From a Flight on Monday (Memorial Day), May 30, 2011...

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Welcome to my Memorial Day 2011 flight, where all photos were

shot within the beautiful Garden State, namely New Jersey.  The day was filled with a plethora of visual delights ranging from solar panel-covered parking lots to an uber-crowd packed Point Pleasant beach on the Jersey Shore.

As always, I hope you enjoy the view from above !!!

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#1 - Solar Panel-Covered parking lot of
the Dow Jones newspaper publisher off
Route 1 in Princeton

#2 - Solar Panel-Covered parking lot of
the Dow Jones newspaper publisher off
Route 1 in Princeton

#3 - Rowland Park-Field sports complex
in South Brunswick Township, NJ

#4 - Corporate office park in East Windsor

#5 - New Jersey State Police in Cranbury, adjacent
to the Jamesburg exit of the New Jersey Turnpike

#6 - Homes I thought would look
nice photographed

#7 - Black Bear Lake Day Camp in Millstone

#8 - Massive housing development east of
the Garden State Parkway, south of Toms River

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These next (2) photos feature Barnegat Bay-Front homes

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#11 - Homes in Point Pleasant on the Barnegat bay

#12 - Wastewater Treatment Plant
near Point Pleasant

#13 - The Barnegat Bay, looking South
at the Route 37 Bay Bridge

#14 - Sloop Creek area on the western shore of the
Barnegat Bay, southeast of Toms River

#15 - The Jersey Shore, looking north from the
entrance to Island Beach State Park

#16 - Funtown Amusement Pier in Seaside Heights

 #17 - The Midway Steakhouse, midway of course, between
Funtown & Casino piers in Seaside Heights

#18 - Casino Amusement Pier in Seaside Heights

#19 - Seaside Heights with its two amusement
piers, Casino (left) and Funtown (right)

#20 - Route 37 funneling traffic into the
Seaside Heights area

#21 - Brightwater Cottages in Lavallette

#22 - Brightwater Cottages in Lavallette,
looking southwest

#23 - Parking lots are packed for the amusements
area in Point Pleasant

#24 - An Uber Crowd-Packed Jenkinsons
in Point Pleasant Beach

#25 - Looking south at the Manasquan Inlet and
Point Pleasant.  Note the Oregon Scientific ATC9K
Action Cam attached to the wing strut. This is a
mount I designed to shoot video of our take-offs
and landings, as well as other areas of interest,
all remotely from the cockpit.

#26 - Manasquan Inlet and Point Pleasant (right)

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The next (3) photos show Jenkinsons at Point Pleasant Beach

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#30 - The Manasquan Inlet and Manasquan River
flowing into it, headed for the Atlantic Ocean

#31 - National Guard Training Center
in Sea Girt, just north of the Manasquan Inlet

#32 - Check-out this gem of a pool / entertainment
complex, adjacent to a tree/shrub nursery

#33 - The New Jersey Turnpike (looking South)
with enormous distribution centers on either side

#34 - A corporate office park and distribution
centers sandwiched between the New Jersey
Turnpike and State Route 130 near
Jamesbury & Cranbury

#35 - New home construction near Manville

#36 - Another solar farm, this time in central NJ

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What a flight...Dad and I never take for granted that we are able to

fly freely over the Garden State, and I can photograph such a vast

array of interesting sites, then share them with the world.

See you after the next flight....

From a Flight on Friday, April 22, 2011...

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I have a Whopper of a Picture Post for all of you on this overcast day.

There was an approaching front from the west, but the air was relatively smooth and the rain held off until dark. (33) photos await your perusal of Springtime beauty, so I hope you enjoy this selection from central & northern New Jersey.

As always, I hope you enjoy the view from above !!!

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The following (4) photos show various homes

and spring foliage in Bridgewater

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The next (2) photos show the

MetLife corporation in Bridgewater

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#6

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The next (2) photos show the Bridgewater Commons

shopping mall

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#9 - A Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant
on Route 22 in Bridgewater

#10 - One of many housing developments
scattered throughout the Garden State (NJ)

#11 - NJ Transit train racing northbound as it
passes the Jersey Ave Complex in
North Brunswick Township

#12 - The former Johnson & Johnson company
(the Band-Aid people) in New Brunswick

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The next (2) photos show a massive industrial park

along the NJ Turnpike near the Jamesburg exit

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#15 - A crowded New Jersey Turnpike
(southbound; left side of highway)
as the truck and car lanes merge.
The construction and widening of the
roadway doesn't help, either

#16 - One of many housing developments
scattered throughout the Garden State (NJ)

#17 - Black Bear Lake Day Camp in Millstone

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The next (7) photos show Six Flags

Great Adventure in Jackson

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#19 - To the left is the construction site of the
park's newest coaster, a Stand-Up called the
Green Lantern.  To the right is a snaking line
of park goers waiting for what I assume
is Season Pass processing since all the rides would
be closed around this time

#20 - An overall shot of the Green Lantern
Stand-Up coaster's construction progress,
due to open at the end of May 2011

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#23 - One of the Bizarro coasters' trains
being "Toasted" by its giant Flame Throwers

#24 - A forgotten area of Great Adventure,
hopefully soon to be invigorated with
new life in the way of rides and/or coasters

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#25 - New Jersey Astronomical Association
observatory in High Bridge, adjacent
to Vorhees State Park

#26 - A tower of unknown usage on the
Hunterdon County Educational Services
property in Califon

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This next (5) photos feature the sprawling grounds of the

Benjamin Moore Manufacturing site in Flanders

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#29 - Numerous panels of various colors,
all being tested and evaluated from
exposure to the sun and the elements

#30

#31 - A new solar farm adjacent to the
Benjamin Moore facility, just across the
railroad tracks, in Flanders

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#32 - New construction of horse stables,
I assume, near Long Valley

#33 - Would you look at that nearly 1 mile long
(I measured it on Google Maps) driveway...
What an entrance to come home to each day
near Long Valley

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I hope you've enjoyed these photos as much as I have enjoyed shooting them. And I hope my next Highlight Update arrives sooner than this update did. The winter was long, cold, snowy and windy, but brighter, warmer and more soothing days are ahead of us now.

See you after the next flight...