Some time next year I thought it would be cool to have a "Weird NJ" Cruise. Now, we would only do the things that we could drive by or the things that are open to public, like Lucy the Elephant and I believe Batsto is on there as well. Going up to these buildings on private property is a bad idea. :police: I think it would be something cool to do, and a change of our ordinary cruises to car shows, camping trips, eateries. A few years ago when I just got my license, my friends and I went to "13 Bumps Road" it was pretty cool. I'll let you research that one. Some of you folks may even be old enough ./// to remember some of this stuff!! Let me know what you guys think, and I'll pass it on to John for the approval.
A sample list of some of the places include: Won't be going to all of these, borrowed the list off a website.
Abandoned Mines of Sussex County
Old Nike Missle Bases of the Cold War Era (NYC Defense - Northeast NJ)
Blue Hole of Pines Barrens
North Arlington Collapsing Coal Mines
Miniature Castle of Liberty State Park
Fairview/Edgewater Tunnels
Tweed Mountain Tunnel
The Paulinskill Viaduct
Lehigh Valley Railroad Tunnel
Ice Tunnels of Byram
Manunka Chunk Tunnel
The Hermatage Tunnel
Indian Cabin Road
Evil Disney Land
Coytesvill, NJ Cemetery
Toxic City
The Mount Alter of Mount Holly
Runyon Bridge & Water Works Rd
Mary's Tower
Old Stone Remains
Kips Castle
Boiardo Estate House
Ramapo Mountain Indians (Jackson Whites)
Tank Girl Jet
Watchung Village
New Jersey's Stonehenge
The WWI Comcrete Ship
Abandoned Railroad Trolleys
Closed Railroad Station
The Giant Stairs of Alpine Lookout
Zabriski Point Ruins
Robert Cadgene's Estate Ruins
John Ringling's House
Mary Murray Ship (Huge Cruise Ship Grounded along NJ Turnpike)
Hampton Furnace of Pine Barrens
Federal Hill
Asbury Park Airport (Abandoned)
Small Stone Castle on Route 9W
Flemmington Speedway
Menlo Park Museum (Thomas Edison Labritory)
The Bates Motel
Hawthorne Boat House
Wolley Road Swimming Area (West Milford, NJ)
Van Syke Castle (Ramapo Mountain State Forest)
Helme Tobacco Company
Gerystone Insane Asylum
Ringwood Manor
Cape May Point Military Bunker
Curtis Wright Facility
Shades of Death Road
Stone Living Room
Dempsey House
Jet in the Woods
Rio Vista Tower
The Devil's Tree
Old Sanitorium near Cedar Grove
Behnke's Cemetery
Bernards Haunted Mansion
Lambertville High School
Gates of Hell
Lucy the Elephant
WWII Airplane in the Woods (Route 46)
Button Woods Flood Zone (Lincoln Park, NJ)
Lambert Castle
Abandoned Homes in Edison, NJ
Street Grib of Abandoned Town
Ancora Mental Asylum
Vereran's Retreat
Roebling Steel Plant
Pleasureland
Riverside Hospital, NYC
Bannerman Castle (New York City - Historic)
Waterloo 1970s Abandoned Houses
Doodletown Abandoned
North Prinston Developement Center
Demon's Alley
The Pines Hotel (New York State)
Marlboro Slaughterhouse
Kinnelon Castle (The Gate)
Jungle Habitat
Estellville, NJ
Quaker Bridge Road
Pleasant Mills, NJ
Pancoast's Mill
Martha, NJ
Long Pond Ironworks (Historical)
Hibernia Mining Town Abandoned
Hibernia Bat Cave
Hibernia Cemetery
Frendship, NJ (Abandoned)
Amatol, NJ
Batsto Village
Atsion, NJ
Asbury Park, NJ
Midgetville, NJ (There are no midgets!!! - This is where nice older people live)
Allaire Village
Nice list Greg!
Can you cut it down to say, maybe , the top 10?
And make 1/2 of the top ten close to home so we get more members to go.
Didn't make the list, that was from a website. Once I get a handful of people interested, I'll start my research.
The reason for the research is to decide on one or two places to choose. I cant get people to decide on a cruise if there are 30 places to choose from.
(I'm not sure who the people are that you need to get intrested but give me the two or three sites and I'll get the people intrested)
Well we'd hit up a couple, more like a tour. 85 percent sure that Lucy will be one of them. Since we actually go inside.
If its any help I have the book "Weird NJ", there is a ton of spots and not that far
listed with good descriptions of each.
Hey living in NJ is weird enough without looking for more weirdness, just look at Trenton! LAUGH@
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First off... The Atco Ghost isn't even on your list! It's on WNJ's though.
Right around the corner from my house! It's creepy...seeing all those people going down that road to do "Ghost time".
Not sure if I can volunteer her but my daughter is a WNJ fiend and probably knows where 20 in our (SJVWC's) area are located. I'll ask her when I get home.
Speaking for myself I'm all for it. $61$ P#3 BO** Sight seeing cruises are more fun the any other thing that we do as a group. If it were up to me we would do one every month hiphop drive&& :icon_sunny: Ghug Count me out for Lucy though. it's at the shore & too mainsteam :icon_puke_l:
yea, a list is needed!
Matt
i can help trim the fat on that list a bit i think it is a great idea. some of the old castles and stuff are crazy look totaly out of place for NJ. if we are trying to hit up more then one in a day i think it would be fun if we hit a gravity hill. there are supposed to be a couple in the area but have never been.
the acto ghost would be cool but i think for that we would loose jack unless we camped there its a little past his bed time LAUGH@
anyway i think its a great idea greg
would even be cool to hit a couple up and end the cruise at the jersey devil camp out.
Love the idea Greg! I agree it should be in south Jersey so we can get more participants. Looking at your list below, a lot is in north Jersey.
The weird NJ then Jersey Devil Campout is not a bad idea... but then we gotta wait until May. We can certainly do one before that... in fact we could do both... save one of the scarier/Pine Barrens related one for May.
Check out the Carranza Memorial - about 9 miles in the woods off 206 in Tabernacle
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2165 (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2165)
I haven't been there in 30 years... It's in the middle of no where but has a small parking area where we could gather...
Theres a completely round house listed in the book thats located in Glendora. My folks house is 1 block away and I grew up walking past it everyday. Its weird since its made of stone and is completely round ( like a basket ball ) with a small cone shaped roof. Stuff like that is all over So. Jersey you just have to know where to look.
Quote from: 40FordKit on October 28, 2009, 10:13:29 PM
Check out the Carranza Memorial - about 9 miles in the woods off 206 in Tabernacle
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2165 (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2165)
I haven't been there in 30 years... It's in the middle of no where but has a small parking area where we could gather...
We went there last year, but that's OK let go again :icon_thumleft:
i bet if you told mark and mark the publishers about the club doing a weird nj tour they'd put it in their magazine. i met them a few years ago and they were very cool guys. we need someone to write the story, anyone? i actually had a story published in their magazine about 10 years ago. busicon2
I was thinking Mayish. It's getting a little late in the cruise year, and we still have to organize a Christmas Cruise. Camping could be organized... I'll work on it tonight, see what I can come up with.
-Greg-
thats a good idea paul would be cool to see pics of the Wird NJ spots with a bunch of VWs there.
Ok so here it goes...
ETA 3.1 Hours WITHOUT STOPPING
I guess we'll meet somewhere in Clayton
Palace of Depression *It was torn down, but they are re-building it due to be finished 2011... should be close to finished they started in 2007*
Fountain of Youth Mini Statue of Liberty
Driving past Story Book Land
Big Ship House *Rumor has it that it was torn down, but as of 10/7/09 it's still there.
Giant bottle at Renault
Smithville
Mighty Joe *big gorrilla*
Emilio Carranza Crash Monument Couldn't find exact address and it's not included in the 3.1 hours ET.
Lunch at Shamong
Campers can skip the Tiny Church and go right to Atsion...
Tiny Church
Campers back to Atsion to camp.
This is just an idea, only expenses would be food from Shamong Diner.
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QuotePlace of Depression *It was torn down, but they are re-building it due to be finished 2011... should be close to finished they started in 2007*
Isn't that the "Palace of depression" and wasn't that spot used in the movie "Eddie and the cruisers" ?
QuoteDriving past Story Book Land
they put on a great once a year car show
Quotebet if you told mark and mark the publishers about the club doing a weird nj tour they'd put it in their magazine.
saw a really good show on the History Channel they did but it was called "Weird USA" some strange stuff like a town in a salt mine that was under water and some other strange stuff. Its a good concept who knows a bunch of VWs checking out this stuff might be weird enough to be considered for their publication. Anyway a good photo opt!
I loved that show what ever happened to that. They could of went on and on then when theyy ran out weird world. They were good on air personalities to.
Thanks Bob, you should have seen my papers in college... it was like a professor's coloring book.
Ship House is indead gone...lot of talk last year about abandon race tracks. Would be top of my list
Very cool stuff!!! I sometimes forget how much the garden state has! :icon_cheers:
I was wondering if there was any interesting places to eat on the planned route? I enjoy a break in the cruise about halfway to have a bite and chat. This is just my 2CENTS I figured since we are going for unique places we can find somewhere cool to eat. I'm not knocking the Diner, but there are some very good spots to eat in South Jersey, and more fitting to the theme of the cruise drive&&.
Cheers,
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Scarecrow, I thought about it but we'd have to get special permission to go to the track to actually see anything. Vineland would have been my 1st choice. I was thinking about us getting into trouble and then making our club look bad. I did honestly think about checking out a track. I guess asking couldn't hurt, but I leave that up to the BOD to decide.
3 Gear, we could split up the cruise and have some meal in between. There are several good diners on Rt that we could stop at on the way to Smithville. We'd have to make prior arrangements because they are quite small.
Quote from: 6T5 square on October 28, 2009, 08:36:44 AM
The reason for the research is to decide on one or two places to choose. I cant get people to decide on a cruise if there are 30 places to choose from.
(I'm not sure who the people are that you need to get intrested but give me the two or three sites and I'll get the people intrested)
I think you should stick with club protocol and do the above. 888 Ideas for cruises is GREAT but
do your homework first. All suggestions to John should be posted or sent to him
only after you research your ideas and have a full plan instead of just throwing a lot of stuff out here. c23
I checked out a lot of the places on that list and I only saw one so far that would be worth the trip. There isn't much to do or see at the 12 or so I checked so far.
Never-mind forget the whole thing, I'll do the cruise on my own time alone.
Why be that way.
Don't like people raining on my parade, so I'll just go alone is all.
Quote from: Beetleboi on October 29, 2009, 05:26:07 PM
Don't like people raining on my parade, so I'll just go alone is all.
when you going? I'll go
Greg, come and see me at the meeting this monday.
Won't be at the meeting, talked to Marc already.
Thats a shame. I have an idea on how to make your dream cruise come true. Oh well.
It's just too difficult getting to the meetings and then rushing back to Philly for work. Will you be at Taylor's Sunday?
Greg, The Weird NJ cruise sounds like a great idea, there are alot of cool places out there to check out.
Quote from: Beetleboi on October 29, 2009, 05:26:07 PM
Don't like people raining on my parade, so I'll just go alone is all.
No one is trying to rain on your parade, at least you have ideas but just look back at the posts and you can see what a jumble it turns into.
Present a plan like Brady did with maps and the whole shabang, not 50 ideas with no plans you just end up with with so much of, go here, go there, no this place or that place, it makes your head spin, and go through club protocol, whats so hard about that. Didn't we go through all this before?
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There's a map on the 2nd page, with a list of about 8 things out of the huge list.
REPOST
Quote from: Beetleboi on October 29, 2009, 01:30:43 AM
Ok so here it goes...
ETA 3.1 Hours WITHOUT STOPPING
I guess we'll meet somewhere in Clayton
Palace of Depression *It was torn down, but they are re-building it due to be finished 2011... should be close to finished they started in 2007*
Fountain of Youth Mini Statue of Liberty
Driving past Story Book Land
Big Ship House *Rumor has it that it was torn down, but as of 10/7/09 it's still there.
Giant bottle at Renault
Smithville
Mighty Joe *big gorrilla*
Emilio Carranza Crash Monument Couldn't find exact address and it's not included in the 3.1 hours ET.
Lunch at Shamong
Campers can skip the Tiny Church and go right to Atsion...
Tiny Church
Campers back to Atsion to camp.
This is just an idea, only expenses would be food from Shamong Diner.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Clayton&daddr=Exit+32A+to:S+Mill+Rd,+Vineland,+Cumberland,+New+Jersey+08360+to:771+S.+Main+Rd,+Vineland,+NJ+to:Co+Rd+555%2FS+Main+Rd+to:G+Ave%2FMizpah+Rd%2FWeymouth+Mizpah+Rd+to:McKee+Ave+to:Wescoat+Rd+to:US+30+Absecon+to:US+30+Egg+Harbor+City+to:Batsto+to:1231+Route+206+Shamong,+NJ+to:7+Willow+Grove+Rd,+Shamong,+NJ+08088-8213+(Shamong+Diner+%26+Restaurant)+to:winslow+fish+and+wildlife&geocode=%3BFeuGWgIdAYaG-w%3B%3B%3BFd5vWgId9pWH-w%3BFTS_WgIdnKuK-w%3BFZbRWQIdmE2N-w%3BFSSwWQIdqmaO-w%3B%3B%3B%3B%3BFaE_XwIdKZaL-yFmY2_XxPmcgw%3BFRMeXQId4eSI-yHpeVj-RTkuwg&hl=en&mra=ls&via=4,5,6,7&sll=39.619441,-74.804535&sspn=0.677018,1.190643&ie=UTF8&ll=39.606746,-74.583435&spn=0.677142,1.190643&t=h&z=10 (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Clayton&daddr=Exit+32A+to:S+Mill+Rd,+Vineland,+Cumberland,+New+Jersey+08360+to:771+S.+Main+Rd,+Vineland,+NJ+to:Co+Rd+555%2FS+Main+Rd+to:G+Ave%2FMizpah+Rd%2FWeymouth+Mizpah+Rd+to:McKee+Ave+to:Wescoat+Rd+to:US+30+Absecon+to:US+30+Egg+Harbor+City+to:Batsto+to:1231+Route+206+Shamong,+NJ+to:7+Willow+Grove+Rd,+Shamong,+NJ+08088-8213+(Shamong+Diner+%26+Restaurant)+to:winslow+fish+and+wildlife&geocode=%3BFeuGWgIdAYaG-w%3B%3B%3BFd5vWgId9pWH-w%3BFTS_WgIdnKuK-w%3BFZbRWQIdmE2N-w%3BFSSwWQIdqmaO-w%3B%3B%3B%3B%3BFaE_XwIdKZaL-yFmY2_XxPmcgw%3BFRMeXQId4eSI-yHpeVj-RTkuwg&hl=en&mra=ls&via=4,5,6,7&sll=39.619441,-74.804535&sspn=0.677018,1.190643&ie=UTF8&ll=39.606746,-74.583435&spn=0.677142,1.190643&t=h&z=10)
I think we have beaten this thread to death
@5@
Quote from: Beetleboi on October 29, 2009, 11:25:18 PM
There's a map on the 2nd page, with a list of about 8 things out of the huge list.
Quote from: 6T5 square on October 30, 2009, 05:33:01 AM
I think we have beaten this thread to death
@5@
Naaa, let me beat it just a little more
@7@ Opps, :icon_blackeye: sorry, I thought Brady posted that (to many avatar changes). But thats what I was talking about, having a good plan with map and thats a good one. Now, just go over it with John and set a date.
Quote from: LoveBus (jack) on October 30, 2009, 08:34:43 AM
(to many avatar changes)
LAUGH@ this is SJVWC not only do you never ride alone you never change your avatar alone. LAUGH@
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