New Jersey Days 1 and 2: To the Jersey Shore

Lisa and I arrived in New Jersey yesterday morning for a weeklong family visit.

We were on a red-eye from Seattle and it arrived many hours before we could check into our hotel, so we took a meandering “scenic” route by way of the Old Mine Road along the Delaware River to the Jersey Shore.

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, southwest of Montague, New Jersey

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, southwest of Montague, New Jersey

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, southwest of Montague, New Jersey

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, southwest of Montague, New Jersey · by Lisa Rozmyn

Westbrook Bell House, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, southwest of Montague, New Jersey

Westbrook Bell House, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, southwest of Montague, New Jersey

Westbrook Bell House, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, southwest of Montague, New Jersey · by Lisa Rozmyn

Old Mine Road, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, west of Sandyston, New Jersey

Millbrook Village Historic Site, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, north of Blairstown, New Jersey

Millbrook Village Historic Site, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, north of Blairstown, New Jersey

Millbrook Village Historic Site, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, north of Blairstown, New Jersey

Millbrook Village Historic Site, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, north of Blairstown, New Jersey · by Lisa Rozmyn

Millbrook Village Historic Site, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, north of Blairstown, New Jersey

We’re spending the week in Ocean Grove, the Methodist-Church owned town adjacent to Asbury Park. “God’s Square Mile on the Jersey Shore,” the signs say. Mostly that meant we had to cross over the bridge into Asbury Park to buy wine if we wanted it.

Here are a few scenes from the mostly-historic residential neighborhood around our hotel.

Ocean Grove, New Jersey

Asbury Park, New Jersey · by Lisa Rozmyn

Asbury Park, New Jersey

Asbury Park, New Jersey

We are staying at the recently-remodeled Hotel Albatross. Originally built in 1881, it was lovingly stripped to its bones and re-imagined as a modern hotel that still keeps its historic character. We later learned that it had just reopened a few weeks before our stay.

Hotel Albatross, Ocean Grove, New Jersey

Hotel Albatross, Ocean Grove, New Jersey