Going to Watchung (Make Reservations)

As with much of my writing, I go into this small endeavor, planning for a brief recount of my companions' and my own travels and experiences, and then hit upon a rabbit-hole that had been waiting right in front of me for many years. The story of Watchung Reservation and our time there is not any different.

Things you find on a walk

It's easy to go stir crazy as the approaching winter temperatures begin rolling it. I try to combat this by forcing myself to go for runs or walks, even if it feels like I am inhaling sub-zero gasps of air. Regardless, tonight's walk was a mild, beautiful one and the orange and red was in full burst, much of my route covered by a thin layer of shapely fallen leaves. When you live somewhere for a while, yet do not fully know the actual routes surrounding your house, you pinpoint locations and set them as mental landmarks for future travels.

Shades of Death, the Old Mine, and the Men Who Scream at Cars

Just recently, I spent a few days with my good friends Mark and Brian. Although we spent a day at the Central / South Jersey landmark that is Six Flags Great Adventure, we spent most of our time in their neck of the woods, in the north.

Roleplaying Games and Fictional Best Friends (Repost)

I had originally written and posted this article on 05.26.2012, but due to a charming conversation and thread on the roleplaying board on Reddit (r/rpg), I had to dig up this piece due to the smile it brought to my face and the wonderful memories it stirred.

We have been keeping our love for roleplaying games very much alive in the house, with plenty of home-brewed rules and campaigns since, but that is a topic for another day. Enjoy this little throw back about fictional characters and how they can affect our lives.

Up in the air

Most of these kinds of posts occur around the New Year. You know the type: new beginnings, new commitments, those sort of things. Well, that's not really the situation in my little realm of existence, at the moment.

Into the Belly of the Beast - The Paulinskill Viaduct, revisited

"It seems that whenever we do go adventuring, Jeff," he said as we descended the steep hillside trail, nearly blind in the dark, "That it is always a game of escalation."

And he was right.

The House of Bees and Bone

It should be known that my experience at this property was, subjectively, the most terrifying experience in my personal history of exploration.