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| Entering Manasquan |
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| Glimmer Glass Bascule Bridge |
Great day to relax and recover from yesterday’s harrowing journey. We walked to the beach and along the jetty to review what we had not taken in, being so focused on powering through the rough seas. We noticed a few boats out, bouncing along like we did yesterday and were thankful to not be out in the surf. These are hearty fisherman to go out in this mess. Linda had done a quick search on the history and regaled Brian with some snippets as we walked, like how the early settlers in the 1600s were Dutch, and the town name — Brielle, is in reference to a town of the same name in the Netherlands. Most of the area focused on ship building — just like back home. We crossed over an old bascule bridge that spans the Glimmer Glass inlet to the Manasquan River. This bridge is on the National National Register of History Places. It is a bascule bridge using
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Beach-front homes facing the
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| Manasquan Inlet |
cables and rolling counterweights to lift the road. Built in 1898 (with slight modifications the 1950’s), it is the only bridge of this type left in New Jersey. Upon returning to the marina area, we lunched at the newly opened (only three days old) Sand Bar Restaurant. We were offered a table upstairs and had the place to ourselves. I doubt that will last long as the place gets more popular by the day. We followed up with a stroll along the docks looking at other boats in the marina, and then returned to Splash Down. Tomorrow, we’ll head down the New Jersey Inter-coastal Waterway since the wind and sea state in the Atlantic is not conducive for travel.
