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Pittstown in Winter. Dec 2009

JLF53 wrote:

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Nice! Tell me about your avitar - looks warm all the time

My avatar is my favorite vacation place. While I like the burning of anthracite, I would much prefer to be warm without the work of it. So in January my avatar provides a warm escape.

The photo is my home. Since it is in NJ I thought it would fit your photo parameters. It took 7 tons of rice coal in a Leisure Line new Pocono to heat it last year with an average temp of 72 degrees.

My favorite late season duck hunting spot. I can only say it's the Delaware River ...

Almost looks like Sunfish pond--but--don't they all---plus, it's a hell of a climb up there

freetown fred wrote:Almost looks like Sunfish pond--but--don't they all---plus, it's a hell of a climb up there

Can't hunt on SFP! But the climb is worth it. This pic is a splice of 5 (i think?) pictures. If you zoom in on the right hand side, you can see the deeks: a string of 4 near the fast water and the rest of the first set at the edge of the ice. There's another few just off the camo on the left just past the downfalls

Gottcha--Outstanding--and you're right, it is worth the climb

You guys are making me homesick. I grew up in Green Township, surrounded by dairy farms. Hunted and fished around Deckers Pond (on 517 between Andover and Tranquility--called 'Buckmire Pond' on the maps), the Pequest river in Huntsville, and canoed the Delaware many times, from above Skinner's Falls down to the Gap--pretty much the entire length of the river. On one trip, the River Commission had closed the river the previous weekend and we were on it the next. It was the best trip ever--we swamped 6 out of 8 canoes, most of them several times. The haystacks were 3' high, and one of the runs that was normally a 3 hr. trip we covered in 45 minutes! Boy I miss that. Had a relative that had a small home on the river's edge in Belvidere as well. On our southern canoe trips we used to camp on Tocks island because back in the 60's they were planning to dam the river for a hydo plant and Tocks island was going to end up under water. There was so much public outcry it never happened. I think there were Lenape Indians on the island at one time as relics had been found there. Anyway, keep sending the photos!

swededoc - I know what you're talking about when you spoke about running the Delaware in high water. We (were a whole lot younger then) would shoot Foul Rift in high water on big old truck inner tubes. I'd tie rope handles to it and put the loops over my forearms and hang on tight and keep my but up as high as possible. Those haystacks - looked like 4' to me - took on an entire different look from that low on the water What in normal water would take the better part of 2 hours took 20 minutes. I still see those haystacks looming ahead as you round the bend into the top part of the riff

All the small houses on the pool at the bottom of Foul Rift were owned by PP&L. They took them all back a few years ago. Looks strange down there now. Lots of memories there too.

Mid Fall vista off of Warren County Rt 611 looking west toward the Delaware Water Gap. Wind Gap is to the left (south). Picture taken above gate to the Land of Make Believe and just beyond Hope. Think about that statement!

Vig, is Sunfish pond anywhere near there?--pretty shot

Nice view of The Del Water Gap. Similar views going out rte 80 as you approach it. I've heard of a Sunfish Pond out that way, I think you can hike to it from one of the rest areas near the gap.

Yep, a couple miles straight up--used to be real pretty back in thhe early 70's