Garden State Stomped

2 November 2015

Now that the Insane Bike Posse High Point Quest is over, several Slugs have suggested covering the Garden State Stomp instead.  We had enough trouble with 18 high points; 80 place names would surely do us in.

It's amusing to think about anyway, so think about it I did.

Of all the place names that Dave Van Ronk lists in Garden State Stomp, on bike or on foot I've been through or seen street signs for almost half of them.

I'm pretty sure I'll never find Turkey Foot, but for the first one who can tell me where Swinesburg is (most Slugs have been there), the coffee's on me:


Allamuchy, Hacklebarney, Rockaway, Piscataway
Ho-Ho-Kus, Secaucus, Lower Squankum, Fair Play
Wanamassa, Succasunna, Manumuskin, Plumbsock
Bivalve, Buckshutem, Turkey Foot, Macanippock
Jugtown, Feebletown, Nummytown, Rahway

Wickatunk, Manunka Chunk, Mantua, Mizpah
Manasquan, Raritan, Matawan, Totowa
Whippany, Parsippany, Penny Pot, Hackensack
Batsto, Nesco, Metedeconk, Peapack
Loch Arbour, Egg Harbor, Swinesburg, Caviar

Cheesequake, Boy Scout Lake, Moonachie, Tenafly
Netcong, Watchung, Pluckemin, Mount Misery
Bardonia, Ironia, Colonia, Weehawken
Manahawkin, Mantoloking, Mahalala, Pennsauken
Dutchtown, Ironbound, Frelinghuysen, Lodi

Hardscrabble, Double Trouble, Picatinny, Montague
Muckshaw Pond, Oakanickon, Espanong, Ocean View
Navesink, Shabakunk, Ongs Hat, Jumbo
Wortendyke, Waterwitch Park, Blue Ball, Ringoes
Matchaponix, Delawanna, Wawayanda, Timbuctoo