Escape the Grid! Hidden Rahway River Trails in Suburban Springfield NJ

[@artdodd2932]

The county is allowing deer hunting by Bow this month 3 times a week to thin the heard on county property. You have to have a county permit and I believe that deer stand has to be registered with the county. Great video by the way from a fellow parker😊

[@OutDehFamily]

Hey there Art! I was a bit freaked out when I landed on it. I definitely didn’t want to end up with an arrow in me. Thanks for watching and commenting . I’ll have more Roselle park videos coming for sure

[@tomdaly6605]

⁠@@OutDehFamily hi there. It was my stand/feeder/camera that you came upon during your hike. Thank you for clearing up the mystery, as I was quite curious when I got your picture on camera. As the OP mentioned, I am an official part of the Union County Deer Management Program, which runs from October through mid February. Also, active hunting occurs 5 days/week, not 3 as indicated in the original reply above. I very much appreciate your reaction and steps taken once you discovered you were in an active hunting zone. Thank you for your respectful activity and safe travels! file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/65/05/E1520DF8-A47D-444B-B9D3-A9E473D614B0/IMG_3265.png

[@OutDehFamily]

Hi Tom! How did you happen to find my video? thats wild. thank you for posting the link , although its not accessible here. I would love to see it. @@tomdaly6605

[@epswindell]

Those tags on the tree are from the town forestry management; they're the same folks planting those trees in the floodplain. Great video!

[@OutDehFamily]

Hi there, Oh that makes sense! thank for clearing up that little mystery. I think folks don't realize how thirsty those trees can get and absorb lots of water. We have a Huge Maple in our yard, we never get water in our basement (a little during IDA, not much) but both of our neighbors next to us do. i always believed that maple keeps our water table at a good lvel. I love those trees. thanks for the kind comment

[@thedrunkenmallard]

Definitely gotta go back there with the kayak! Great insight, especially when you pointed out the Mallards haha

[@OutDehFamily]

HA, ! hey cousin, Happy New Year! good catch

[@ivanaguilar2827]

I like this video and your previous video because you proof that you can make a boring place turn into a nice hiking day , sometimes we think there's nothing fun in this area and we have to travel hours to find nice places but that is not true

[@OutDehFamily]

Glad you like them. There are 5000 people per sq mile in union county, it’s fun finding spots that people just seem to ignore even though they’re in plain sight !

[@jeffg9806]

Again, another great vid from what we have in Union County. Thanks, Mike.

[@OutDehFamily]

Hey Jeff you’re too kind !! I’m g happy to share with folks that may have been too busy to see what’s right in front of us

[@cherri400]

Love the goldfish. Nice hike !

[@OutDehFamily]

Thanks !

[@lawrencesimmons3798]

I love those sections! It is perhaps a window to look back in time.

[@OutDehFamily]

I totally agree, while hiking around I felt connected to a past time , and could feel and almost see what it must have been like hundreds of years ago. thank you for sharing here

[@rtward9]

very cool

[@OutDehFamily]

Thank you for the subscribe!

[@amybeck9161]

I grew up in Warren N.J. 35 years ago and went to Watchung hills Regional HS. There are beautiful creeks water falls and cliffs to explore right off of Stiles Rd. The exit for Watchung is right off of 78 . I live in Southern Coastal North Carolina and miss the mountains and creeks . N.J. is just wayyyyy too expensive now a days !

[@whatismauramaking]

Oh my gosh! My best friend and her family moved from Morrisplains about 10 years ago, she’s in Charlotte. She also hated the cold weather up here since we are both from the Caribbean. We’ve looked into Tennessee on 2 occasions, maybe 3rd time will be the charm right outder dad? 😅

[@OutDehFamily]

Stiles road? Well we may have to check that out! I hear you on the expensive , that’s why we try to squeeze every penny of value out of living here. We pay a premium to live here. We have seriously considered places like Tennessee. Thanks for checking out channel and the tips

[@amybeck9161]

@@OutDehFamily it's a beautiful little road , I lived in the log cabin by the bridge where you would enter the creek . The man that lives there now has totally renovated it and is very friendly. I look forward to all of your adventures to come .

[@kaptainfriday]

Another great adventure!

[@OutDehFamily]

Thanks Kaptain, looks forward to many more !

[@theshedMTB]

This video is really doing well for you! I think your title and thumbnail is really helping that!

[@OutDehFamily]

Thanks! i have to admit, I have been running the thumbnails past my girls, they have picked the last 2!

[@chrishorbatt3504]

So the exit to the highway goes directly into the housing development?

[@OutDehFamily]

Hey chris, yes it does. american water is also in there. Hope you have a great 2024!

[@henrye718]

That's probably a koi, japanese carp. if it's 1 ft long. Also both are an invasive species.

[@OutDehFamily]

I think you’re right! Wonder how long they can live in the Rahway

[@henrye718]

@@OutDehFamily Koi are amazing they are known to live 100s of years.

[@robertbrodowski1379]

Last week I saw a few koi/carp, one of which was over a foot long, in Orchard Brook which goes into the Rahway R in Cranford.

[@M.TTT.]

3:13 most likely a sewer pump station, those pipes are for emergencies when the system is overloaded, it bypasses into the stream/river unfortunately. Water treatment infrastructure doesn't grow with the population and can be overwhelmed during storms or if pumps fail.

[@chrishorbatt3504]

I don’t know if you re-watched all this when you edited, but you got real close to having a stick in your eye it was probably less than an inch from your going in your eyes laying right on your cheek!

[@OutDehFamily]

Ha, I should have brought the machete. I'll have to rewatch , maybe when i was climbing the wall near the bridge

[@chrishorbatt3504]

@@OutDehFamily near the end somewhere I think you were walking toward the wall

[@toxichank6960]

It's a shame the river is so silted. I remember visting my uncle in Cranford. The river was so deep and rocky. This was in the 70's. Now it's all silted out. Plus the tires and garbage. My dad used to trout fish the Rahway above Diamond Mill Pond. This was before they created the resevoir in the South Mountain Reservation.

[@OutDehFamily]

I wonder if your dad got to fish Brown trout, they evidently can’t survive in the Rahway river any longer. The county stocks rainbow trout , I guess they are more tolerant of the changes

[@jeffshof5108]

Just imagine what N.J. looked like when it was a natural rain forest before it became settled by man.

[@OutDehFamily]

hi Jeff, you are reading my mind. when I'm near the river i feel like I am being transported to another place and time. The Rahway still has a magic to it. must have been quite the site a few hundred years ago

[@jeffshof5108]

@OutDehFamily I'm born and raised in N.J. Growing up here , I've been all around this state. Fishing everywhere and dirt bike exploration, I have seen almost all the state thats too see. Also the history that NEW JERSEY was involved in, most people don't know anything about it .

[@OutDehFamily]

@@jeffshof5108 Please share your experiences , places . Its up to us to keep the stories alive. if not, people will just live in their phones

[@lostpony4885]

The mouse is Jerry not Tom

[@OutDehFamily]

Ha! nice catch I was wondering when someone would notice that 😉 7:38

[@Thomas-yr9ln]

I like technology I'm sure wouldn't want escape it. My mother and I hate camping.

[@OutDehFamily]

I hear you, sometimes I like to be free from screens even for a short while .