The Stone Pony is in its third incarnation in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Originally opened in 1974, groups that played in the earlier years included Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Patti Scialfa, and Cats on a Smooth Surface.
This is a shot from behind the scenes at the Jersey Shore in Seaside Heights during the 2007 summer season.
My brother and I go to Double Trouble State Park in Bayville, NJ about five times a week in the spring and summer. It is filled with acres of woods and old waterfalls -- man made of course!
A lone surfer scouts out a potential wave to ride on a quiet wednesday afternoon. Taken just weeks before the crowds would pour into Seaside Heights and other popular Jersey towns "down the Shore."
Freshly delivered cargo at the port of Bayonne.
Just a small boardwalk, more like a passage through the dunes from the edge of Atlantic City to the beach.
This photo from Longport, New Jersey brings back every happy memory of the many summers I spent with my kids at the Jersey shore.
It was a place where we could disappear, spending perhaps a whole day on whimsical pursuits such as fishing hermit crabs out of the bay, interrupted by nothing but the setting sun.
Nothing like an ice cream at the beach.
This is a view of the boardwalk in Spring Lake prior to the summer crowds' arrival.
There are many different ways the seafood is prepared at the Belmar Seafood Festival as the Jersey Shore.