I'm thinking that I might take a long weekend in January or February and drive up to the Pine Barrens for some exploring fun and to motivate me to get back to work on the rallycross car. And also to scout potential rallysprint locations. Other then a shovel, boards, compressor, is there anything that I should bring, be careful of or avoid? And would any GRM'ers be interested in coming out and turning it into a mini tour and meet?
In reply to captdownshift:
I used to go to the Pine Barrens a lot back in the 70s. Moved to Midwest, but still miss it. I am sure it is more civilized now. I started out with a Scout and then a Blazer. Boring! I modified a 1968 Saab 96 V4 and had a blast. I used to take an extra spare, a come along, snatch strap, a plywood base for the jack, axe and saw (deadfalls), helmet and of course tools. Never really needed most of it, but I like to be prepared. Did use most of it to assist others with me or people we found stranded, out of gas or lost. If you don't know your way around the fire trails, I would suggest a good map and compass. Don't know how helpful a GPS would be. Have fun!
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captdownshift wrote: is there anything that I should..... or avoid?
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I used to have a -lot- of fun bombing the fireroads in the pine barrens. If you are looking for a good place to start, go to batsto. There are many dirt roads that radiate out from that old town.
In reply to mad_machine:
Hot summer days we used to stop near a small bridge over a spring fed stream. Small pool where the spring emerges was a great place to sit and have a beer
well.. all the streams in southern NJ are spring fed.. there is a LOT of fresh water below NJ.
For those familier with Southern NJ. Cape May County (where I grew up) is not only physically separated from the rest of NJ by water, but it's water supply is also separate from that of the rest of NJ.
Underground water runs from North to South and comes up in the Mullica and Egg Harbor Rivers and the Cedar Swamp Creek. Cape May's water comes up in the Elizabeth River and in the small lakes in Cape May
In reply to mad_machine: Yes, in the late 70s developers were building homes with wells and septic systems near the Barrens and polluted the ground water in the area. The home owners had to get their water from mobile tankers at the end of the block.
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If you can give me the weekend at least two weeks ahead of time, I might be able to get off for it. I live on the edge of the Pine Barrens near the Richard Stockton College of NJ
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In reply to mad_machine:
I'll definitely let you know, it will likely be in February, since I'm in Florida and the Bahamas the second half of this month (which seeing how winter has finally arrived can't come soon enough)
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