a 65-foot-high wooden elephant, right? Lucy the Elephant, on the beach at
9200 Atlantic Avenue in Margate, stands six stories tall – or as high as an elephant’s eye – and was built in 1881 by a real estate developer. Made of nearly a million pieces of wood, Lucy’s eyes are windows with views of the beach. Saved from extinction in the 1970, Lucy is open for tours so stop and say hi.
www.lucytheelephant.org Headed down the Black Horse Pike in
Egg Harbor Township? Stop at Storybook Land for a few hours! The whole family can literally walk through their all-time favorite stories and nursery rhymes in a clean and enjoyable park setting. There are loads of fun rides for the under-10 set, including the brand-new Tick Tock Clock Drop.
www.storybookland.com If you have a junior Jack Sparrow in
your car and you’re heading to (or through) Ocean City, make sure you say “Ahoy, Matey” to the giant pirate at 1124 Boardwalk. This peg-legged scoundrel (who bears a striking resemblance to the Paul Bunyan statues that used to dot the landscape) is part of a pirate-themed golf course there. Off the beaten path, in the Port Norris
area of Cumberland County, is Shell Pile. Want to guess how the town got its name? Shell Pile and nearby Bivalve were both centers of the oystering industry. Shell Pile was named for the great heaps of oyster shells stacked sky high. The oystering industry reached its peak in 1955, declin- ing by 1957 due to a disease which killed
90 percent of the oysters. Today, Bivalve is the home port of NJ’s
Official Tall Ship. The A.J. MEERWALD is a 115-foot,
authentically-restored, 1928
Delaware Bay Schooner which is used to teach visitors about the rich maritime history and fragile ecosystem of the estuary. The Bayshore Discovery Project offers onboard educational programs in the Delaware Bay near Bivalve, and at other ports in the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware region. The A.J. Meerwald was added to the Nation- al Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1995.
www.bayshorediscovery.org Drive down Sunset Blvd. to Cape May
Point to see what remains of the SS Atlantus, a concrete ship that really did float when it was launched nearly 100 years ago until it ran aground off Sunset Beach in the 1920s. Today just pieces of
this relic are visible close to the shore. On your way, check out the rather nonde-
script tower on the left hand side of the road – can you guess what it is? OK, we’ll help you out. It’s a restored World War II artillery fire tower built in 1942 to help protect the Delaware River and Bay. Stop for a visit, climb to the top and learn more about its history from the interpretive panels along the walkway and inside the tower. 800 275-4278 or visit
www.capemaymac.org If you’re meandering around Cape May
and West Cape May you just might hap- pen to spot those llamas at Bay Springs Farm... something you probably never expected to see at the Shore. Although you’re not likely to see him,
keep an eye out for that most elusive and mysterious creature of the Pine Barrens – the Jersey Devil! ■
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