vT3wcWcPz17AYjCS0HPPiM2rCImlxaCoqYvAUJUwhRTO4aY3CjjqlJ-NKYmnIRVGXTVpBsAkx1KM8dEIK6SvTjX/s400/CIMG6960.JPG" border="0" /></a> Water Tower<br /></div><div align="center"><div align="left">-AK</div></div></div></div>AK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-68732343925237642042009-04-01T16:24:00.006-04:002009-04-06T21:46:51.745-04:00White Manna<span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ODoize1Yb18zq4M205orV5VhMq26HitCu_BbkA2z0ugh168AF8J7nMz_MoouedcxMFLjAfUWes7yur66PS70pdpws7rN-lP9MzyAXDBWu9Xgj7hDcbpRFIj3fjUvG60F59lpDL0XHg8U/s1600-h/wmanna2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319824610313912130" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ODoize1Yb18zq4M205orV5VhMq26HitCu_BbkA2z0ugh168AF8J7nMz_MoouedcxMFLjAfUWes7yur66PS70pdpws7rN-lP9MzyAXDBWu9Xgj7hDcbpRFIj3fjUvG60F59lpDL0XHg8U/s400/wmanna2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Not haunted...</span></div><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Not scary...</span></div><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Far</strong> from abandoned...</span></div><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">But in every way, delicious...</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">White Manna, of Hackensack NJ</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The small, garage-sized resturant has been around for well over 70 years, and I'm proud to say I'm -to my knowledge- at least the third generation from my family to eat at this legendary establishment, probably the fourth. </span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Manna, as it was known to my old high school, was a right of passage for most in my graduating class. I recall getting out of class before lunch, rushing down to Hackensack -ten <em><strong>miles</strong></em> away- for these fantastic burgers, then rushing back to class with onions on my breath. </span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">They make these small slider burgers that fit comfortably in one hand, made with onions -but you can get them without- on a small potato bun. They start off as a golf-ball sized lump of ground beef and over the next ten minutes, make an incredible transformation into something so damn good it defies description. </span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The photo above isn't mine, and I'll be uploading my own pics of the place soon. </span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">GO THERE! If you're in the area, and if you're not, drop by. It's worth it! They'll tell you about all the famous people who have been there including but not limited to Jerry Seinfeld and James Gandolfini, amongst others. </span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Me and Sweetie went there for dinner last night, seeing as how she's going on vacation with her mum for almost a week... what better way to leave home, right? :)</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">White Manna is located at:</span></div><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">358 River St, Hackensack, NJ</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">And can be reached at: (201) 342-0914</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">White Manna: heavenly burgers. </span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">-AK</span></div>AK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-63855715651739997162009-03-10T17:03:00.007-04:002009-04-06T21:47:56.219-04:00Letchworth, February 2009"What's that noise?"<br /><br />"It's the two guys on top of the building?"<br /><br />"<em>WHAT</em> two guys on top of the building?"<br /><br /><br />Recently, I had one of those <em>'what zombie</em>?' moments at Letchworth Village.<br />But, we'll get to that in a minute.<br />Friday after I got 'released' from work, I raced home and laced up my boots, glad to be out of my dress shoes, and after collecting my gear, went to grab Nicky.<br /><br />Then my brother from another mother calls and wants to hang out, so we chill with him until his younger brother wants to hang out, so we made our exit and headed up to Letchworth.<br /><br />The sun was just right and the trees just barren enough for me to see on the side of the highway, "Those buildings over there are boarded up. Hmmmmmmm..."<br />So curiosity got the best of me and instead of our usual walking route around there, we picked a path around a new building that I had only seen online.<br />This part of the campus is HUGE! It almost overpowers the half that we DO know about and visit from time to time.<br />Taking a look at a 99.99992% boarded-up building, owned by the school district, i snapped a few shots and then we decided to head towards the power-plant area.<br /><br />Over there, we hear what sounded like a bird call, prompting me to say,<br /><br />"What's that noise?"<br /><br />"It's the two guys on top of the building." <em>Duh</em>.<br /><br />Nicky pays a little more attention to things like that then me. Obvious things generally fly right over my head.<br /><br />Turns out, two nice guys from upstate NY who had heard about this place on ABNF and Opacity. It was good meeting them and it sure beats the heck out of bumping into the usual assortment of teenage punks and hooligans.<br /><br />Will and Chance, it was a pleasure meeting you.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311672378895305298" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9QdTdTo0Kwlj-fYAVKTMja9tgyqBSzWJrli11-DKhxPNbbAna4x0dFMZn2qD6ypGgcfb6SCfvTc0L7FkQOrnpInuXG5OJ3kBco99u4mxY8VTepRrTD9JN0KEm20OOVPJWGeuDzGVsZ8s/s400/CIMG6916.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvHEhc8KFskUxCQyqzMWZcgo1zIGzJIwI4_PkidJOiI22zkoHRXGTwFaTfSmolnvt1icRQp9lStnfFgAj1aDnkbwRsLLQAO0X4_g4b7Tv6M4VVc1b7_5D9fL_jHwGdvZ_lnA5JiIbWuP3/s1600-h/CIMG6942.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311672374383959858" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvHEhc8KFskUxCQyqzMWZcgo1zIGzJIwI4_PkidJOiI22zkoHRXGTwFaTfSmolnvt1icRQp9lStnfFgAj1aDnkbwRsLLQAO0X4_g4b7Tv6M4VVc1b7_5D9fL_jHwGdvZ_lnA5JiIbWuP3/s400/CIMG6942.JPG" border="0" /></a> Power Plant<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0o35sPllPRE5bYCtYa6ytGlyqZYWF0HZvYOZfHU9OIYv3Ivb2JSFR6MROcONqbHVYTBEnzdh29rDvx34C6_9TYecjDaceEeWZ9BKCe9X6yNOaeBQmKSR39Gd8uStUe4Oopz9QpOu3PrW/s1600-h/CIMG6923.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311672363405017970" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0o35sPllPRE5bYCtYa6ytGlyqZYWF0HZvYOZfHU9OIYv3Ivb2JSFR6MROcONqbHVYTBEnzdh29rDvx34C6_9TYecjDaceEeWZ9BKCe9X6yNOaeBQmKSR39Gd8uStUe4Oopz9QpOu3PrW/s400/CIMG6923.JPG" border="0" /></a>Dummy.</div><div align="center">Talk about scarring the crap outta me.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIFgPJDYbSLgrWFBMaYP2nFLD-YJQqujZZBguuwOIJeH4CNkPUsgEd6uDktMus7wbYKv5V6tmdskk4I55Fy7VZKFOqIeDtmL1g-BDS72-wLC9KH-2fWCBms1mA6oYuKXXM57axdHVsEp2/s1600-h/CIMG6906.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311672358772007330" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIFgPJDYbSLgrWFBMaYP2nFLD-YJQqujZZBguuwOIJeH4CNkPUsgEd6uDktMus7wbYKv5V6tmdskk4I55Fy7VZKFOqIeDtmL1g-BDS72-wLC9KH-2fWCBms1mA6oYuKXXM57axdHVsEp2/s400/CIMG6906.JPG" border="0" /></a>Nobodys home.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1HUoVqTdBhb947dsavlula6fETIeVsGtKziHngUx6NMraLKvNMXOHUbHzH-x2fkvBSZFlFN6-sedXoB928gBfXtdRVAj5WJzk53xwX-xVfnbrnnQ9y1a9XWUM7Vv39Wm28ULTJx_2dL8h/s1600-h/CIMG6945.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311672356491995202" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1HUoVqTdBhb947dsavlula6fETIeVsGtKziHngUx6NMraLKvNMXOHUbHzH-x2fkvBSZFlFN6-sedXoB928gBfXtdRVAj5WJzk53xwX-xVfnbrnnQ9y1a9XWUM7Vv39Wm28ULTJx_2dL8h/s400/CIMG6945.JPG" border="0" /></a> Radio Flyer<br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilePubFoGaU1GHblMLRRa8O4mfJG6WAf1jN6EmqWz0lMqRRPUWUQiMifR0vp3MXs6YjAzCmnHbiUDpHzYZqasb7qRxXSpSAOI0s5pEfZvXL3qCoJDpUZ9VYwv0cmDTINgnO5v0nzaiN6A/s1600-h/CIMG6926.JPG"></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilePubFoGaU1GHblMLRRa8O4mfJG6WAf1jN6EmqWz0lMqRRPUWUQiMifR0vp3MXs6YjAzCmnHbiUDpHzYZqasb7qRxXSpSAOI0s5pEfZvXL3qCoJDpUZ9VYwv0cmDTINgnO5v0nzaiN6A/s1600-h/CIMG6926.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311671275261084082" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilePubFoGaU1GHblMLRRa8O4mfJG6WAf1jN6EmqWz0lMqRRPUWUQiMifR0vp3MXs6YjAzCmnHbiUDpHzYZqasb7qRxXSpSAOI0s5pEfZvXL3qCoJDpUZ9VYwv0cmDTINgnO5v0nzaiN6A/s400/CIMG6926.JPG" border="0" /></a> Coal Dust<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88_6u3F3S80SPnl4Tgd6YB7iTyRHPsrWx8lkaujSwPtdA3qx6z-QD0YekqGIeRO8OVXNnw2BzCQOeE8DEZIAaHwvrtyOKs9GD9Ji4Rm-na4VsCErZXtCqNDzmE_V2mpuF86VRvLVQYzrR/s1600-h/CIMG6951.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311671269191581778" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88_6u3F3S80SPnl4Tgd6YB7iTyRHPsrWx8lkaujSwPtdA3qx6z-QD0YekqGIeRO8OVXNnw2BzCQOeE8DEZIAaHwvrtyOKs9GD9Ji4Rm-na4VsCErZXtCqNDzmE_V2mpuF86VRvLVQYzrR/s400/CIMG6951.JPG" border="0" /></a> Fall of the Roman Empire<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1PpaftycTnczmmFcajOYIBTpzjPxbkDzuSjtFrXhZK2NQcNpWJaStQ8R6FOqXx2AOPQLI0WSqGgfWVpI4IgfsuDQNwZoxDu_Sxc0BqaxTUrUBk6nbUEQE5uIeJI88hl_as_w8xHYuX1o/s1600-h/CIMG6866.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311671258909291826" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1PpaftycTnczmmFcajOYIBTpzjPxbkDzuSjtFrXhZK2NQcNpWJaStQ8R6FOqXx2AOPQLI0WSqGgfWVpI4IgfsuDQNwZoxDu_Sxc0BqaxTUrUBk6nbUEQE5uIeJI88hl_as_w8xHYuX1o/s400/CIMG6866.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wx6Y29_jUyDnBfHVQ1W2YSbwFgbV6NugTsXMzoFlTCYUhIWPy_5j88o9zZtvfq-P1I9vfvFd22HnFYUyFkFybeeJ4p6mbxHiRy_vAd0uVG8WhOou9gd27GNuhDB7tqWgyN-KZk9tCSS2/s1600-h/CIMG6858.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311671259733414418" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wx6Y29_jUyDnBfHVQ1W2YSbwFgbV6NugTsXMzoFlTCYUhIWPy_5j88o9zZtvfq-P1I9vfvFd22HnFYUyFkFybeeJ4p6mbxHiRy_vAd0uVG8WhOou9gd27GNuhDB7tqWgyN-KZk9tCSS2/s400/CIMG6858.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311671275743978994" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxQ_gWji5rGqeRVSK187BYPO7X7JexQG18w1X3nf1_0fCrjFoFELLGxUpm6Mfz6i5GGz6cPfgd9Htu4aooChYcR4-jK4khV3MXhiWmd-KMJQZyaRBzJ1ZaVddI-SUkYr3RE-6ziIWO2HA/s400/CIMG6932.JPG" border="0" /></div>"Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking...." - David Bowie</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">-AK<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>AK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-27257264290549339112009-02-23T16:16:00.007-05:002009-04-07T16:10:36.197-04:00Camp Bluefields Part 1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAeIblkLwMqehtxnYMZb9Gf3B6i4xoqrgpsCX_S1PVah2iujdl4RpYZBesVfE1jWDJ4VOmhzr5tZ_EHOiPDrbrPW5FW_df8CrMTYWDdslTsXavodg_DOIFH14J1-IKVddjTtPlbHJj1Pj/s1600-h/CIMG6814.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306477970877720338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAeIblkLwMqehtxnYMZb9Gf3B6i4xoqrgpsCX_S1PVah2iujdl4RpYZBesVfE1jWDJ4VOmhzr5tZ_EHOiPDrbrPW5FW_df8CrMTYWDdslTsXavodg_DOIFH14J1-IKVddjTtPlbHJj1Pj/s400/CIMG6814.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Most know it as 'Tweed', an abandoned and mysterious complex of concrete tunnels, bunkers, and walls built atop Clausland Mountain in Blauvelt, NY.<br />Many say it's haunted, frequently visited by Devil Worshippers, home of all manner of odd creatures, homeless, and graffiti artists.<br /><br />I really feel like a moron writing this, but it took two or three tries to even get CLOSE to the Camp, and then another half-mile of climbing in the wrong direction to finally see it.<br /><br />See, about a mile South lies the old Nike Missile Base of Piermont, NY. Now, I had figured hey, if the Army owned one thing up there, then the old WWI rifle range must be part of the same complex, right? Well assumptions are the mother of all screw-ups and I want to take this oppertunity to apologize to Nicky for <em>repeatedly</em> leading her on a series of wild-goose-chases through the woods.<br /><br />Then, once I got a satellite picture of the place and map it out with a red pen, we drive up there, find a suitable parking spot, and proceed to walk up this windy road before I suggest that I take the short cut and run ahead to see if we're in the right direction.<br /><br />Good call AK.<br /><br />Now I'm a quarter-mile up in the thickest woods I've ever seen, having scaled two 20' embankments that put my knees to the test, and my right one failed.<br /><br />Pulling out my binoculars, I looked around and saw nothing akin to a large bunker and began to sheepishly stagger back towards Nicky when I look north and see part of the western-most part of the camp. Keep in mind, this camp was constructed around 1918 to train soldiers for WWI and specifically trench warfare. Its 91 years old, and trees are growing through it. The whole thing, according to my satellite photos, covers a few hundred square acres.<br /><br />Ouch.<br /><br />Before and after WWI, the place served as a Girl Scout Camp, and summer camp for young women. The NY Times even did an article on it, where for $3.50 a week women could go for some relaxation… especially from men. (<a href="http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9B06E1DF123DEF3ABC4052DFB066838D609EDE">http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9B06E1DF123DEF3ABC4052DFB066838D609EDE</a>) It was then re-opened in 1942 to train soldiers to fight in WWII, however, since trench warfare wasn’t all that commonplace in that chapter of world history, it wasn’t all that useful.<br /><br />So I go find Nicky and promise it wont be too far a trek through the woods.<br /><br />Turns out you have to cross two ravines to get there, and since Princesses don't walk across fallen tree trunks five feet above freezing water... I went ahead by myself.<br /><br />Making a long story short, I got to the 'tower' and took a bunch of pics of the inside and surrounding area. For being 91 years old, minus the graffiti, it's in pristine condition… structurally. The steps are still functional and the rails all around are in good shape.<br /><br />After looking around there, I headed east along the ten foot wall and ducked down into two of the trench-training areas and snapped a bunch of photos. Along the wall was a series of 10" iron flanges that I assume used to hold slats of wood. Standing on one of those pieces of metal, I could just get my face over the wall. I assume that's where the soldiers were trained to shoot from, since trench warfare basically means ducking in these long trenches in the ground, poking your head and rifle up every now and then to try and squeeze a shot off at the enemy. ( <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_warfare">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_warfare</a> )<br /><br />Learn your history. It's some nasty stuff.<br /><br />Either way, I shot 24 pictures of the site, most aren't worth posting but the good ones I will as soon as I can get my bastard computer to work right.<br /><br />We plan on coming back here more when the weather is warmer.<br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpYgPQdW26cOxTLBFJTXj85d_brIdEKNGMGpbyGtrPrmsGSTuGIrQwmrFchNqbuoqq5BeKSY8cV80TJexJu1L13tXgWh1sglVfi699XREI_6Ld3bXgYFaGpR6qqm-siwjS2twYOIDEQWd/s1600-h/CIMG6815.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306480781610603458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpYgPQdW26cOxTLBFJTXj85d_brIdEKNGMGpbyGtrPrmsGSTuGIrQwmrFchNqbuoqq5BeKSY8cV80TJexJu1L13tXgWh1sglVfi699XREI_6Ld3bXgYFaGpR6qqm-siwjS2twYOIDEQWd/s400/CIMG6815.JPG" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwgO0BBQkS0zqBf7B5yUjnLmApNlLLzuOYYE7Y4FXu_dx3DVl_XLqs3rMCULpkl6hD0gY3ItBLf_Up-mDxu2YZmXEGSZJLlvuTC5z3w0fIA8Lr4qGnEkXYu9jyzylbAOWk4VUr-_Q4xvu/s1600-h/CIMG6818.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306480783945121138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwgO0BBQkS0zqBf7B5yUjnLmApNlLLzuOYYE7Y4FXu_dx3DVl_XLqs3rMCULpkl6hD0gY3ItBLf_Up-mDxu2YZmXEGSZJLlvuTC5z3w0fIA8Lr4qGnEkXYu9jyzylbAOWk4VUr-_Q4xvu/s400/CIMG6818.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWUyGAksWQV3CQh5I6lfKyFeJKGAJj4nGy9YkBD4jjKZuFGrsEL1W2LsLEHbuEzrI1x8iNHIXtzdlWVtO27X7cM0edQpZIHif10qPF0WZVcYsYzkuCJKbtHnhF5jbeLsumVm-BbRbwxr4/s1600-h/CIMG6821.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306481601308683074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWUyGAksWQV3CQh5I6lfKyFeJKGAJj4nGy9YkBD4jjKZuFGrsEL1W2LsLEHbuEzrI1x8iNHIXtzdlWVtO27X7cM0edQpZIHif10qPF0WZVcYsYzkuCJKbtHnhF5jbeLsumVm-BbRbwxr4/s400/CIMG6821.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />"The Grave"<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8m2P0hUcm6ndJlxI2QMCs5ROfCH54et9Mw6mRLxkigrfUQQxvqioQ2ZFq_fkKde-RyVJkBcv4nqKiMMkTTiKu85gJt6mxlMGNI3OSgiLSfT5-JgyiOEZT9kE39D1EIfYGFz25FUqGe_o/s1600-h/CIMG6829.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306481610575740754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8m2P0hUcm6ndJlxI2QMCs5ROfCH54et9Mw6mRLxkigrfUQQxvqioQ2ZFq_fkKde-RyVJkBcv4nqKiMMkTTiKu85gJt6mxlMGNI3OSgiLSfT5-JgyiOEZT9kE39D1EIfYGFz25FUqGe_o/s400/CIMG6829.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUAGBJTOwB5OqCtd4qqQj4yvycaIgqww2RMyMcWkALKU8TVqCTLQ2t_fJASE9u6fcI9Vo75syhjpY2Ol8CWxN_mGGJWMlc3rRLGh-Fg3I9TaOZ5kcoV_NogwNGpttRQImW6UeUuT279CuP/s1600-h/CIMG6833.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306481591483500370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUAGBJTOwB5OqCtd4qqQj4yvycaIgqww2RMyMcWkALKU8TVqCTLQ2t_fJASE9u6fcI9Vo75syhjpY2Ol8CWxN_mGGJWMlc3rRLGh-Fg3I9TaOZ5kcoV_NogwNGpttRQImW6UeUuT279CuP/s400/CIMG6833.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Training Area<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGYZHVIPCT8bf4N2ZGGqh3gOrFG2mCx3Bu3Vpne_TvJRJoJwXYBGn6d5l4N1KkWhLDm3mIB2FhQMP9aMIjx1_g1QsWzzX9H204ug9xuYCk5hlfTy2vPWAhkaHdO9a4O5jXvvvFdggwrgF/s1600-h/CIMG6835.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306481594517373394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGYZHVIPCT8bf4N2ZGGqh3gOrFG2mCx3Bu3Vpne_TvJRJoJwXYBGn6d5l4N1KkWhLDm3mIB2FhQMP9aMIjx1_g1QsWzzX9H204ug9xuYCk5hlfTy2vPWAhkaHdO9a4O5jXvvvFdggwrgF/s400/CIMG6835.JPG" border="0" /></a>Alls Quiet on the Western Front<br /></div><br /><br /><br />-AKAK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-44862667473225231872009-02-11T18:26:00.004-05:002009-04-07T16:13:31.659-04:00The CowSet deep in a cornfield in Central Jersey is the legendary Cow, so coveted by frat brothers from Rutgers and nearly toppled by mother nature on countless occasions. Overall, the trip realistically wasn't worth it, the cow was a quarter-mile behind barbed wire and is only about 12' tall and nowhere near worth the sixty mile trip from home. Oh well, we did have a lot of fun on the way and figured we'd hit our next stop: the grave of Elise the Cow.<br /><br />Elise the Cow was featured in many old movies back in 'the day' and became a legend all around the US, and brought fame to Central Jersey. However, we couldn't find her grave site and basically drove around for an hour down there for no real reason other then to get <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">really </span>dirty when we tried to walk into the local cemetary. However, the scenery was nice and it was a pretty good trip to welcome spring back and get back into exploring the abandoned, haunted, and the bizarre.<br /><br /><br /><br />-AK<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqffZOC0MGcho1lMl8_6FD7o1qcBZsu6XYHcZJiBqCfwavWDJ1K7zTxyvi9jp9XEWrqUA156Q2hUbs7z9tkve4d4fJHfN0KVcBA512M1c1_bBCVIDkMjLETQh38DWCQ-sK7pJmYh_KoZZi/s1600-h/CIMG6732.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301688166994995234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqffZOC0MGcho1lMl8_6FD7o1qcBZsu6XYHcZJiBqCfwavWDJ1K7zTxyvi9jp9XEWrqUA156Q2hUbs7z9tkve4d4fJHfN0KVcBA512M1c1_bBCVIDkMjLETQh38DWCQ-sK7pJmYh_KoZZi/s400/CIMG6732.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgzs9qyPk5PwDddoJY7dVsTJJ0YAxb8_03xIQSatczSGliakO-JT3uF84B4FOZLWgML8OqRO6uMZ0zjSsFpsLW3w_x4kYlT3q3PKDtiv0NMtEBeKfN4zYLW1VmBzGVIRfP_RUJrpulIUn/s1600-h/CIMG6731.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301688161324488146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgzs9qyPk5PwDddoJY7dVsTJJ0YAxb8_03xIQSatczSGliakO-JT3uF84B4FOZLWgML8OqRO6uMZ0zjSsFpsLW3w_x4kYlT3q3PKDtiv0NMtEBeKfN4zYLW1VmBzGVIRfP_RUJrpulIUn/s400/CIMG6731.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyuON9gITtO71uuxoby_PAHfGEAqzEevLrnPxvzcaD7P9V56GAb06pDsgRWuedVPIDdZ0W0RjCG_1W5kxu39nG111Xo7SW2qBLHwjN0KvZJA9SGSlBBcA_74PfTJZ1RpnixH698pkI2XzT/s1600-h/CIMG6735.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301688162182077042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyuON9gITtO71uuxoby_PAHfGEAqzEevLrnPxvzcaD7P9V56GAb06pDsgRWuedVPIDdZ0W0RjCG_1W5kxu39nG111Xo7SW2qBLHwjN0KvZJA9SGSlBBcA_74PfTJZ1RpnixH698pkI2XzT/s400/CIMG6735.JPG" border="0" /></a>AK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498641337217417959.post-1440620136235744962009-01-20T19:07:00.006-05:002009-01-20T19:54:21.330-05:00Letchworth Village CemeterySo me, Nicky, and Dave took a little trip up to Letchworth, and specifically to the newly found cemetery. Upon coming up to a new bunch of buildings and parking the car, I spotted a local police officer parked behind one of the buildings along the main road. I know he saw us, we saw him too, I didnt make eye contact and basically carried on like he wasn't there. We weren't going in the buildings around here anyway.<br /><br />Nicky and I went up there a few days before, and saw that the local DPW boarded up most of the old doors and easily accessible windows on the abandoned builings in the northern end of the campus.<br /><br />Now, you'd think this would aggrivate me. Nope. In fact, I'm a little glad that the local towns have taken an initiative into preserving the place from vandalism. Also, a lot of those buildings are full of asbestos, noxious fumes, mold, flooded elevator shafts, unstable floors... etc.<br /><br />Keep the stupid people from doing... stupid stuff.<br /><br />Heres a little selection of the pictures of the cemetery and what the Village looks like today.<br /><br />The Cemetery is a verrrry creepy place. Most of the headstones there bare no name. The few that do, and have dates on them, bring chills to your spine and a tear to your eye. The oldest one we saw: the person died when they were 39. The youngest: six. The average, 15-19. I'm 20.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BH9bJ1pdmWKW2yhDi7J1SCsbTAeCFbE3y3gTgrsOVh4xPZEvaj2cNcxzzfZ2VAf44x3JBzhRmEgUOgiG3yMU5f2qXTM-D22U3qb7up10k0I7dwsqgLCR98PGORMTVsD9djJ17qi-T9UA/s1600-h/CIMG6566.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BH9bJ1pdmWKW2yhDi7J1SCsbTAeCFbE3y3gTgrsOVh4xPZEvaj2cNcxzzfZ2VAf44x3JBzhRmEgUOgiG3yMU5f2qXTM-D22U3qb7up10k0I7dwsqgLCR98PGORMTVsD9djJ17qi-T9UA/s400/CIMG6566.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293542976146292690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bgMLfr7rcXY2nYfI-9VPgVMxvbzTshOhPiy56Pdww2NQFqr1OgmTXaML3W7Em6UYE0lDkxBhFpKj0JlaWe-w9f5UCmfQ2yO20mYy1ANqL-jB4aApiTmmzK0KSoGlscOxOzW7fYSb7_hr/s1600-h/CIMG6571.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UljEbzBBW_2GucCZ8uj4jM39vJfkIYiQ9SecFlP76zX71rdr8LVn2oUUPgkf4bNswwODTsUnzEk9kl2TEh7HPanpf-wpLA87Yi0KuGIG6cDNUysBcOuwv_Z-Cr40VF0GWk5k8NS1wZT-/s400/CIMG6658.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293541430517292306" border="0" /></a><br />Picnic anyone?<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGj-KasahUXoDw5bArsgDndUotT7MSr9VvJ2DsrqZQQTheCDtIVFRRwYy6ThUtN2UL5vQTg5KzgQosjdPPfkXZC_QA9JtEd3gsymK3T5qs3wztDLoQegHAg7FATC29rtZOj4WAkmt2IL66/s1600-h/CIMG6669.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGj-KasahUXoDw5bArsgDndUotT7MSr9VvJ2DsrqZQQTheCDtIVFRRwYy6ThUtN2UL5vQTg5KzgQosjdPPfkXZC_QA9JtEd3gsymK3T5qs3wztDLoQegHAg7FATC29rtZOj4WAkmt2IL66/s400/CIMG6669.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293541427286818818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />-AKAK The Jefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373501830478564349noreply@blogger.com1