Sunrise over Delaware Bay in New Jersey, photographed by Jim

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New York City skyline at night as our October 2024 Canada and New England cruise began

Our travel archive · October 2024 · Photo: Jim

Canada and New England · October 2024

Our late-October Canada and New England cruise

A quieter Newport ship day, Boston, Portland, Bay of Fundy whale watching and the packing lessons we brought home.

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More ways to get away.

Cruise stories, coastal stays, campground returns and places in our photographs.

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Coastal stays · 2025 & 2026

Life by the bay.

Two Heislerville stays, sunrise over Delaware Bay and East Point Lighthouse.

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Photo: Jim · 2015

Cruises · Firsthand story

A different horizon.

Our cabin, days ashore and the moments we remember from Norwegian Gem.

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Allegheny River beside the campground during our spring 2021 stay

Photo: Jim · 2021

Campground stays · 2019, 2021 & 2026

Three stays by the Allegheny.

Why we returned, the river through three trips and one night under the Milky Way.

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From our New Jersey archiveSunrise on Delaware Bay.

Sunrise over Delaware Bay from Jim’s New Jersey travels — Sunrise over Delaware Bay, New Jersey, 2026. Photograph: Jim.

Anne and I stayed along this stretch of New Jersey’s Delaware Bay coast in 2025 and again in 2026. We enjoyed both trips, and brought home plenty of photographs.

This sunrise photograph is from our September 2026 stay. Read about both Heislerville visits and planning a bayshore stay →

A place in our photographsEast Point Lighthouse.

Red roof and white walls of East Point Lighthouse against the sky — East Point Lighthouse, New Jersey. Personal archive, 2025. Photograph: Jim.

A red roof, a white building and a wide blue sky. This photograph of East Point Lighthouse is part of our New Jersey travel collection.

The photograph is from our 2025 visit. Read the lighthouse story and check current access information →

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Our late-October Canada and New England cruise