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Backroads of New Jersey

The call came from my editor at Voyageur Press, "Are you interested in doing a book on the backroads of New Jersey?" Hmm, depends on what you mean by a backroad. Could be an oxymoron. It's a small state, the most densely populated. Stuck between New York and Philadelphia, it's been the butt of jokes since vaudeville. What's a backroad where the fleeting impression from the New Jersey Turnpike is presumed to summarize the state, and "What exit?" to best identify its residents? When the interstate is built, all the older roads become backroads of a sort, and those passing through no longer see the place. But take an exit to find representation of all that America has made, in close proximity, the beginnings of the West so to speak. And a natural world too where North and South overlap. Even still a Garden State beyond the refineries.

 

 

Kittatinnies
Kittatinnies
Wallkill
Wallkill
Millbrook Village
Millbrook Village
Delaware Water Gap
Delaware Water Gap
ridge and valley
ridge and valley
asters
asters
rhododendron
rhododendron
Delaware and Raritan Canal
Delaware and Raritan Canal
Toby's Cup
Toby's Cup
White Manna
White Manna
Summit Diner
Summit Diner
suburb
suburb
Ironbound neighborhood
Ironbound neighborhood
crane & Pulaski
crane & Pulaski
Miss America Diner
Miss America Diner
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Trenton
Alexander Hamilton bust
Alexander Hamilton bust
Essex Hunt Club
Essex Hunt Club
garage
garage
Grover’s Mill
Grover’s Mill
Manasquan Inlet
Manasquan Inlet
Wildwood
Wildwood
brier thicket
brier thicket
Tillie
Tillie
backdune at Island Beach
backdune at Island Beach
bayman
bayman
Pinelands
Pinelands
Lucy
Lucy
batting cage
batting cage
bath houses
bath houses
parking lot whale mural
parking lot whale mural
White Star Motel
White Star Motel
Patio soft serve
Patio soft serve
Cape May
Cape May
creek landing
creek landing
Shellpile
Shellpile