Camping in Sandy Hook (Gateway National Recreation Area)
The beautiful Sandy Hook unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area is basically in our backyard. Yet it is easy to overlook the splendor in our own neighborhoods.
New Jersey
Worthington State Forest Camping
We spent two nights camping at Worthington State Forest in Columbia, New Jersey – just a few miles from the Pennsylvania border and the adjacent Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Worthington State Forest was the best public campground we’ve stayed at in New Jersey.
Ranger Review: humangear FlexiBowl and GoBites at Steam Mill Campground in Stokes State Forest
Camper Dan has a new addition: humangear FlexiBowl and GoBites.
Our Introduction to the Pine Barrens (Hammonton, New Jersey)
Despite being a New Jersey resident, Camper Dan first camped in New Jersey just last year – at High Point State Park and on a Hipcamp assignment in Califon – in northern NJ. This past weekend we turned south to the Pine Barrens region of New Jersey.
High Point State Park (Sussex, New Jersey)
Camper Dan had never camped in a state park in his home state of New Jersey until recently.
Hipcamp: Sunshine Daydreams Sanctuary (Califon, New Jersey)
We spent a night at Sunshine Daydreams Sanctuary in Califon, New Jersey on a Hipcamp Field Scout assignment.
2016 Road Trip Recap
Follow the whole road trip chronologically using the 2016 Road Trip tag or check out a few select posts along the way: Start on departure day and… Drive through Appalachia starting in Shenandoah National Park, traversing the Blue Ridge Parkway, and ending in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Take in the sights and sounds of
2016 Road Trip Statistics
Number of days on the road: 121 Number of miles driven: 13,728 (all within the United States) Number of states visited in the USA: 26 Number of World Heritage Sites we marveled at: 6 (subset of purple markers) Number of National Park System Properties we marveled at: 35 (purple markers) Number of breweries we drank
Finances: 2016 Road Trip Wrap-Up
Check out our actual expenses for our 2016 road trip and see how it compared to our budget.