HeyJaredTraveling Close to Home
Exploring new places without traveling very far, mostly New Jersey
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Egg Harbor and Egg Harbor City are not the same place (opens the original)
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I didn’t have any plans for my second day in Somers Point. I was intrigued by the Downbeach Express Bridge - a private, cash or permit only expanse in the middle of nowhere, that I had driven over the day before. The bridge is actually made up of 4 different spans and jumps across several small islands. Downbeach itself is not an actual town but refers to a group of three towns - Margate City, Ventnor City and Longport. It was all a bit confusing. I decided to leave it for another day and to ins
Somers Point and Margate New Jersey. (opens the original)
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Monday was Labor Day - so Mondays auction was held on Tuesday - and since many of the regular buyers had gone off to Brimfield ( Massachusetts) for the weekend - it was a light sale and the auction ended early. That worked for me - I bought a ton of beautiful glassware for cheap and left Swedesboro around three o’clock. I took back roads all the way to Somers Point. I was a little nervous about the motel I had booked - it seemed way too cheap. It turns out, that’s just off season pricing at the
After the flea market - Woodstown Museum and the Cowtown Rodeo (opens the original)
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There wasn’t much for me to buy at the Cowtown Flea Market - if hadn’t been so hot, I would have picked up few of those very healthy looking houseplants, but I didn’t think they’d survive three days locked in my sweltering van. Falls coming - I need some new plants! As always - I digress - back to the day at hand - I left Pilesgrove for Woodstown and the 1749 Samuel Dickeson House ( home of the Pilesgrove- Woodstown Historical Society) and and its magnificent catalpa tree. . .<div class="caption
The Cowtown Flea Market in Pilesgrove New Jersey (opens the original)
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Left Brooklyn at 6 AM and headed straight down the Turnpike to the Cowtown Flea Market in Pilesgrove New Jersey. No diner breakfast stop - just straight to the flea market. <img alt="" class="sizing-large" height="336.2637362637363" src="https://substackcdn.com/ima
The Salem County Fair in Woodstown New Jersey (opens the original)
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Wake up everybody - it’s time to go tho the Salem County Fair.Well - first breakfast - poached eggs, rye toast, well done home fries at the Deepwater Diner. . . <img alt="" class="sizing-large" height="605.76923076
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