Lake Myers. Ace Campground, Nesco, New Jeresey.
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Childhood memories. I will never forget. The smell, the feeling, the fun, the memories.. The camp.
My grandfather, owned a campground in Nesco, New Jersey for many years. It was called "Ace Campground", his reasoning? Because he wanted it to be the first camp in the yellow pages.. *in alphabetical order*
My whole childhood I remember going to this camp, and spending time with my grandfather. We went in the summer, we went in the winter. That was OUR campground.
When my grandfather was 90 and knowing he was going to pass on soon.. (he did at 91), he actually offered this campground to my father.. (who for some reason didn't want it.. it would have been really nice if he would have just held it for me..) but anyway, my dad said no. So my grandfather sold it to Green Acres for like $15 or something, as long as they kept it safe and unbuilt on and named the lake, Lake Myers after our family.
Since he got rid of the camp, the buildings have been demolished, (the bathhouse, the store, the water pump houses, the office, Margie's house on the hill by the stream, etc. All of the electrical wires removed, water pipes , etc. But what still remains is still beautiful.. and holds so much memories for me..
The lake with a rotted dock. The foundation to the store, bathhouse, office, all structures.. The Artesian Well, & the dirt roads around the lake (which he had made btw), the lake and the river/stream that runs thru the lake.. Where kayakers and canoers often go thru.
This place will always be near and dear to my heart.
So, since all of this happened 21-22 years ago.. I have often looked it up.. and found some silly stuff. I'm all for checking out abandoned places, haunted places, etc. & Taking photos.
But the stuff that's on the internet about this place is just plain SILLY.
They write about it being haunted.. and bringing up my grandparents.. Saying it's haunted by them.
If there was ANYTHING scary about this place, I wouldn't feel safe walking around it ALONE.. & feel like I'm in 'heaven on earth'. I'm sure to other people it may be creepy, but never to me.
I love this place.
I'm actually too young to think about it, but I have thought about it.. I'd like to be cremated and have my ashes spread here. So I never have to leave.
I miss my grandmom and poppop. Pearl & Merle (Charles) Myers.
I will always have fond memories of them and this place .. and my heart will always be here.
My PopPop called me his, "Little Debble" - like Devil with B's.
I'll always be, his little Debble.
I'm looking forward to seeing them again in the kingdom of heaven - one day, long from now.
And I hope I've made them proud.
They loved me so much and looked out for me so well..
I know for a while there I may have been a bit of a disappointment, but my PopPop showed me unconditional love up until the day he died. *He just took out his anger on my boyfriends (I was young). LOL He was an ex state trooper.. and told them he'd blow them away.. as he chased them in his walker.
But he never so much as raised his voice at me... and he told me that I could be anything..
He knew I loved to visit strange places and take pictures..
Right before he died, he sent his nurse out to buy me a book about all of the haunted and weird places to visit in NJ.. and signed it.. and wrote how much he loved me in it.. and told me to visit those places.
I've been so many places since that day, and lost so much.. I no longer have that book, but I do have those memories.. and that love in my heart.. and this photo.. and the empty campground land is still there.. I can go visit.
But, I think he'd find it hilarious,AND VERY IRONIC about how we used to discuss these abandoned/ weird/ haunted places.. and now if you research it online, you'll see that HIS CAMP happens to be one of those places, according to local skeptics. *I still find that so ironic and funny, I'm sure he thinks it's as funny as I do. Because we know, him, my grandmom, me, my dad.. our hearts will always be so alive there, even when it's all gone.. our hearts are all still there.. happy & laughing.
