Monday, December 19, 2022: Because it was a bright sunny day, I decided to travel to Ocean County, New Jersey, and visit the following place: Double Trouble State Park, 581 Pinewald-Keswick Road, Bayville (609-726-1191). Despite the name, this place was once a thriving company town. As far back as the 1700s, there once was a lumber industry here until early in the 20th century. Another industry that gave fame to this place was the growing of cranberries, starting in the 1860s. The town reached its peak in the early 1900s. As for the name “Double Trouble,” there have been stories about the town’s earthen dam breaking twice in one year. By 1964, the State of NJ bought the property, but by then cranberry profits had decreased. Nowadays, some of the mostly early 20th-century buildings have been standing in this former village: the cranberry packing house, the supervisor’s home, the company store, and so forth. When I was there, the only building opened was the information center that provided brochures and men’s & ladies’ rooms. Meanwhile, signs around the area explained, via texts and pictures, the history of the area, and other signs covered more about the natural life nearby, both flora and fauna. For a closer look at the natural life, this park offered six trails located over service roads toward the former cranberry bogs that nature has been reclaiming. Anyway, I learned more about how life was lived here in the past and in the present!
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