Showing posts with label hidden gems of upper township. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hidden gems of upper township. Show all posts

Friday, April 24, 2009

Crucial Changes

Took a chance the other day and decided to see if I could find a spot that was breaking decently, despite the lack of a clean up forecasted with our recent swell. Took a ride to the south end, but didn't see much. Rain was headed out to sea, and the one spot that looked decent already had four guys on it. You can see the pier in the distance with the enlargement:

Drove a little further south and took the walk up the hill to the next spot check:

I always enjoy checking out the natural, rustic ambiance that this spot provides:
It took a few minutes to convince myself, but there were two distinct spots where it was breaking, so I decided to give it a go. You can see one spot out towards the right, which was where I headed. The inside was garbage as you can see.
During the session, it rained and then got clear, skywise, which meant things cleaned up and got somewhat glassy wave-wise for a spell. Lefts didn't line up too well, but every now and then you could find a decent right coming through. By the end, the wind was stirring things up again, but I was able to get a pretty good session all to myself.

I noticed there were a bunch of horseshoe crabs washed up on the beach.
The forecast for this weekend: small amounts of swell, large amounts of out-of-towners.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Hollow

Thanks to my wife, we popped in to this place this weekend. If you are ever in our neck of the woods and can find this place, stop in and grab some donuts: We were floored with how good they were. Seriously, puts any big donut chain to shame. It might be tough to find, considering that other than the sign, you can barely tell that it is a bakery and it is somewhat off the beaten path. If you can't find it, I will hook you up with directions.