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Jersey
Moms
New
Jersey has more moms per square mile than any other state
in America. And the New Jersey Skylands can supply the perfect
place to remind your mom how much you care on Mother's
Day (Sunday, May 13). How to find these places? Take advantage
of a calendar budding
with intriguing things for you and your family to enjoy. Or check
our Day
Trip Map for good ideas for a Sunday drive! For the
more aerobically inclined, the Outdoor
Map shows the way to go.
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Moms in the Wild
Treat
mom to a visit to the Lakota
Wolf Preserve in Columbia where, from an observation area
in the center of four packs of wolves, you will learn about
the social structure of wolf packs, their eating habits, their
interaction with man and many other interesting facts. This
award-winning attraction, loved by thousands, presents wolf
watches at 10:30am and 4pm. Afterward, visit the Buck
Stop Gift Shop at Camp Taylor Campground for a special gift!
Click or call 908-496-4244.
89 Mt Pleasant
Rd, Columbia , 07832 (map)
At
Space
Farms,there will be
a special lecture on maternal
behavior (following the nursery
feeding), a snake handling demonstration, and a Free Drawing
for a Family
Season Pass , good for the whole season! The zoo now
holds the largest
private collection of North American wildlife
in the world, including over 500 animals from than 100 species
from around the world including tigers, lions, newborn jaguars
and bison. As the zoo has grown, so has the Space
Museum which,
since the Great Depression, when people traded items for food
at the Space General Store, has become home to over 100,000
items collected throughout the USA. 218
Route 519, Sussex (map). Click or
call (973) 875-5800.
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Deserving Moms
Take
your mother shopping! No
mom would ever turn down a trip to Liberty
Village Premium Outlets in Flemington
to pick something out for herself! Or give her a gift card
for a later trip.
And
moms
love Pandora
Jewelry, and most anything else you can find
at Made
To Order in Clinton. 908-735-4244.
Or
something with the ultimate style and grace from Ena's
Emporium in Newton. 973/300-5050
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Thirsty Moms
Take
Mom up to the northwest corner of Sussex County, where she
(and you) can enjoy samples of award-winning wines, discounted
by the glass with hors d'oeuvres. Plus there's a free chocolate
treat for mom. Westfall
Winery (973/293-3428) is located at 141 Clove Road in
Montague.
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Outdoor Moms
What
better place to celebrate Mother’s
Day than along a trail bursting with wildflowers?
We’ve got dozens of ideas for hikes, easy, challenging,
high, low, long and short.
Warren
County,
Hunterdon
County,
Highlands
Trail,
The
Sourlands of Somerset,
Rail
Trails
Or,
if you don't feel like walking, how about getting mom up in
the saddle for a trail ride at the Spring
Valley Equestrian Center? Or high in the sky for a Balloon
Adventure?
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Subscribe!
This
spring, think Skylands! Northwest
New Jersey and destinations just beyond those borders, in Pennsylvania and
New York, offer brilliant ways to get out and enjoy the pleasures of the season.
There is much
more listed on our calendar for
this and coming vernal weekends. Stay
tuned to our Day
Trip Map for good ideas for a scenic drive! Or use the Outdoor
Map for links to all sorts of colorful hikes and outdoor fun!
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