Sun. Jersey Perimeter, Northern Cape May Hike and Beyond...

This point to point hike will lead us between Eldora area and northern Cape May area, about 16 miles.

We will also follow backroads through Dennisville and South Dennis, and sand roads through a large nature preserve.
The route of this hike has changed somewhat since scouting the section just to the south of here. To hike the perimeter of NJ, we constantly make new discoveries that merit our attention. In this case, I have discovered another trail in Cape May National Wildlife Refuge that we simply must hike to do the perimeter of the state! This one is called the Woodcock Trail and it passes through meadows and estuarine bayside wetlands. We'll make our way around this at the beginning, then make our way along some short sections of the bayside beaches. NOTE: we will have to take our shoes off to quickly go across the tiny streams that enter the bay. I did it yesterday, and it was just a quick step through sand.
The re-worked route also includes two winery tours!
The first winery, Jessie Creek Vinyards, is $5 to taste all of their wines including bronze and silver metal winners, and that also gets you a Jessie Creek wine glass.
We'll continue north on snippets of beach and back roads, and cover Cape May National Wildlife Refuge's Songbird Trail, then make our way along the road to Natali Vinyards and do a second tasting. We must continue on backroads through Dennis, then follow some sandy roads to our end point near Eldora. As always, who knows what else we'll find!
Meet at Eldora Nature Preserve along Rt 47/Old State Highway at 9:00 am. We'll move to another location from there.

The following week I will be atttempting to cover sixty miles in twenty four hours with a few friends. Of course not everyone wants to do this, and so Guillermo (William Fabel) is subbing for me with a hike in Hamburg Watershed PA. More to Come!