Heading to Spring Lake NJ for a week of R&R today

Shadowfax

Shadowfax

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Ahhh...vacation time once again. Luckily I work from home on Fridays so I can get things together and packed in order to head out about 4pm. We are lucky to have good friends that live on Ocean Ave in Spring Lake. They call this town the Irish Riviera. Not many homes within 4 blocks of the beach under a million.

Unfortunately, this may be our last week in SL as our friends have the place up for sale, for a measly 3.5 mill and they bought a house on the Manesquan River with their own personal dock and boat lift. So next year instead of being a Beach Bum, I will become a River Rat :)

Anyway, althought they have the whole house wired with a Novu setup and reasonable in ceiling speakers, I always miss my sound and HT. I will fill their house with my music, which they love. I am tasked with always keeping the music going when there.

Spring Lake has lost it's entire Boardwalk 2x in the last 2 years as well as the surrounding beach towns like Sea Girt, Point Pleasant, and just north in Belmar where they were completely devastated and flooded out by Sandy, and Irene. Not a whole lot to do there, no bars or clubs and nothing Honky Tonk, which is what makes it so nice.

We will in-line skate every morning early weather permitting, hang on the beach and walk the boards. Plenty of good food, wine and beers to be had for sure. I will have net access but posting very sparsely for the next week.

Cheers and enjoy your 4th holiday if you celebrate it where you are.

This is what it looked like in the fall during the cleanup. We stay just to the left but the house is not shown.

 
I spent many summer vacations on Long Beach Island when my daughter was young. A great place for a family vacation.
 
Shadowfax said:
Ahhh...vacation time once again. Luckily I work from home on Fridays so I can get things together and packed in order to head out about 4pm. We are lucky to have good friends that live on Ocean Ave in Spring Lake. They call this town the Irish Riviera. Not many homes within 4 blocks of the beach under a million.

Unfortunately, this may be our last week in SL as our friends have the place up for sale, for a measly 3.5 mill and they bought a house on the Manesquan River with their own personal dock and boat lift. So next year instead of being a Beach Bum, I will become a River Rat :)

Anyway, althought they have the whole house wired with a Novu setup and reasonable in ceiling speakers, I always miss my sound and HT. I will fill their house with my music, which they love. I am tasked with always keeping the music going when there.

Spring Lake has lost it's entire Boardwalk 2x in the last 2 years as well as the surrounding beach towns like Sea Girt, Point Pleasant, and just north in Belmar where they were completely devastated and flooded out by Sandy, and Irene. Not a whole lot to do there, no bars or clubs and nothing Honky Tonk, which is what makes it so nice.

We will in-line skate every morning early weather permitting, hang on the beach and walk the boards. Plenty of good food, wine and beers to be had for sure. I will have net access but posting very sparsely for the next week.

Cheers and enjoy your 4th holiday if you celebrate it where you are.

This is what it looked like in the fall during the cleanup. We stay just to the left but the house is not shown.

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Hi Brian,

I was in Spring Lake the other day. Beach looks great and there is a new boardwalk to take a stroll.
 
Yeah, the boardwalk here and Belmar are in good shape. The weather however sucks so far and it has bee windy and rainy most of the time. But the food and beverages are keeping us occupied.

Watching movies and playing music on the whole house system. But, this will be our last time vacationing here. Our friends got an offer on their house Saturday, and signed the papers Sunday. The ex-CEO of AT&T, who lost his whole home and all it's contens in Manaloking by Sandy had agreed to give them $3.5mil for the house and everything in it except for their clothing and pictures. What a trip of a time it has been so far.

Next year we will be partying in the new place on the Manesquan River with a boat. But having the ocean, boardwalk and view from Ocean Ave here in Spring Lake cannot be beat.

Grouper for dinner tonight along with our homegrown salad and peas. Life is good!

Cheers
 
Wow you guys are in my neighborhood. I live a little south now just north of LBI.
But I do lots of work in manasquan. I'm actually thinking of buying a house across the street from manasquan river from a friends father. And btw don't worry the river takes you right out to the ocean. But it's nice in there I just remodeled a house on the river in Brielle was about the nicest house out there and I'm sure several million. The backyard!!!!
A 50 x 100 deck then Walk down a flight of stairs to the Olympic swimming pool. Then Walk down another flight to the dock and your yacht !!! Nice life, oh and the guys stereo sucked!lol
Anyway have a good time . If you head to Asbury park for dinner my sister owns a couple restaurants there. Pm me ill tell you about them if your headed that way
 
Petro85 said:
Wow you guys are in my neighborhood. I live a little south now just north of LBI.
But I do lots of work in manasquan. I'm actually thinking of buying a house across the street from manasquan river from a friends father. And btw don't worry the river takes you right out to the ocean. But it's nice in there I just remodeled a house on the river in Brielle was about the nicest house out there and I'm sure several million. The backyard!!!!
A 50 x 100 deck then Walk down a flight of stairs to the Olympic swimming pool. Then Walk down another flight to the dock and your yacht !!! Nice life, oh and the guys stereo sucked!lol
Anyway have a good time . If you head to Asbury park for dinner my sister owns a couple restaurants there. Pm me ill tell you about them if your headed that way
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We usually only go out once, and we went to Riverwatch in Brick Saturday eve and saw the Seth Tieger Band, who they had here for my friends 70th party last month.

If you head up this way, 5 Ocean is the house. Thanks for the recommendations in AP, we do drive thru once in a while or go to the Stone Pony.
 
My cars not nice enough to get through spring lake lmao!!
5 ocean. That's gotta be on the south end near where it cuts back to 1 st.
Wow!!!! That's about as nice as it gets. You must be livin large there!!!
Wouldn't want to pay his property taxes.lol
I've done work on a couple of those houses in that area I do alot of sea girt
I'm working all week on lbi so I won't be up that way but thanks anyway
And have a great week!!!!
 
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