Jersey Shore with Ken Heron

Every year on December 26th. Ken Heron has a Meetup with the guys in the drone community. Down on the Jersey Shore. The night before I confirmed with him via email, the time and place. But as you know I was late. We met up in Ocean City. Afterward, we went to visit Lucy. She is an elephant structure built 1n 1881. Then we hit the lighthouse in Atlantic City. Shriver's Salt Water Taffy & Fudge 852 Boardwalk, Ocean City, NJ 08226 If you’ve ever taken a trip down the Jersey Shore, you probably bought some tasty salt water taffy on the boardwalk. Since the 1880s, salt water taffy has spread from its birthplace in Atlantic City, New Jersey throughout North America, as more people have discovered this popular confection. Brings back all of those summer Boardwalk memories. As it happens, saltwater taffy doesn’t contain any salt water (and not much salt or water either). The legend goes that salt water taffy was invented by an Atlantic City candy shop owner named Bradley, whose boardwalk store was flooded one summer. The next day, when a girl walked into the store and asked for taffy, Bradley sarcastically referred to it as “salt water taffy.” The name caught on, and although nobody has added saltwater to taffy since, salt water taffy has been sold on the Jersey Shore until today. Lucy The Elephant 9200 Atlantic Ave, Margate City, NJ 08402 Our old fashioned salt water taffy comes in an array of colors and flavors such as Peach, Banana, Raspberry, Watermelon, Blueberry, Chocolate, Maple, Strawberry, Orange, and Neapolitan. The New Jersey Shore has always had its fair share of spectacular eye-popping sights to see. Historically there have been the hulking shipwrecks of the Sindia in Ocean City, the Morro Castle in Asbury Park, and the concrete ship SS Atlantus in Cape May. In more recent years we’ve seen the world’s tallest sandcastle on the beach at Point Pleasant, and the Superstorm Sandy ravaged skeleton of the Jet Star roller coaster, half-submerged beneath the Atlantic surf beside the Seaside boardwalk. But of all the strange spectacles that have been seen along the Jersey Shore over the years during summer days gone by, none may be weirder than the sight of a six-story tall elephant lumbering down our coastline. But that’s exactly what was witnessed this very week forty-nine years ago along Atlantic Avenue in the tiny city of Margate, located just south of Atlantic City. https://weirdnj.com/stories/lucy-the-...​ Absecon Lighthouse 31 S Rhode Island Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Built in 1857, this 171-foot lighthouse is New Jersey's tallest. The lighthouse hosts educational programs, weddings, guided tours, events, and much more. The Absecon Lighthouse remains one of Atlantic City's most popular attractions. Take an amazing journey into time and above it all as you ascend the 228 steps of the Absecon Lighthouse, one of the oldest lighthouses in the country. You'll see breathtaking views of the Atlantic City skyline and up top, you'll come face-to-face with the original first-order Fresnel Lens, first lit in 1857. The lighthouse's recent multi-million dollar restoration also includes a stunning replica of the Lightkeeper's dwelling, an educational museum, charming gift shop, Fresnel Lens exhibit in the original Oil House, and expansive grounds. Free parking and admission to the keeper's house museum, exhibits, and grounds. Absecon Lighthouse is the country's third tallest mason lighthouse and is over 160 years old. Open for climbing. There is an admission fee.