Adventure Aquarium

So over the weekend I went to Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ. I must say the place has changed a lot since the last time I was there, and it was a change for the better. Here are just a few shots I took there.

Caiman

I changed some settings on the photo to make it glow.

I changed some settings on the photo to make it glow.

Philly Skyline

Battleship USS New Jersey BB-62

Rancocas Nature Center (3 of 3)

Ok, so if you have a hate for spiders and spider webs turn back now. Its not really all that bad but if you have a real fear of the eight legged creatures it might be to much. These shots were from the trail that the "Zombie Nature Trail" sign was on.

Not sure what this is (not a spider for sure) I thinks its some kind of dragonfly. I had to crop the pic to get closer. If you know please leave a comment.

Out of ALL those webs (some I didn't add here) this was the only spider I saw.

Rancocas Nature Center (2 of 3)

Cute Turtle on log

Awesome sign I found. Only one of its kind I have seen in the park so far.

Some chairs where an old house USE to be. It was torn down some time this year. I saw the house earlier this yeah and wanted to check it out, but I was to late.

Rancocas Nature Center (1 of 3)

So today I went to the Rancocas Nature Center instead of the Delaware Water Gap due to getting up late, and the chance of rain (which we got some but not a lot of). I have been here many times and sometimes I see tons of wildlife and other times none at all. Today was a so so day. I saw a turtle, six deer, a few birds, a cool sign, tons of big spider webs, and some chairs (will be in tomorrows story).

Shelter in the Woods

Fungus

Cool Fungus Close Up

Cool Fungus

The Judgment Altar and Witches Well (2 of 2)

(I have made a post about the Altar and Well over at my new adventures blog http://bigalsadventrues.com. It has more info and story in it then these older posts. You can go check out the article at http://www.bigalsadventures.com/r/judgmentaltarwitcheswell or go to the main page of the new blog.)

So after spending some time at the Judgment Altar I went off looking for the Witches Well. One person online said it was only a few hundred feet from the alter.........ummmm no. I went up the hill behind the alter and on the other trails and yet no Well. So I was about to give up and on the way out I spotted another entrance to the trails with a trail leading up the side of The Mount.

Before we move on to the pictures let me tell you the two tales I have heard about the Well.

The first one is that there was a witch (some stories say many witches) in Mount Holly that was tried and thrown into the well. She did not die and started screaming, clawing and punching the wall of the well. After a few days the noises stopped and they figured she finally died. Not to long after that they started hearing it again but it was more of a ghostly sound so they built the structure around the well to keep the sounds locked away.

The other story is that the towns people of Mount Holly caught the Jersey Devil put him in chains and threw him down the well and build the structure around the well to keep him in it.

So back to the story!

I followed it and saw a blue water tower that was fenced in and came across this....

I know from watching some youtube videos that there are cameras watching the Well.

Also came across this sign that says White Oak. Must have been for people hiking the area that wanted to know what type of trees they are.

I followed the fence around and FINALLY saw this popping out from the trees. There are two houses really close by to the Well so I didn't know if I was on their property or not so I took a couple quick shots and moved on.

Its hard to see but there is a small fence leading to the one house below so I couldn't get to much closer so I got one shot of the whole building before leaving. Might go back in the fall so I can try this shot again without the trees covering up so much of it.

The Judgment Altar and Witches Well (1 of 2)

(I have made a post about the Altar and Well over at my new adventures blog http://bigalsadventrues.com. It has more info and story in it then these older posts. You can go check out the article at http://www.bigalsadventures.com/r/judgmentaltarwitcheswell or go to the main page of the new blog.)

So I went out to find the Judgment Altar and Witches Well in Mount Holly NJ. I had been to the alter before with a friend but never the well. I had downloaded the Weird NJ app on my phone and saw it listed and it re-sparked my interest in finding the place again. I followed the directions from the app which led to the Mount Holly Cemetery. As it turns out the directions were wrong and you can't (at least anymore) get to the alter from the cemetery.

I called my brother and he was able to pull up a map and get me to a side road that had an entrance to "The Mount" of mount Holly. I also shot some video that I have to check and piece together. If its any good (Probably going to be Blair Witch style) I'll post that on a later date.

Tomorrow I'll post the Witches Well pictures.

If you want me do more exploring of old legends and towns, leave a comment and/or like the post.

The entrance to the trails

The Judgment Altar

The words Holy Holy Holy on the altar. Last time I was here kids painted on the altar but it looks like some one cleaned it up.

There are benches all around the altar now but they were all knocked on their backs except for two.

More knocked back

Some flowers I found behind the altar

The ground in front of the altar

Some kind of ceramic plate maybe that was broken and put on top of the altar.