Flags - Allentown / Asbury Park

Flags (Allentown) - Pennsylvania  2018

Flags (Asbury Park) - New Jersey  2018

Once again, as in past holidays, I found some older flag-themed pix on my external hard drive.

Newark Airport

Escalators (Newark) - New Jersey  2018

Rotunda (Newark) - New Jersey  2018

Two iPhone photos taken upon our arrival in Newark, but not posted earlier.

Asbury Park Sightems

Asbury Park Hotel - New Jersey  2018

Stone Pony (Asbury Park) - New Jersey  2018

Top: Asbury Park Hotel (not where we stayed).

Next: Stone Pony. Famous.

Return to Newark Airport

NJ Transit - New Jersey  2018

Airport Wine - New Jersey  2018

a) Mike was finally able to see the source of those train noises that he'd been hearing during the night.

b) Hali had managed to wrangle passes to the United Lounge at the airport. Mike and Dan had white wine, Hali had some trailmix and water (with lemon slices).

c) Then, evening in San Francisco, waiting for the Marin Airporter.

Waiting for Shuttle - San Francisco  2018

Monday Cormorant Blogging

Cormorants (Asbury Park) - New Jersey  2018

A group (also "flight, gulp, sunning, swim") of cormorants seen at Sunset Park, while on a fruitless attempt to find a mailbox. Below, houses on the other side of the road.

Houses (Asbury Park) - New Jersey  2018

Asbury Park Afternoon

Ocean, Fence, Cloud (Asbury Park) - New Jersey  2018

Tables, Ocean, Clouds (Asbury Park) - New Jersey  2018

Walking around on the last day of our trip. (Well, maybe not the exact last day. Poetic license.)

[Update - So, bottom photo taken in the AM, just before sunrise.]

Asbury Park Boardwalk - A.M.

Boardwalk (Asbury Park) - New Jersey  2018

Flags, Wind (Asbury Park) - New Jersey  2018

Early morning. Deserted, and quite chilly.

Allaire State Park

Building, Trees - New Jersey  2018

Brick Building - New Jersey  2018

Thanks to Google, we found Allaire State Park, just a short drive from our hotel in Asbury Park. Very nice: old buildings, scenic trees and some autumn colors.

Trees - New Jersey  2018

Leaves - New Jersey  2018

Greetings from Asbury Park

Greetings (Asbury Park) - New Jersey  2018

Convention Hall Interior (Asbury Park) - New Jersey  2018

We stayed for two nights in Asbury Park in order to truly get the full New Jersey experience.

The full album is on Youtube!

Atlantic City

Peanut World (Atlantic City) - New Jersey  2018

Taffy (Atlantic City) - New Jersey  2018

We dropped by the famous Atlantic City boardwalk. Walked around a bit, took some photos, then left.

Monday Squirrel Blogging

Squirrel (Asbury Park) - New Jersey  2018

Seen on an Asbury Park residential street while walking around looking for a mailbox that never materialized.

Monday Gull Blogging

Gulls (Atlantic City) - New Jersey  2018

Gulls (Atlantic City) - New Jersey  2018

We stopped in Atlantic City for a quick visit. Will be the subject of a future post.

Newark Airport

Newark Airport - New Jersey  2018

We left Manhattan via Penn Station and travelled back to Newark Airport (designated EWR for some reason) where we rented a Mitsubishi SUV. Mike and Dan drove (Dan doing the bulk of the driving)

which worked out OK, except for the constant readjusting of seat height and rearview mirrors. (Photo taken with an iPhone while on the Newark Airport's "AirTrain.")

The plan that we had made, and that worked out pretty well for us, was to make a counter-clockwise loop: up and west through New York, then down through Pennsylvania, then lastly a visit back to New Jersey. The first leg of the trip involved driving from the airport to Ithaca, New York.

Newark Airport Rain

Airport Window, Rain - New Jersey  2018

Train Tracks, Rain - New Jersey  2018

We flew into Newark last month for a long-planned trip to the East Coast. Rain, heavy at times, greeted us upon our arrival, causing us to break out our parkas. We took the train to Penn Station.

Train Station - New Jersey  2018