New Jersey Fall Foliage Tours

This weekend is going to be nice and should be prime fall foliage time in the Skylands of the state. Here are two recommended trips:

NJ Fall Peepage Tour #1: The Lake & Gap Tour

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Highlights:

START

1. High Point State Park Monument

On the left is the view from the pond shore (with a certain DVD) and right is the view of the monument.

2. Delaware Water Gap view- Upper Yard Creek Reservoir. If you want to hike for the better view, go to Mount Tammany. Check out this photo by flickr user Karen Peterson.

3. Lake Mohawk Drive. This realtor youtube video to give you an idea.

4. Lake Hopatcong

5. Ort Farms - It should be pretty busy with activities and so delicious local food.

6. Round Valley Reservoir

End at the Red Mill in Clinton

NJ Fall Peepage Tour #2: The Rolling Hills River Towns Tour

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1. Start at the Red Mill in Clinton. Best pictures are during the morning hours, when the sun is shining on the mill.

2. Milford

3. Green Sergeant Covered Bridge - Oldest remaining covered bridge in New Jersey. Here's a State bilking guide for this route.

4. Lambertville - Might be a good time to stop by the River Horse brewery. Or if you're here on Saturday, watch out for traffic. The Pet Masquerade is in the afternoon.

Take it easy on the River Horse, on Sourland Mountain, Lindbergh Rd. is narrow and treacherous!

5. East - West Jersey Dividing Line Marker. Only one of the lines that divided Jersey, the Keith Line.

I purposely did not write down exact routes. There are some detours and very narrow roads. Use caution and have fun leaf peeping!

Round and Round

New Jersey was once famous for its traffic circles, though the state has been trying to eliminate them over the years. Driving through a traffic circle was one of our NJ obstacle course challenges, as we held a competition between a North and South Jersey girl to see which part of the state could claim NJ road supremacy. You'll have to see the movie to see which side won.

Speaking of that, we are trying to arrange an NJ college tour to show a "teaser cut" of the film this summer and fall while we await film festival feedback. We will post showing dates on this blog as well as our myspace and facebook sites.

Here is a recent article on the Somerville traffic circle that inspired this post.  Even though they have tried to build over it, it is still problematic for many reasons . . . and if you've sat in traffic near it, you can relate.