October Events (Picture Heavy)

Catching up on posting our pictures from our October adventures which are reruns of the past few years at this time but with a little different participation level due to the times we're in.  

Early in October we did go to the Kite Festival on LBI, but kept our distance from the crowds even though the event was outside.  We are lucky to have friends who own a home right off the dunes and they welcomed us to use their upper deck for some picture taking.  

And some butterflies close-ups in the goldenrod on their dune.

And we also did our own version of the Lighthouse Challenge since it was not an official one this year.  We saw what we could on that very pleasant Saturday - traveling through mostly southern Jersey just before the leaves were at peak.  

Tinnicum

Finn's Point

East Point

East Point - another new vantage point of this one

Cape May

There were several horse and carriage drivers lined up along one of the side streets that we went through just waiting for riders.  We thought we might be able to find parking on one of the back streets near the mall so we could get some ice cream but it was too crowded and busy for that.

Hereford Inlet hasn't been on the official list the past couple of years because of an issue between the town and the Lighthouse group, but the grounds are still open so we did stop there.  And just as we were leaving a wedding party arrived there for pictures.

Our traditional gazing ball photo when we're there.

Tuckerton Seaport

And Old Barney as the sun was going down.

Back at the condo we got a little treat of some fireworks out the back.

These are a couple more pictures of East Point with my other camera from the new vantage point and then again by the side of the road.  I was hoping to see some eagles there this time as someone who lives up by us had posted pictures he had taken in September of eagles down the road from this lighthouse.  We we were not lucky enough to spot any, but the tide was in our favor to get the front view of this lighthouse and the flag pole.  

We're going to have a little bit of a warm spell (in the low 70's) for the next couple of days after we had our killing frost last weekend and temps below freezing for the first time this fall.  We'll be trying to take advantage of the nice weather to get the yard cleaned up and finish some temperature-related chores outside.  HWNSNBP is finishing up the second night table for our daughter and this will be an opportune time for him to be able to do the last stage - painting it out in his workshop.  And all those tender annuals that bit the dust in the frost have to be removed.  Some window washing may be on the list too.  We'll see.