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How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Pandemic Edition 2020

A photo puzzle: Guess where each photo was taken! (HINT: They were all taken in or near Matawan/Aberdeen-- no more than 10 miles away.)

How did you spend your summer vacation? This is one of the first questions a teacher asks her students when they return to school each September. Well, this time the teacher is submitting an assignment on the very same topic! (I am a full-time teacher as well as a freelance writer/photographer.)

When New Jersey shut down because of COVID, it seemed as if there would be nothing to do over the summer months. However, having to stay close to home challenged me to find fun things to do close to home. See if you can guess the location of each photo.

Answers are below. No peeking until you look at the photos! Who says you have to go "down the shore" to have fun when we have so many lovely locations nearby?

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Photo #1: Whale Creek (Aberdeen)

Photo #2: Hooks Creek Lake Beach (Cheesequake Park)

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Photo #3: Lake Lefferts (Matawan)

Photo #4: Cliffwood Beach

Photo #5: Keyport

Photo #6: Old Bridge Waterfront Park

Photo #7: Union Beach

Photo #8: Cheesequake Park

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