NJ>Pine Barrens>2nd Annual Thanksgiving Weekend Hang>11/29-30

SilentOrpheus was gonna organize this trip but I talked to him tonight and he's drugged out for back spasms - no telling when he'll return to reality.

Time for the second annual Thanksgiving hang at Lower Forge! This is a hike-in site, though it is possible to drive back roads and end up about 1/3 mile from the campsite, for you car campers.

It's about 7 miles of flat hiking from Batsto, a little shorter if you hike south from Batona Camp.

Here's a map:

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandf...atona14web.pdf

Darn I'm working. I am going to try to switch I want to make one of these.

All campsites at Lower Forge are currently available for reservation. We should start grabbing them soon.

http://www.reserveamerica.com/campin...&parkId=670056

Canoeing to Lower Forge is also an option - one I would entertain.

I'm in +2.

We'll call it the Second Annual NJ Turkey Trek.

And I wasn't that drugged out. You should have talked to me half an hour later, when I took the good stuff. I was slurring like an old school pirate on shore leave. :D

In the next little bit, I'll look to reserve sites 4, 5, and 6. Those are the ones that are the most hammock friendly. I'm up for either a Saturday into Sunday, like last time - or possibly might make it a 2 day, hike in Friday, and hike out Sunday. Depends on the interest and what people want to do.

If we get some interest, we'll start a spreadsheet. Technically we can have up to 6 people per site reserved. So we'll need to cap it at 18. Though I'm doubtful that those three campsites could actually handle 18 hammocks. Guess we'll see.

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Originally Posted by silentorpheus

We'll call it the Second Annual NJ Turkey Trek.

And I wasn't that drugged out. You should have talked to me half an hour later, when I took the good stuff. I was slurring like an old school pirate on shore leave. :D

In the next little bit, I'll look to reserve sites 4, 5, and 6. Those are the ones that are the most hammock friendly. I'm up for either a Saturday into Sunday, like last time - or possibly might make it a 2 day, hike in Friday, and hike out Sunday. Depends on the interest and what people want to do.

If we get some interest, we'll start a spreadsheet. Technically we can have up to 6 people per site reserved. So we'll need to cap it at 18. Though I'm doubtful that those three campsites could actually handle 18 hammocks. Guess we'll see.

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tell me how 1 person can reserve more then one site? i'm not being smart, i just haven't been able to figure it out. i see it being an issue with Winter Hang because after first of year ALL reservations will be on line.

are there enough trees for 18 hammocks in 3 sites?

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Originally Posted by kayak karl

tell me how 1 person can reserve more then one site? i'm not being smart, i just haven't been able to figure it out. i see it being an issue with Winter Hang because after first of year ALL reservations will be on line.

are there enough trees for 18 hammocks in 3 sites?

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I'm actually not really sure if I can reserve more than one site at a time. Haven't tried - figured I'd cross that bridge when I get to it. If I need to get more than one person to reserve, I'll enlist some others to help.

As for the last question - I doubt it. I started to allude to that in my post - I know that site 4 can easily fit 3-4 hammocks. Site 5 adds another 2-3. Site 6 could fit at least one or 2. If we grab 6 AND 7 you can fit 4. That might be all they can handle.

I do know that when we went last Thanksgiving, we were situated in the region of what is now sites 4-6. We had 6 hammocks in the copse of trees that are sites 4 and 5 with one tent - and the Jersey Bearz had 2 over where site 6/7 is now. So I think we can at least get 6-8 hammocks, maybe one or two more. 18 is a big stretch, for sure. I just threw that number out there, since each reservation is good for up to 6 people.

Not sure what we're going to have to do about the Winter Hang this year ... that's why we don't pay Iafte the big bucks - to deal with that sort of thing. :laugh:

Count me in please.

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Originally Posted by kayak karl

tell me how 1 person can reserve more then one site?

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The long and the short of it is you can't reserve more than one site at any one camp. We've run into this problem with the scouts.

I don't have a problem reserving one of the sites in my name just let me know if you need me to.

Me and my boys are leaning towards a 2 night trip.