President's Day in Central Jersey
It started snowing last night at around 9:30pm. The snow showers were going strong when I went to sleep. When I woke up, there were still some snow sprinkles. So I went back to sleep. Woke up again later, had a leisurely breakfast (to allow plenty of time for all those accidents on the highways to be taken care of), and then headed out. Brushed 8 inches of snow off my car. By that time, there was only a slight drizzle.
The police car in the Garden State Parkway median was still there, except that this afternoon, it was all covered in snow. So it was very obviously not a speed trap. By now though, everyone should have figured that out already.
Went for some caches in the Central Jersey area that I figured could be done in the snow. There was a bit of a problem with ALARM #7. The coordinates were off by around 750 feet. (which explains why no one had found it yet) Fortunately, I knew the layout of the service area and I had a good idea where the cache would be hidden. "Plays in-the-Park!" was also supposedly a tricky one. Several geocachers have had trouble with it. I only needed a few minutes to find it though. And in fact, I have seen something like this before in a Virginia Beach cache.
After all that, I went to Penang Restaurant in Edison to have another go at the Chinese New Year specials. I think it's the 3rd last day of the festival.
ALARM #7 - NJTP - Thomas Edison Rest Area (New Jersey )
New Jersey Turnpike service area in Port Reading.
ALARM #9 - GSP - Colonia Service Area (New Jersey)
Garden State Parkway service area in Colonia.
Plays in-the-Park! (New Jersey )
Plays-in-the-Park theater in Roosevelt Park in Edison.
ALARM #8 - NJTP - Grover Cleveland Rest Area (New Jersey)
New Jersey Turnpike service area in Sewaren.
The police car in the Garden State Parkway median was still there, except that this afternoon, it was all covered in snow. So it was very obviously not a speed trap. By now though, everyone should have figured that out already.
Went for some caches in the Central Jersey area that I figured could be done in the snow. There was a bit of a problem with ALARM #7. The coordinates were off by around 750 feet. (which explains why no one had found it yet) Fortunately, I knew the layout of the service area and I had a good idea where the cache would be hidden. "Plays in-the-Park!" was also supposedly a tricky one. Several geocachers have had trouble with it. I only needed a few minutes to find it though. And in fact, I have seen something like this before in a Virginia Beach cache.
After all that, I went to Penang Restaurant in Edison to have another go at the Chinese New Year specials. I think it's the 3rd last day of the festival.
ALARM #7 - NJTP - Thomas Edison Rest Area (New Jersey )
New Jersey Turnpike service area in Port Reading.
ALARM #9 - GSP - Colonia Service Area (New Jersey)
Garden State Parkway service area in Colonia.
Plays in-the-Park! (New Jersey )
Plays-in-the-Park theater in Roosevelt Park in Edison.
ALARM #8 - NJTP - Grover Cleveland Rest Area (New Jersey)
New Jersey Turnpike service area in Sewaren.