2023 New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge | Full Adventure

2023 New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge | Full Adventure | Accomplished!

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Our full video from the 2023 New Jersey Lighthouse challenge. October 21-22, 2023. We needed two full days to complete the challenge. Many of the sites included: absecon lighthouse, barnegat light museum, barnegat lighthouse, cape may lighthouse, east point lighthouse, finns point range light, sea girt lighthouse, navesink twin lights and sandy hook lighthouse.
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@markakira8988 7 ай бұрын

Shane is so big. Time flies by fast. Hope you win the raffle.

@AmericasParks 7 ай бұрын

You are not kidding... big growth spurt in 2023 for the man!

@lesliesmith7835 7 ай бұрын

Congratulations Randy, Julie and Shane on successfully completing the Lighthouse challenge. Everything about this video is excellent. God Bless America's Parks and the entire Smith family!! ... Robin 🙏❤

@AmericasParks 7 ай бұрын

Hey Robin, much appreciated my friend!

@DestinationEarth 6 ай бұрын

Wow, Shane isn't a little kid anymore is he! Wow, that's a somber saying isn't it - you have to go out, but don't have to come back. The clouds are moving super fast at all the lighthouses, lol. Running the lighthouses was such an important job. You forget at times that many people lived in those spaces in almost complete isolation at times. It would have been a hard life. What a great set of lighthouses you have there! A wonderful multi-day tour that looked like everyone in the extended family enjoyed!

@AmericasParks 6 ай бұрын

Appreciate your kind words, my friend! Hope you guys are doing well!

@coljae156 7 ай бұрын

Great summation of the weekend experience! Thanks for all the work in recording and editing this! Great memories!

@AmericasParks 7 ай бұрын

Happy to hear you guys enjoyed the video! One weekend our families will never forget!

@tylerbledsoe4478 7 ай бұрын

Cool video! I'm glad you guys were able to complete the 2023 New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge and hopefully you win the raffle. 👍

@AmericasParks 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, Tyler! Still waiting on the phone call regarding the raffle! :)

@riseandshinebeautiful 7 ай бұрын

Great video as always! It’s not just the amazing places but especially your enthusiasm and your energy! God bless you and your wonderful family

@AmericasParks 7 ай бұрын

Really encouraged by your kind and encouraging words! Enjoy the rest of your week!

@hikingelevated 7 ай бұрын

That's awesome. I love visiting lighthouses. Great video.

@AmericasParks 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, a weekend we'll always remember! Have a blessed Christmas!

@OurNationalAdventure 7 ай бұрын

What fun! Congratulations to you and your family! These were fun to see. Wishing you all a happy holiday!

@AmericasParks 7 ай бұрын

Thanks very much... and a blessed Christmas to you as well! Such a special time to raise young children. Enjoy every moment!

@RyanD123 7 ай бұрын

That's awesome! Go celebrate with a pork roll egg and cheese!

@AmericasParks 7 ай бұрын

Right on! Keep that NJ talk going!

@RobertLWard 7 ай бұрын

What a great way to spend a weekend! Pennie and I both really enjoyed watching. Hope all is well and wishing you a fast recovery. Just had my surgery last Wednesday and man am I sore. Nice to see you get a clip up. I'm going to be working on some vintage stuff while home recovering ( just put one up yesterday). Anyways, glad to see this!

@AmericasParks 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, Robert! Glad to hear your surgery went well. All the best for a speedy recovery!

@jameshouse1268 7 ай бұрын

This is another great challenge to undertake and complete! 🥳 Congratulations! Take care always and have a blessed Christmas with your family, church family, and friends!

@AmericasParks 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, James! Hope you have a blessed Christmas too!

@MarkH163 7 ай бұрын

Great video, Randy! What a fascinating walk through history! Great footage with the drone shots (when you could) and the 360 camera is an invaluable tool providing truly unique shots from outside the lighthouses..good seeing you and your family! God bless!

@AmericasParks 7 ай бұрын

Thansk so much, my friend! Hope you have a blessed Christmas!

@MarkH163 7 ай бұрын

@@AmericasParks Thanks, you and your family have a blessed Christmas also!

@tompfeiffer2755 7 ай бұрын

Had never heard of this before. Really enjoyed the video tour. Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to visiting the sites even if not part of the challenge.

@AmericasParks 7 ай бұрын

It was a great weekend - highly recommended. Most of the lighthouses are always open on the weekends, especially in the summer. It's just convenient to have all of them open at one time for the challenge. Take care!

@kaylasmith1515 6 ай бұрын

I can’t believe the last lighthouse you visited in NJ was Sea Girt! Great compilation of facts and fun times.

@AmericasParks 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Kayla!

@YeahItsThatBad 2 күн бұрын

Thank you for this video, I discovered your channel through your national parks videos so you could imagine my surprise when you said that you were also from New Jersey! I just got back from a cross country road trip where we drove from NJ to California and visited 15 national parks! Anyway, I really like the idea of this lighthouse challenge, I am going to run it by my family to see if they would like to try it.

@Carolann_237 6 ай бұрын

Congrats on the challenge. This brought back some good memories. We completed the challenge back in 2006. They were giving out wooden discs at each lighthouse (with the lighthouse engraved on them) and we received a tshirt for completing the challenge.

@AmericasParks 6 ай бұрын

Really cool and congratulations on your achievement!

@adventuringoutdoorswitheric 7 ай бұрын

It's great to see a new video from you, Randy. Shane has really grown up! He doesn't look like a little boy anymore. The only lighthouse i've been to is the one in Atlantic City, which is the tallest. All the lighthouses were so beautiful and they all looked totally different from each other. What great exercise doing this challenge going up all those stairs constantly. Neat video, Randy!

@AmericasParks 7 ай бұрын

Hey Eric, hope you are doing well! Thanks for the kind words and hope you are enjoying this special time of the year!

@jymnmeier3527 7 ай бұрын

Congratulations on completeing the Lighthouse Challenge. What a fun experience. We could not believe how tall Shane has gotten. Nearly as tall as Julie :) Time sure flies by. Thank you for sharing and as always much love to you all

@AmericasParks 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, my friend! Shane has really been on a growth spurt over the past few months. Hope you and the family are enjoying this special season of the year!

@jimgreen5788 7 ай бұрын

Woh! What did you feed Shane over the summer? He must have grown a foot!😀 Q2: How did you get acquainted with the girls? Thanks for taking us on the tour--great as always!

@AmericasParks 7 ай бұрын

Hey Jim, raising these kids seems to go by too quickly. Have a blessed Christmas!

@alrichardson7027 6 ай бұрын

Hello America's Parks! I've been watching you guys challenging the Lighthouses in New Jersey. That is so AWESOME and AMAZING! Randy we've got to get together and check out some cool places. I recently took a drive to Kent Falls State Park in CT with my son and he's about as tall as you😊. It's a beautiful place. Hey, where not far from each other. Congratulations on challenging the Lighthouses 😎😎.

@AmericasParks 5 ай бұрын

Hello, my friend! You are a good man and would be an honor to meet you one of these days! Been laying low on the traveling (other than a church trip to AZ, nothing lined-up for 2024), but would be cool to connect if I get back up north. Have a blessed 2024!

@TravelSmallLiveBig 7 ай бұрын

What a cool thing to do! I would need more time though 😂 Kind of funny you hadn’t been to the one about 3 miles from your house, but it’s often true - we skip the nearby places. Gorgeous neighborhood around that one too.

@AmericasParks 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, Heather! Had to move rather quick over the two days, but thankful we were able to complete the "challenge." Wishing you and Jim a wonderful Christmas!

@farrendavis4143 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas to the America's Parks team! have so enjoyed the videos. keep them coming. hope to see you in one of the parks this coming year.

@AmericasParks 6 ай бұрын

Thanks much and hope you had a very Merry Christmas yourself!

@davidpiersall1727 7 ай бұрын

The only lighthouse I’ve ever visited was in Nebraska if you can believe that.

@AmericasParks 7 ай бұрын

Never would have imagined that! :)

@sluggotinfantryman 5 ай бұрын

My Grandfather moved to Barnegat light after WWII. He said there were 2 houses then. Then empty coastline is Canaveral Seashore. Got good stretch there.

@AmericasParks 5 ай бұрын

Really near to hear! This is such a classic stretch on the NJ coast!

@ernestlcolemanjr 6 ай бұрын

Sandy Hook Lighthouse & I share the same birth month & day. Lightship Barnegat it's shame they don't have that on the list but I understand why. I love lighthouses been to 71 of them.