A 45-minute walk through Avalon reveals plenty, but no orchards or Holy Grails

After walking through Avalon and taking pictures with an old iPhone one recent evening, we wondered about the origins of the borough’s name.

So we Googled it.

Avalon is Celtic for “Land of Apples,” according to one old newspaper article we found. Apparently Avalon is the name of a mythical island in the legendary tales of King Arthur. The magical sword Excalibur was made there. Some stories link Avalon island with the Holy Grail — Wikipedia says so, anyway.

During our walk through Avalon borough, we didn’t see any thing magical, not even an apple tree. But we did walk past a pizza shop — the smell made us hungry. And we saw some very cool old houses and a business district alight with color.