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October 10 - 17
Columbus Day!
It’s all about
discovery.
And like Columbus, you must
explore
to discover. No better time than this weekend to pay your road dues, stuffed with good things to do and colorful panoramas for leaf peepers. Sometimes the quickest way to find something new is to jump in the car and Get Lost! Let that big October moon guide you to good times!
Weekend Journey Through The Past!
Docents like these at the Abraham Staats House in South Bound Brook immerse youngsters in history.
This weekend (Oct. 11-12),
twenty-six
historic sites in
Somerset County
open their doors to the public; many with special exhibits and programs planned for the occasion. Visitors may follow a scenic route, with driving directions prepared for each of three sections in the County—northern, central, and southern—or choose the sites that intrigue them most and drive from one to the next at a leisurely pace.
What In The World Is That?, an educational and fun detective investigation activity for kids and the entire family will test your powers of deduction to solve mysteries at each site. Check the
event website
for site descriptions, special programs, and tour maps, for this
FREE
event.
Chop, Chop!
Catch a glimpse of nature’s splendor at beautiful
Shawnee Mountain, during prime fall foliage time in the Poconos! This weekend's (Oct. 11-12)
Autumn Timber Festival
includes lumberjack demonstrations, chainsaw sculptures, live music, children’s activities and food and craft vendors galore. I 80, Exit 309. Shawnee-On-Delaware, PA. 570/421-7231.
Harvestness!
On Saturday (Oct. 11) the
Sussex County Harvest, Honey and Garlic Festival
will celebrate the agriculture, heritage and outdoor attributes of
New Jersey's Great Northwest.
The county-wide autumn celebration will include a
farmers market
and displays and information from environmental, agricultural and heritage organizations and
games and activities
at the Farm Fun building. The
free, family oriented event runs from 10am - 4pm at the
Sussex County Fairgrounds, 37 Plains Road in Augusta. Click here
for more details.
Or head for fun and food at Chester's Harvest Celebration (Oct. 11): the first Chester Chili Challenge, music, pumpkin and wood carving, antique car show and much more. For perfect picking nearby -- simple, authentic and without the carnival -- you'll find the 250-year-old Riamede Farm,
with thirty varieties of traditional, heirloom and modern apples -- and a pumpkin patch. Minutes from Main Street at 122 Oakdale Rd, Chester, 908/879-5353.
And on Sunday, Oct. 12, from 1-4pm (short and sweet), The Riverside Fall Festival at the Ramsaysburg Homestead historic site in Knowlton Township, is the perfect spot to experience early frontier life while taking in the colorful fall foliage. There will be live bluegrass music, informal tours of the historic buildings, , a smokehouse bacon demonstration, corn husk dolls, refreshments and storytelling by the campfire. There is no admission fee. Route 46 at Ramseyburg Road in Delaware, NJ.
Bargains on the horizon!
Discover impressive savings at
Liberty Village Premium Outlets
ANNUAL COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND SALE
in Flemington, October 10-13.
Forty outlet stores
are situated in a colonial-styled village where the brands are anything but old-fashioned, and a stroll through this charming center reveals a "who's who" of today's most popular fashion brands. All through the month of October, you can visit the on-site Information Center to donate $10 to support
Susan G. Komen For The Cure
(breast cancer research and treatment programs) and receive 25% off one item from select stores. Click
or call 908/782-8550.
Follow A River!
Following a river's path is not an easy thing, since access is often blocked by private property or obscured by a maze of highways. But each river tells a story of the people who have lived, worked, played, or traveled along or between its banks. And each guarantees a stretch that will astonish and seduce with superb scenery, gentle pathways, and abundant wildlife. Harness your inner Columbus! Grab your GPS, your Canon, maybe hitch your Raleigh or Old Town to the car top, and chart your course!
The
Wallkill River
shares with great rivers like the Nile and the Rhine the peculiarity of NORTHWARD flow through
Sussex County
towards the Hudson in New York. It is the nine mile stretch of wetlands north of Hamburg that has given rise to the
Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge.
The Rockaway River, near Boonton.
The
Rockaway
winds through forty miles of wooded valleys, residential properties and major town centers from
Sparta Mountain
through the Berkshire Valley, Dover, Denville and the spectacular Boonton gorge. It meets the
Whippany River
in the Meadows of Parsippany and continues to the Passaic. The
Black-Lamington
roars through the hemlock groves of
Hacklebarney State Park, heading for its eventual terminus at the Raritan.
The Raritan South Branch
resembles an arm embracing northwest New Jersey as it runs southwest from Budd Lake through communities it has nourished for hundreds of years, valleys dripping with serenity, and wooded vistas perfumed with the fragrance of a mountain stream. The reservoirs at
Spruce Run
and Round Valley near Clinton mark the river's "elbow" as it turns to head southeast to the Piedmont, tranquilized, but no less beautiful as it approaches Raritan Bay.
Flanked by the river valleys of the Musconetcong, and Paulinskill, and bisected by the
Pequest,
Warren County
offers a progression from rugged terrain to the north and west to the gentle farmland of the east and south as these magnificent tributaries flow toward the Delaware.
If you've
somehow missed
floating the Delaware this summer, there's
no better time
than fall to explore the
islands of the Delaware.
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