New Jersey’s Pine Barrens
An escape into total wilderness is possible in New Jersey, said Jesse Smith in The Washington Post. The state’s Pine Barrens “represent the largest area of open space on the East Coast between Boston and Richmond, Va.,” but you have to get out of your car to put civilization behind. “The sun shone through the trees” as my partner and I began paddling our canoe on the narrow Mullica River, heading five and a half miles downstream to a wilderness campsite. The massive land preserve we were traversing is a densely forested coastal plain that supports a great variety of wildlife, and on our way we passed red-bellied turtles, woodcocks, a beaver, and a few great blue herons. We were disappointed to find a sign at the campsite declaring a ban on fires because of dry weather. But a fire proved unnecessary. The temperature held steady, and when the full moon rose, it was so bright that I could see my shadow on the white sand.
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