Jersey Girl wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 6:32 am
Markk wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 12:18 am
Jersey Girl, hope you are doing okay. By the way I recently spent some time in New Jersey for the first time this past summer. In Hammonton. It is really a beautiful area, I never envisioned Jersey this way. I was by myself and I rented a Mustang and drove up to the coast to NY, and had a blast.
Take care.
What road did you take up the coast?
I'm not sure, I would have to look. There were lots of Trees' and lots of toll stops, I just drove. I went from Hammonton to the shores (Hard Rock) several times and took different ways and side roads, and I got lost several times. I went up the 9 some, but that was less scenic and it seemed LA-ish in spots, a few very rough looking areas. One day, with family, we went up to Statue of Liberty, that was really fun...Ellis Island was awesome, and the 911 memorial was very Hallowed.
I was up there to say good by to my brother who was in the last stages of cancer, so when he needed rest time I would just take off and drive around for hours. I never knew there were so many trees in one area, but duh, the Garden State ain't no lie. I went back for his funeral a few weeks later and spent some time in Philadelphia; that was fun! I had a cheese steak at Pat's, and did a Rocky imitation running up the steps. I walked downtown and the architecture was amazing, especially the Masonic Temple, as a builder it just blew me away, you just don't see it here on the west coast.
I ate the best Italian food I ever had in Hammonton, and maybe the worse Mexican food I have ever had also, their beans are runny like soup, gross. I ate sandwiches at WaWa's which I enjoyed for a quick bite, and lots of big blue berry's
