New Jersey also produces excellent produce. I'm not partial to their
blueberries (too big and squishy), but I love the tomatoes and corn. (Please
don't tell me about all the pesticides and other chemicals involved in NJ
produce production. Let me keep my happiness intact.)
--Bob
On Mar 4, 2013, at 2:53 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> The thing about NJ is that most people have only ever seen the part of the
> state along the NJ Turnpike, with its ugly tank farms, Newark, Edison, etc.
> We lived in Lawrenceville, between Trenton and Princeton in the western part
> of the state, a beautiful area with history, nature, culture etc. Our
> daughter was born in Princeton, as it was the nearest hospital for us.
>
> In the local cemetery in Lawrenceville there were graves of people killed
> during the war of independence in the 1770s. We would go and picnic or just
> relax in a state park called Washington Crossing, where Washington (duh)
> crossed the Delaware river in the winter of 1776-77 fleeing the Brits in NYC
> and regrouping on the PA side to come back in the spring. I like places with
> a history.
>
> Here is my wife and son in Washington Crossing, a long time ago, in a galaxy
> far far away:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Stuff-from-the-20th-century/5775622_gTB2p9#!i=357377633&k=6tZDj5b&lb=1&s=O
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