January 18, 2011:
Wow, another update! I figured I’d post this before I become too involved with spring semester and forget to update for 4 months again. This month we’re going underground with both Crystal Cave and Lost River Caverns.
I have somewhat of an online news column; I’ll mention more about that later.
In the off chance an editor or publisher who deals with Pennsylvania happens to read this and is interested in the site content, please feel free to contact me regarding my next book. I’d like to avoid the tedious “sending out proposals and waiting to be rejected over and over” thing if possible. I doubt it.
January 24, 2011:
Mentioned something about a news column in my last update. Today the first article went up. The column is on Patch, a nationwide news source. For now, I’ll be doing a few articles for Toms River but am hoping to write some for other parts of Ocean County and possibly even the rest of New Jersey as well. Unfortunately, Patch isn’t set up in northeastern PA yet, but when it is I’ll hopefully be contributing to that.
First article can be found here.
March 21, 2011:
I made a small road trip to a few places in New Jersey I’ve been meaning to get to for quite some time now. Haven’t added anything from NJ for a long time, so I figured I’d take a break from Pennsylvania this update. We have the Alexander Hamilton/Aaron Burr duel site and Henry Hudson Springs this month. With this update, every county in NJ is now represented. Only took 10 years…
In addition, my latest Patch article, The Battle of Toms River, is also hot off the press.
And once again, there is a Facebook fan page for the site. If you have a Facebook (and really, who doesn’t, my great-grand aunt has one), be sure to add it.
April 27, 2011:
Final projects and exams are simultaneously bombarding me, so here is a quick little update – Hopewell Furnace in PA. Went there this past August but never got around to posting it. Next update will be more substantial.
May 28, 2011:
On vacation in NC & SC for 10 days or so. Update coming when we get back. Should hopefully have another Patch article out fairly soon as well.
May 31, 2011:
Hi, folks. Still on vacation. Just sharing the fact that my newest Patch article is up – The Mystery of Ten Mile Hollow.
June 14, 2011:
And here we are. Only 2 weeks late or so. Vacation will do that to you.
Last summer, the Mrs. and I took a day trip to 2 places in southern PA I’d been meaning to get to for a while – Indian Echo Caverns and the Shoe House.
Will have things from new areas in the forthcoming months, including the Carolinas and… Ontario?
July 12, 2011:
Part 1 of our New York/Ontario trip back in October. This month, we’ll be looking at the places we went to before heading to the Niagara Falls area – The World’s Smallest Church and Lockport Cave, both in New York.
Oh yeah, at the bottom of each page, you can now Facebook like, Google +1, Tweet, or Stumble Upon. Hope I said that right.
July 13, 2011:
In addition to yesterday’s update, my newest Patch article was just posted.
Did Al Capone hide out in the Royal Pines Hotel?
September 2, 2011:
Running behind on the Niagara Falls stuff. Just finished up a summer semester and immediately jumped into fall semester. 15 credits of history = nothing but reading for the next few months. Will update when possible.
On a side note, I have been collaborating with Toms River Patch on a project that aims to find something significant in the town’s history from every day of the year. I believe so far we have 10/366 days done. Still wondering how February 29th is going to pan out.
October 3, 2011:
On vacation for the week. Heading to the 1000 Islands and Quebec.
December 27, 2011:
Hey! New stuff! Only took 5 1/2 months. Part 2 of our Niagara Falls trip from last year is now up.
Maid of the Mist (with video!)
Journey Behind the Falls (with video!)
Cave of the Winds
Flying Saucer Restaurant
As of this update, we’re now international (barely). Have a few things from Quebec that will be posted sometime in the near future as well.
Hope everyone had a good holiday.
