June 10, 2022 - South Jersey Marsh
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| A beautiful flying day at Essex Skypark. I worked on my plane for an hour or two, then went flying. |
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Today's funfly destination was the South Jersey marshes.
Here, I have crossed the Chesapeake Bay and am heading across the Eastern Shore.
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| Looking down at Full Throttle Farm Airport in Delaware, a private runway. You don't see that many private paved runways. Must be nice. |
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Flying past Blackbeard Creek which empties into the Delware River, at the top of the image.
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| More Blackbeard Creek. |
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| Looking south down the east coast of the Eastern Shore. As you can see, there is marsh here too, but not nearly as much as over in south Jersey. |
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| A ship cruises up the Delaware River, probably to Wilmington or Philadelphia. I'm not sure what ship type it is. I'm guessing liquified natural gas (LNG)? |
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OK, now I'm over in south Jersey, heading south over the beautiful marshes.
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| In spring, the Marshes are like velvet. |
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Looking east as one of the creeks meanders through the marsh.
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| I'm not flying a straight line; I'm weaving back and forth, happier than a seagull with a french fry. |
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| A little beach action on the Delaware Bay. |
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| Approaching the entrance to the Cohansey River. |
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The Conhansey River "generally" heads east.
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| Whoops! One houseboat didn't make it. |
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The Cohansey River heads for the town of Bridgeton. But I turn away at this point and resume my general course southeast.
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| Passing a very nice waterfront estate with a fancy boathouse. |
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| An abandoned shack out in the marsh; accessible only by boat. |
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| Approaching a little Delaware Bay community called Gandys Beach. |
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Southern end of Gandys Beach.
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Passing by Fortescue Beach.
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| Continuing southeast. |
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| That structure down there had at least one bald eagle on it and maybe more. |
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Approaching the entrance to the Maurice River which runs north up to Millville.
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| A better look at the Maurice River. |
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I followed the Maurice River up to a little town called Mauricetown, of course.
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| The Mauricetown United Methodist Church really stands out. |
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| Just a mile or so west of Mauriceville is the giant Haleyville cemetery. |
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| Back to the marsh! |
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Heading back the way I had come.
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Pretty.
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| Stands of trees grow on islands of firm land in the marsh. |
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| I cross the Delaware River and then the Eastern Shore. I pass by this new development going up on the Eastern Shore. |
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| Then I pass a new solar farm. |
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