Double Trouble State Park — Attraction in Berkeley Township

We were with our kids by the creek near the white bridge. Our kids were STANDING in the water playing catch, there is no sign that says you cannot be in the water. The park ranger drove up to us and told us that there was no swimming allowed, we told her that they were not swimming and she then made another excuse saying that we were “polluting the water” and were putting the endangered animals in more danger. She also stated the beach towels we were sitting on was evidence that we were swimming, despite the fact that our children were only standing in the water that was below their knees! She then told us we had to leave. Whenever we come here we always find beer bottles by and in the water, we always help keep this park clean and somehow we’re polluting the water by standing in it? Something to the likeness of this has happened more than once, we used to come here all the time with our friends and eventually they kicked us out for having “to big of a group, and we have to register our group in order to walk here”. THIS IS OUR TAX...

Used to be walking distance from my home. My sons learn to hunt their. Getting their 1st Dear and ducks. I once held To klondyke's with the boy scouts there a year apart. 300 scouts all kinds of stations. 1st aid,, Cooking, Life saving, Not tying. And then finally dog Sled races around the bog. While We calculated the scores of the day. And when All was Done. Not a foot print or scrap of paper could be found. The boys really respect that place. My sons learned about the great outdoors there. Played in the sawmill. When it was operational I actually had Cedar cut their that I had brought in . In log form. For my house. The Cedar stand is gone on deep hollow road. They Said from Sandy. That will be sorely missed. Coming out of the woods at night after hunting it was always 10 to 15ﾟ colder in that Cedar forest. In the way the Wind played in the trees, Sort of a hollow knocking and...

I used to go there with my family 55 years ago when no one knew about it. I was three years old. Some weekends we would be the only people. I learned to swim in the cedar water and to beware of mild water currents. We had picnics in our cars during the breif rainstorms, and then go right back to swimming when it stopped. Small sandy beaches near the water were perfect for our family of five. I learned about the creatures in the brush and what to not touch. It was pristine then. Dad taught us to respect nature, and so did a man named Shorty, who used to watch over the place. He would tell us the stories of how Double Trouble came to be and how it got it's name from the two beavers. Dad is now 88 years old and cannot walk well. I would love to find a way to get him back there, a polaris or supercharged wheel chair? It would be wonderful to see the look on his face for...