New Jersey Picks

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New Jersey Picks

• by Marguerite Karner

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New Jersey

• So many sights!
• Just 7 days!
• Ready setgo!

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Day One - Go South!

• Atlantic City has worlds longest boardwalk
• World class casinos and gambling
• Year-round vacation destination

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Day Two Barnegat Lighthouse

• 2nd tallest lighthouse in U.S.A.
• A lookout during World War II
• Fishermans favorite
• Landmark for Long Beach Island

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Day Three Cape May

• New Jerseys oldest seashore town
• Tour your favorite Victorian Gingerbread houses
• Restaurant capital of New Jersey

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Day Four Washingtons Footsteps

• Washington Crossing State Park
• Relive Christmas night,1776
• Midnight crossing reverses course of War.

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Day Five Thomas Edisons Lab,West Orange

• Where our modern lives began
• Not just the light bulb!
• 1,093 patents!

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Day Six Ringwood Manor Skylands Botanical
Gardens

• Home of Americas foremost ironmasters.
• Revolutionary War cannons grace the estate.
• Locals attest to the family ghosts.

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Day Six Skylands Gardens

• Skylands Gardens are adjacent to Manor
• Created in 1920 a horticultural experiment
• A magnificent sight for the beholder!

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Day Seven - Hackensack River Eco-Cruise

• Board a pontoon boat
• Two hour cruise with naturalist guide
• View natural and man-made phenomena

Experience the tidal creek!
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Home Sweet Home

• NJ and you
• perfect together!

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Bibliography

• www.visitnj.org
• www.nj.us/dep/parksandforest/virtual_tours/ringwoo
  d_state_park.html
• www.nps.gov/edis/index.htm
• http//www.hackensackriverkeeper.org/ecocruise.htm
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Acknowledgements

• This PowerPoint presentation has been made
  possible by the patient instruction of my
  professor, Mr. Nick Miceli my colleague, Cheryl
  Callahan, technology instructor and my children,
  Chris and Veronica Karner.