Atlantic County, New Jersey Updates

Posted: November 30th, 2025 | Filed under: Out Of Town

Atlantic City, including the Atlantic City Boardwalk:

Miss America Statue, Kennedy Plaza, Atlantic City Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey, July 11, 2020

Steel Pier From Atlantic City Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey, July 11, 2020

Atlantic City Boardwalk at MLK, Jr. Boulevard, Atlantic City, New Jersey, July 11, 2020

Atlantic City Boardwalk Near Oriental Avenue, Atlantic City, New Jersey, July 11, 2020

Knife & Fork Inn in Atlantic City:

Knife & Fork Inn, 3600 Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic City, New Jersey, July 2, 2021

White House Subs in Atlantic City:

White House Subs, 2301 Arctic Avenue, Atlantic City, New Jersey, July 9, 2019

White House Subs Submarine Sandwich, Atlantic City, New Jersey, July 9, 2019

Ocean City-Longport Bridge:

Route 152 Approaching Ocean City-Longport Bridge, Atlantic County, New Jersey, July 8, 2020

Ocean City-Longport Bridge Between Cape May County and Atlantic County, New Jersey, July 8, 2020

Monmouth County, New Jersey

Posted: November 29th, 2025 | Filed under: Out Of Town

Monmouth Battlefield State Park:

Monmouth Battlefield Visitor Center, Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey, September 1, 2016

Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey, September 1, 2016

Monmouth Battlefield Visitor Center, Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey, September 1, 2016

The Casino in Asbury Park has since been closed since we were there in 2019, when there were fanciful streamers hanging from the rafters:

Casino, Asbury Park Boardwalk, Asbury Park, New Jersey, August 10, 2019

A long bike ride the morning of August 22, 2019 from Ocean Grove via Spring Lake . . .

Boardwalk, Spring Lake, New Jersey, August 22, 2019

Down to down to Sea Girt . . .

First Avenue and Sea Girt Avenue, Sea Girt, New Jersey, August 22, 2019

Back to Spring Lake . . .

Gates, Ocean Avenue, Spring Lake, New Jersey, August 22, 2019

Through Belmar . . .

Ocean Avenue Bridge, Belmar, New Jersey, August 22, 2019

And finally Bradley Beach . . .

Hula Grill, Boardwalk, Bradley Beach, New Jersey, August 22, 2019

Day Trips To New Jersey By Train

Posted: November 18th, 2025 | Filed under: Out Of Town

Bound Brook, Somerset County

Bound Brook along the Raritan Valley Line, a trip from 2023:

View Toward Main Street From Bound Brook Train Station, Bound Brook, New Jersey, January 7, 2023

The old train station is home to Mama Rosina’s, which serves *really* good meatballs, by the way:

Mama Rosina's, 350 Main Street, Bound Brook, New Jersey, January 7, 2023

Somerville, Somerset County

And two stops farther along the Raritan Valley Line is Somerville, this from September:

Main Street Near Davenport Street, Somerville, New Jersey, September 7, 2025

Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage:

Wallace House, Somerville, New Jersey, September 7, 2025

Old Dutch Parsonage, Somerville, New Jersey, September 7, 2025

Old Dutch Parsonage Burial Ground, Somerville, New Jersey, September 7, 2025

The Meatball Sundae at Alfonso’s Trattoria:

Meatball Sundae, Alfonso's Trattoria, Somerville, New Jersey, September 7, 2025

Old Atari cartridges at Retro Classics:

Retro Classics, Somerville, New Jersey, September 7, 2025

New Brunswick, Middlesex County

Back in March, we visited New Brunswick, along the Northeast Corridor line. It is home to Rutgers University and Stuff Yer Face, which specializes in stromboli and where Mario Batali got his start:

Stromboli Menu, Stuff Yer Face, New Brunswick, New Jersey, March 15, 2025

Stromboli, Stuff Yer Face, New Brunswick, New Jersey, March 15, 2025

1980-81 Staff Photos, Stuff Yer Face, New Brunswick, New Jersey, November 6, 2022

Mario Batali 1981 Staff Photo, Stuff Yer Face, New Brunswick, New Jersey, November 6, 2022

A walk down George Street:

George Street Between Livingston Avenue and Bayard Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey, March 15, 2025

John Neilson Monument, Monument Square Park, George Street at Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, New Jersey, March 15, 2025

George Street at Hassart Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey, March 15, 2025

Zajac's Pharmacy, 223 George Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey, March 15, 2025

Boyd Park:

Boyd Park, New Brunswick, New Jersey, March 15, 2025

The Delaware and Raritan Canal connects the Raritan River in New Brunswick with the Delaware River in Bordentown:

Delware & Raritan Canal Interpretive Sign, Boyd Park, New Brunswick, New Jersey, March 15, 2025

D & R Canal, Boyd Park, New Brunswick, New Jersey, March 15, 2025

D & R Canal Locks, Boyd Park, New Brunswick, New Jersey, March 15, 2025

The New Brunswick train station:

New Brunswick Station, 1 Railroad Plaza, New Brunswick, New Jersey, March 15, 2025

New Brunswick Station, New Brunswick, New Jersey, March 15, 2025

Bay Head, Ocean County

Bay Head is the end of the line for the North Jersey Coast Line and we went there in November 2021:

Train Yard, Bay Head Station, Bay Head, New Jersey, November 28, 2021

And L. Ron Hubbard wrote Dianetics in a house on East Avenue during 1949-50:

L. Ron Hubbard House, 666 East Avenue, Bay Head, New Jersey, November 28, 2021

L. Ron Hubbard House, 666 East Avenue, Bay Head, New Jersey, November 28, 2021

Waning daylight on the North Jersey Coast Line train heading back to New York:

Hudson County, Northeast Corridor Line, New Jersey, November 28, 2021

Hudson County, Northeast Corridor Line, New Jersey, November 28, 2021

See also from an earlier post, Morristown on the Morristown Line and the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center along the Montclair-Boonton Line . . .