Are you in good shape? Show’em starting this Sunday by paddling in the Delaware River Sojourn.

The entire trip runs 80 miles from the river’s source in upstate New York to Delaware Bay, but you can sign up for a shorter segment. The daily fee of $65 covers some meals, canoe/kayak/raft rental and a commemorative t-shirt. www.delawareriversojourn.org and (609) 883-9500 x-205.

Also on the Delaware, you can sit by the Battleship New Jersey in Camden Saturday and enjoy the work of the state’s best microbrewers at the Garden State Craft Brewers Beer Festival. There will be food and specialty vendors, too, and you can tour the World War II ship, $35. www.njbeer.org/news/stories/2007/brewers_festival.php or (856) 966-1652 x107.

More military activity is on tap Saturday and Sunday at the annual reenactment of the Battle of Monmouth, when George Washington and his army routed 20,000 Redcoats. It takes place at

Monmouth Battlefield State Park

For information call (732)780-7007

Or, if you are feeling so patriotic you can’t wait for Fourth of July, head to the Robert Street Park in Wharton Sunday for an early fireworks show and concert. Music starts at 7 p.m., fireworks go off around 9:30. (973) 361-8444.

You want mellow, you say? The New Jersey Symphony plays on the lawn at Giralda Farms in Madison at 6 p.m. Sunday, $10 Adults, $5 children under 12. www.morrisarts.org and (973) 285-5115, x-18.

You want mellow and free? Also on Sunday, the summer-long Jazz on the Beach series begins in Long Branch, at West End Park. www.visitlongbranch.com and (732) 923-2044.

Then there is the State Fair Meadowlands (www.njfair.com) at Giants Stadium, which runs from Thursday until July 8. Expect rides and attractions including a side show featuring, ladies and gentlemen, the mystifying “head of a REAL GIRL with the body of an UGLY SNAKE”!! www.sideshowworld.com/hcwow.html

How can we top that?

Summer, the Shore, and Southside Johnny. Does it get more NJ than that?

We do not think so. It all comes together at the Atlantic City Seafood Festival Saturday and Sunday. So while you listen to Johnny and the Jukes, you’ll munch on conch fritters, crab cakes or shrimp skewers. www.acseafoodfest.com and (609) 561-8994.

Other shore stuff: Sunday in Long Branch, the Cruise to the Jersey Shore car show (www.visitlongbranch.com). At Sea Isle City Saturday, a boardwalk craft market, plus food, pony rides and dancing under the stars (www.seaisletourism.org). And in Seaside Heights, also Saturday, another arts and crafts exhibit (www.seasideheightstourism.com).

More arts and crafts? Check the 20th annual Fine Art and Craft Show at Brookdale Park in Montclair, Saturday and Sunday. We have always found something to take home in years past. http://www.rosesquared.com/shows/brookdale-spring/brookdale-spring.htm

If Dad overdoses on beaded jewelry and ceramic plates, he can ride in the Wheelin’ the Wildwoods bike tour on Sunday. Register online at http://www.raceforum.com/wildwoods or on-site at 8 a.m. for the 26-mile race that begins at 9 or the 10-mile run that that goes off at 10.

Or Dad can play hockey with members of the Philadelphia Flyers at the Garden State Discovery Museum (www.discoverymuseum.com) in Cherry Hill; free admission for Dad on Father’s Day.

Dad can also relax at a Father’s Day wine tasting at Alba Vineyards in Finesville (www.albavineyard.com). Also for Father’s Day, Four Sisters Winery in Belvidere www.matarazzo.com is roasting suckling pork on the pit.

A beer man, you say? The Tun Tavern (www.tuntavern.com) in Atlantic City is preparing a Brewmaster’s Dinner. Five courses, each paired with one of Tun’s handcrafted beers.

All in all, a good weekend for your Jersey Dad.

It’s high summer, halfway between Memorial Day and Labor Day, and there’s plenty to do, in different places, for different tastes.

Like wine? Take a “A Walk in the Vineyard” Saturday or Sunday, as the 28 member wineries of the Garden State Wine Growers Association invite visitors to picnic and taste New Jersey wine. The events run from noon to 5 p.m. Specific winery event details are available at www.newjerseywines.com.

Like food? Hit the Foodtopia Festival at Military Park in Newark. Beside plenty of tasty and varied food, there will be free hot-air balloon rides, art and jewelry merchants, live music, interactive and bocce games. Friday 11 a.m–4 p.m. www.downtownnewark.com or (973) 733-9333 extension 26.

Like opera? Enjoy Mozart’s The Magic Flute as performed by the New Jersey Opera Theater at McCarter's Berlind Theatre in Princeton. Performances this Friday (and the next two Fridays) at 8 p.m., and this Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets $52–$59. More at www.njot.org. Ticket office: (609) 258-2787.

Like, uhmm, fossils? Go fossil hunting in some of the state’s best known fossil beds. Experts from New Jersey Audubon’s Rancocas Nature Center in Mount Holly expect to find sharks’ teeth, extinct squids, clam shells and prehistoric ocean-dwelling animals. Bring a picnic lunch and, we are told, a dry change of clothes. Call (609) 261-2495 or navigate to www.njaudubon.org/Calendar/calran.html.

Like shopping? Visit quaint downtown Haddonfield for the shops and for the crafts and fine arts festival. More than 235 artistsans exhibit ceramics, glass, jewelry, wood, fiber, metal, paper, drawings, paintings, photography and wearable art. Area restaurants will set up outdoor cafés, musicians will entertain and puppeteers and face painters will delight the children. www.shophaddonfieldnj.com.

Or, just go to the beach. Tan and swim during the day, then a nice dinner out. You didn’t think we were going to have a summer Weekend Picks without mentioning the Shore, did you?

The “other Shore” has its weekend in the sun Saturday and Sunday with Delaware Bay Days, a celebration of the maritime history, local culture and natural resources of the Delaware Bayshore.

The old fishing villages of Bivalve, Port Norris and Shellpile host children’s activities, artisans, music, wetlands tours. Sail on New Jersey’s official tall ship, the oyster schooner A.J. Meerwald, which worked these waters in the 1920s. http://www.ajmeerwald.org/dbsp/html/bayday/bayday.htm or call (856) 785-2060.

Speaking of seafood, the New Jersey Seafood Festival is in Belmar. Some of the state’s top chefs cook traditional shrimp and lobster, plus ethnic sea fare like calamari, paella, conch fritters and sushi. Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m-7 p.m. www.belmar.com or (732) 681-3700.

Elsewhere, it’s all about celebrating our heritage.

The Ironbound’s annual Portugal Day Festival is Saturday and Sunday. There will be traditional Portuguese food and music on Ferry St, in Newark. Call (973) 344-0123.

Watch bagpipe and stepdancing competitions Sunday at the New Jersey Irish Festival, First Energy Park, Lakewood (732-901-7000). Tickets are $10 on the day of the event, $8 if pre-purchased. Lakewood’s minor league baseball team, sells them, at http://www.blueclaws.com/lakewood_blueclaws_special_events.asp.

The Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre stages “The Sephardic Connection: the Story of the Spanish Jews.” The show- at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, uses dance, music and song to depict the lives of the Sephardim at the time of their exodus from Spain in 1492. Saturday at 8. p.m. www.alboradadance.org or call daytime (732) 416-1647 or evening (732) 255-4071.

And speaking of history, try to get to the Two Rivers Antiques Show and Garden Tour. In its 13 years of existence, the show has raised more than $2 million for the Wilentz Breast Center at Monmouth Medical Center.

It’s happening Saturday and Sunday at the Red Bank Armory Ice Complex. $30 gets you the antique show & garden tour ($35 at the door), $10 is the antique show only. www.tworivershow.org or (732) 923-6886.

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