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Horse Country
It Might Not Be Where You Expect
The drive to the farm where I go for adaptive riding lessons is breathtaking. As I was driving yesterday through bucolic scenes of horse farms, rolling hills, old growth trees that looked like black spidery creatures against a gray winter sky, I imagined anyone seeing what I saw might not believe they were in the state of New Jersey.
If you’ve been to New Jersey, it’s likely you saw the view of Newark from the air or the airport in the middle of a highly industrialized area. Maybe this is how you picture New Jersey:
If you do, you are somewhat correct. New Jersey is the most densely populated state with 1210 people per square mile. This is in comparison for example to Texas with 109.9 people per square mile, or Alaska with 1 person per square mile.
While New Jersey is home to many large pharmaceutical companies, heavy manufacturing, and other industry that tends to not look so pretty, it is called the Garden State for its agriculture. The origin of the term acording to www.njmonthly.com:
In 1876 Abraham Browning, an attorney, politician, and the owner of Cherry Hill Farm, which gave its name to…
