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Spring 2001 in New Jersey |
I worked in Montvale, NJ in April of 2001, actually catching the very last of winter there with the last snowfall, and then suffering through a false summer the first week of May when temperatures reached the mid 90s. Here are a few pictures.
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 I made a quick after-work trip to the Palisades Interstate Park and took these pictures. This is looking up from the shore of the Hudson River. |
 A zoomed picture across the Hudson River from the Alpine Boat Club. |
 Is this where Penelope got her start? |
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 I could have taken many mores of these but it was cold so I didn't. |
 Down the Hudson River, a view of New York City. You can see the world's busiest bridge, the George Washington, and the top of the Empire State Building in this zoomed picture. |
 These things are literally everywhere; as numerous as historical markers were I think. |
 The Northern Valley of New Jersey is full of these things. Everywhere I went, there seemed to be historical markers. The one might help explain why NJ chose "The Crossroads of the Revolution" for the reverse side of its state quarter. |
 The trail itself. I doubt that it was asphalted back in Cornwallis' day like it is now but I'll bet he would have appreciated it had it been! |
 This is representative of the many neighborhoods along the Hudson River near the George Washington Bridge. |
 As mentioned above, there are historical signs everywhere. This one intrigued me and I decided to stop. In doing so, I made a U-turn that attracted the attention of a Rivervale, NJ cop. He really eye-balled my credentials as I gave him a FL driver's license, a TX insurance card and an Avis rental contract. When I explained all that and why I had stopped, he generously gave me a break. |
 Another marker at the site. |
 The focal point of the park. According to the fine print, the bodies of the American soldiers were thrown into a tanning vat that was capped by the round stone in the background. |
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