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Full moon twilight, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. September 16, 2021, 7:15 PM. Technically a "waxing gibbous" moon, but shining bright through a light mist that evening.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #September #moon #forest #fullmoon #night #naturephotography #trails #lake

Standing beside a large lake at twilight. An almost full moon shines down upon the scene through a light layer of mist in a partly cloudy sky, mirrored on the calm lake surface below. The shore of the lake is wooded, with many tall trees. Dozens of lily pads in several large clusters speckle the lake. Near the shore, water grasses and other aquatic plants also break through.

George Steffanos

3 hours ago

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40 years ago today: A side trail brought me to Big Niagara Falls (no, the other one). The falls were not enormous (no, that’s the other one), but they were impressive enough, and quite scenic. A roaring stream churned through massive rock formations in a lively series of flumes and cascades between forested banks teeming with maples.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #forest #mountains #autumn #AppalachianTrail #adventure #trails #hikingtrails

A roaring stream churned through massive gray and beige rock formations in a lively series of flumes and cascades between forested banks teeming with maples. Red, orange and gold foliage and the bright trunks of white birch trees contrast with the dark green spruce and fir.

Marathomy

4 hours ago

:-) Neuer #Film online: https://youtu.be/4QikkS0PmwY
Dreitages-Wanderung vom 07.- 09.09.23 von #Forchheim in die Fränkische Schweiz mit Biwak im Wald
#Forchheim #Wandern #Trails #wandern #Waldsee #FränkischeSchweiz #Höhlen #Berge #Felsen #Wanderung #Mehrtageswanderung

Karsten Eger

4 hours ago

Am #Keilberg die #Trails runter dödeln ist immer wieder toll. Das letzte mal für dieses Jahr. Mussten unsere Punktekarten noch alle machen.

Und wieso auch immer hab ich sogar noch eine Fahrt. Aber ich kann nicht mehr 🤷🏻‍♂️

Das Kind wird auch immer schneller. 20kmh im Schnitt haben wir schon. Die Mama kommt schon fast nicht mehr mit 😀

George Steffanos

5 hours ago

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40 years ago today: My first three-and-a-half miles took me through the end of the wilderness. The Appalachian Trail wound through an attractive forest, and it was gentle walking. When I came out onto the paved Greenville-Millinocket Road at 9:25, only fourteen-and-a-half miles of white blazes remained before me.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #forest #mountains #AppalachianTrail #adventure #trails #hikingtrails

We are standing on a hill looking down over the treetops towards a broad river below us. It is raining. The river mirrors the gray sky. The far riverbank is also wooded, but the ridge just beyond is part of an area that was burnt over several years earlier. It is covered with the white charred still-standing trunks of dead trees and some shrub growth. Beyond that ridge are the lower slopes of mountain that quickly disappear into very low clouds. Some of the trees on our riverbank are turning gold or orange. The trees on the opposite bank are a riot of golds, oranges, reds and greens.

Late winter snow shower, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. February 22, 2021, 5:12 PM.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #winter #February #forest #snow #ice #naturephotography #trails #lake #wintertime

Walking along a dirt and gravel footpath beside a lake. Straight ahead, we are approaching a rather long wooden footbridge across the neck of a small cove. Groves of tall pines and hemlocks grace the shores on both sides of the bridge. The lake surface is frozen. A dusting of snow covers the ice and the ground and has also been caught in some of the tree branches. A very light snow is falling from the overcast sky, slightly ghosting the far shore of the lake along the horizon.

George Steffanos

1 day ago

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40 years ago today: After crossing Pollywog Stream on a logging road bridge, the AT proceeded to Rainbow Stream, which it followed for a good distance upstream.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #maine #nature #forest #stream #mountains #AppalachianTrail #lake #trails #hikingtrails

Beneath a soft light blue sky with a single small cloud in the upper right corner of the photo, we are standing on a shady portion of the shore of a large lake. Our portion of shoreline is covered with tall grasses and a few leafy shrubs. The far shores are low forested ridges, mostly covered with evergreens sprinkled with a few hardwoods showing red, orange or gold autumn foliage. Beyond those ridges, a bit hazy with distance, rises a massive lofty mountain, with extensive alpine regions in its top half.

George Steffanos

1 day ago

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40 years ago today: The first day of October in the North Maine Woods was a warm one — even warmer than yesterday. It was not even a bit chilly when I awoke. The trail today was rugged for this flat lake country. The initial two miles were a climb to the north summit of Nesuntabunt Mountain. The name was bigger than the mountain, but it was still a hell of a little climb.

#backpacking #hiking #AppalachianTrail #landscapephotography #Maine #mountains #nature #forest #outdoors #trails

It is very early in the morning. The clear sky has little color yet and is almost white. There is a lot of mist and haze in the air. We are standing several hundred feet above a large lake looking out through a large gap in the trees. Other small mountains like the one we are on rise across the lake. The lakeshore and mountains are covered in a forest predominately of dark green spruce and fir. There are a few autumn reds and golds mixed in.

Halfway through summer sunset, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. August 4, 2019, 8:22 PM. The day is done, but half of Astronomical summer still lies ahead.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #trails #lake #lakes #forests #forest #summertime #summer #August #sunset #sunsets #sunsetcaptures #sunsetphotography

In the deepening twilight of post sunset, we are standing beside a large lake, looking over a tangled thicket of leafy plants and wildflowers. Both this shore and the wooded far shore are mostly silhouetted in the fading light. Beneath a pale blue gray sky, the lingering gold and orange of the sunset tint the horizon and are mirrored on the slightly rippled water below.

Minnie loves to #hike #trails #dogsOfMastodon

Framingham District 2

3 days ago

There's a Studios Without Walls sculpture exhibit on the Cochituate Rail Trail in Natick through Oct. 15. More info:
https://www.district2framingham.com/posts/2023-09-29-outdoor-sculpture-exhibit-on-the-cochituate-rail-trail-natick/

#Natick #Trails #CochituateRailTrail

Framingham District 2

3 days ago

There's a Studios Without Walls sculpture exhibit on the Cochituate Rail Trail in Natick through Oct. 15. More info:
https://www.district2framingham.com/posts/2023-09-29-outdoor-sculpture-exhibit-on-the-cochituate-rail-trail-natick/

#Natick #Trails #CochituateRailTrail

George Steffanos

3 days ago

Wildflower thicket where the meadow meets the forest, Scoville Reservoir Loop, Wolcott, Connecticut. September 12, 2019, 6:07 PM.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #summer #September #forest #flowers #wildflowers #naturephotography #trails #lake #summertime

A dense, tangled leafy thicket at the edge of a forest is bursting with yellow and red violet wildflowers

Sam Nabi

3 days ago

A lot of things have gotten worse over the last 5 years, but I will say the #cycling and #trails infrastructure in #kitchener #waterloo has improved by leaps and bounds. We’re now seeing the network effect where 80%+ of my trips no longer force me onto dangerous roads. And sometimes I have more than one protected route to choose from! #bikeTooter

George Steffanos

3 days ago

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40 years ago today: The higher slopes of Boardman were decked out mostly in the dusky teals of a spruce-fir forest, but streaks of color added bright accents. Now miles away, the ridges and ravines of the Whitecap Range were visible in great detail in the crystalline air.

The trail dropped off the little ridge and returned to the true lowlands.

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Beneath a cloudless sky of deep light blue, we are standing atop a mountain looking across a valley to a ridge, then another valley, then a mountain a bit higher than the one we are on. A large fir tree frames the photo on the right, several branches of another fir frame the lower left. Everything else in view is covered with a forest of mostly hardwoods in full autumn foliage. There are bright light greens, golds, oranges and reds, with occasional dark greens of fir and spruce. There are wider strips of evergreen forest on the other mountain, but still plenty of fall colors. Other mountains are visible along the horizon, including the lofty Whitetop Range top left.

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40 years ago today: At the bottom of the long descent from the Chairback range was the second-biggest water ford on the Appalachian Trail: the West Branch of the Pleasant River. Twenty-five yards across and barely knee-deep, it was no real challenge to a backpacker who had so recently waded the Kennebec.

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We are standing on the bank of a wide but shallow river beneath a deep blue cloudless sky. There are many gray rocks and boulders along the banks and projecting out if the water. Much of the near bank and river are in shade. Everything else is drenched in sunshine. Both banks are wooded, a mix of evergreens and hardwoods. The hardwoods are sporting foliage of reds, golds, oranges and bright light greens.

George Steffanos

4 days ago

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40 years ago today: After a short, but very steep drop over loose chunks of blasted shale down the sheer cliff face which gives Chairback Mountain its name, came an easy, more gradual descent to East Chairback Pond.

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$Bright sunshine with a few puffy clouds. We see only the portion of the sky right above the horizon, so it is a rather light blue. Standing atop a mountain on rugged cliffs of fractured dark gray rock. A few leafy ground-hugging shrubs in brick red and maroon autumn colors grow out of the rocks. The mountainside below us is covered with dark green spruce and fir trees with some hardwoods sporting orange and gold leaves mixed in. On a plateau a few hundred feet below is a large mountain pond reflecting the otherwise unseen deep blue of the September Maine sky above. Beyond the plateau is a country of rugged mountains and valleys. The plateau and those mountains and valleys are all predominantly the deep green of the spruce-fir forest with a few hardwoods beginning to show colors mixed in.$

George Steffanos

5 days ago

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40 years ago today: The Appalachian Trail continued eastward along a humpy and hummocky ridge. It traveled a rugged course with constant sharp ups and downs through high, windswept forests. Masses of slender downed fir limbs and plenty of blown down trees lie among the moss and rocks of the crest.

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It is late in the day. Shadows are long, the sun is low in the sky, washing out the sky and glaring off the tops of clods banked along the western horizon. We are atop a mountain looking out over the treetops of a mixed forest of fir, spruce and northern hardwoods turning bright yellows and golds. Across a sprawling wooded valley with splashes of golds, reds and oranges another lofty mountain range runs across that western horizon.

George Steffanos

5 days ago

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40 years ago today: The trail’s first breakout from the woods was about halfway up the mountain at the top of Barren Slide, where fractured slate cliffs trailed a jumble of boulders far down the mountainside, leaving a path of destruction which had obliterated a huge chunk of forest. I took another long break there.

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$We are high up a mountainside standing atop an enormous dark gray outcrop of fractured granite covered with splotches of darker gray lichen. Several weather battered fir trees and hardwoods grow through crevices in the rock. The hardwoods sport bright red or yellow leaves. The vast wooded valley far below is mostly in the shadow of clouds, with a few patches of hazy sunshine. A corner of a large lake is visible at the top right. It is extremely hazy, almost foggy.$

Framingham District 2

6 days ago

Ceremony this Thursday, 10 am to mark purchase of the rail right-of-way to extend the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail into Framingham
https://www.district2framingham.com/posts/2023-09-26-event-to-mark-purchase-of-freeman-rail-trail-property-in-framingham/
#Framingham #Trails #RailTrails

George Steffanos

6 days ago

Up Around the Bend sunset (h/t CCR), Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott Connecticut. June 15, 2021, 7:54 PM.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #summer #June #forest #sunset #sunsets #sunsetphotography #trails #summertime

Walking a dirt and gravel footpath through a forest. The sun is low in the sky directly ahead, shining bright orange rays directly at us through the trees and washing out the sky. Evening shadows are descending upon the forest around it. The forest floor is carpeted with ferns, rocks and occasional fallen branches.

George Steffanos

6 days ago

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40 years ago today: I passed two more attractive ponds as I traversed those ridges for five-and-a-half miles, but toward the end I was growing weary of all the climbs and descents. I was relieved when the Appalachian Trail came out at Little Wilson Falls, which were rather spectacular.

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A large brook cascades over precipitous ledges of cracked gray slate laid out like a series of irregularly placed steps. The surrounding forest is very dim in the late day light.

George Steffanos

6 days ago

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40 years ago today: The Appalachian Trail left the road and entered the woods, soon reemerging at the shore of another beautiful mountain pond. Next, it followed a very rugged course with numerous ups and downs along some slate ridges. The dark green spruce and fir frequently gave way to terraced stretches of naked gray slate.

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Beneath a soft blue partly cloudy sky we are walking along the shore of a lake rippled by a strong breeze. Water levels are low, the shoreline is a swath of jumbled gray rocks that are usually part of the lake bed. The forest surrounding the lake is a mixed hardwood and evergreen forest. Several of the hardwoods are turning gold and orange with autumn.

Schöne Trails, Gipfelkreuz und wunderbare Aussicht, dazu 2 neue Gipfel...

#laufen #trails #trailrunning
#mastodonlaufreff

https://raincastle.blog/posts/2023-09-25-riedberg-burgstein/

Betsy

1 week ago

Clocked 4.14-miles today in Wildcat Canyon (East Bay Regional Park system) with Tom today. 1,065-foot elevation gain. Beautiful cool day, sun came out near the end of our 90-minute #hike & we could feel the difference in air temperature immediately!

#hiking #trails #nature #outdoors #walking

the silhouette of a mule deer's large ears as the deer trots up the rise over a straw covered hill. the sky is kind of scissored by clouds reaching out to the right and left.

two horses graze on kind of gristly shrub; behind them rises a shrub and tree covered hill. the sky is busy with iron grey clouds.

cattle graze on a steep hill under a cloudy sky. what little green there is to be seen is provided by shrubs and small trees.

George Steffanos

1 week ago

Golden hour autumn view from the Giant's left hip, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. October 27, 2022, 5:35 PM.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #autumn #October #forest #foliage #autumnvibes #naturephotography #trails #trees

Beneath a clear whitewashed evening sky, we are standing in the shade atop a rocky cliff with patches of low, scrubby vegetation. The forest begins just to our right, these trees are also in shade. The sprawling valley several hundred feet below is dappled with gold-tinged evening sunshine and lengthening shadows. Near the far horizon is the city of New Haven. Past that are Long Island Sound and Long Island, New York, visible as blue gray and golden brown strips along that horizon. Many scattered buildings are visible in the valley below, but also wide swaths of forest, most of the trees sporting gold and orange fall foliage.

George Steffanos

1 week ago

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40 years ago today: I became briefly lost while returning down the side trail from Moxie Bald to the AT. I spent more than a half-hour crashing stubbornly around through the dense shrub growth before having the sense to return to the fire tower, which was visible from any point along the crest, and try again.

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We are atop a mountain, looking out over a series of striated gray granite outcrops along the crest, partially covered by a forest of stunted dwarf spruce and fir sprinkled with a few hardwoods covered with bright golden autumn leaves. We are looking down at a huge valley dominated by a very large lake reflecting the very hazy very pale blue sky. In the misty distance beyond the lake a series of forested low mountain ranges cascade to the horizon.

Nutmeg's nap, Beaver Pond, White Memorial Foundation, Morris, Connecticut. August 1, 2023, 3:25 PM. Hiking with my brother Mike. His girl Nutmeg, still going strong at 13, finds a shady spot for a nap.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #summer #August #forest #dogs #trails #lake #summertime

A beagle mix, white with black spots, brown on her face, is lying in the shade beside a lake just starting to doze off. She is on a soft spot covered with grass and evergreen needles atop a large gray rock outcrop. Beside her are the leafy shrubs and saplings providing her shade. Behind her we can see the lake, rippled by a good fresh breeze and speckled with a few lily pads. Its far shore is sun-dappled forest with a large patch of tall water grasses just offshore to our right.

George Steffanos

1 week ago

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40 years ago today: The climb up Pleasant Pond Mountain from the shelter was the worst section of trail I had hiked in a while, but nothing could bring me down today. I just plugged on up and took the side trail to the open summit and a sort of roaming 360-degree view.

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We are atop a mountain, looking out over the tops of spruce and fir trees running down the mountainside sloping down ahead of us. The green predominantly spruce and fir forest stretches out as far as we can see. Directly ahead is a wide, flattish valley with a couple of small ponds amid the forest. Beyond that rises a single mountain. A few gray cliffs along the side facing us and near the top break up its forested flanks. Other mountains rise in the background. The sky is a hazy bright white. A mix of sun and clouds is creating patches of bright sunlight and shade across the scene.

George Steffanos

1 week ago

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40 years ago today: From the bank, it all looked so peaceful. Golden sun-drops swirled innocently over foam-flecked blue and soft breezes stirred the pines. The initial fifteen or twenty yards to the gravel bar was almost anticlimactic. The current was strong, but the water was barely ankle-deep.

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Beneath a hazy blue sky with a few streaky clouds we are standing at on a shaded rocky bank of a wide but shallow river. The opposite shore is also a jumble of rocks and small boulders, a long, narrow bar of ricks and gravel lies not far from that riverbank. A low wooded ridge rises above the far bank.

George Steffanos

1 week ago

Shredded clouds, New Britain Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. July 6, 2018, 7:27 PM. It's a bit breezy at ground level, but higher in the atmosphere winds are shredding these clouds apart.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #summer #July #forest #clouds #sky #trails #lake #summertime

We are standing atop a small hill, looking over the treetops across a bay of a large lake surrounded by forests. A breeze is creating small waves on the lake surface. The sky is a deep blue with billowing shite clouds. Strong winds at the cloud level are tearing those clouds to shreds, sending wispy streamers far out ahead of the clouds.

George Steffanos

1 week ago

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40 years ago today: A quarter-mile side trail connects Pierce Pond Lean-to with Carrying Place Camps, a privately-run operation offering meals and lodging in rustic cabins to hunters, fishermen and hikers. [Note: In northern New England terminology, A cabin is called a camp. Thus, the name means Carrying Place Cabins.]

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Early evening in the forest. A wide, shallow stream churns over and around dozens of gray boulders in its rocky bed. A large, rustic wooden building stands atop a small, scrubby hill rising from the stream bank. The surrounding forest is barely beginning to turn color, although a scattering of reds and oranges can be found in the underbrush.

George Steffanos

1 week ago

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40 years ago today: The AT followed the Arnold Trail for almost two miles. It crossed a flat, very boggy area surrounding the inlet stream for Middle Carry Pond but stayed well to the north and out of sight of the pond itself.

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We are standing on the shore of a very large lake. The sky is a soft deep blue with fluffy clouds. The lake is an even deeper blue, a fresh breeze is chopping its surface, small waves are breaking along the shore. Dry weather has left much lakebed exposed, creating a shoreline of light gray gravel, rocks and boulders. There is a great deal of bleached white driftwood piled up at the normal waterline up against the edge of a lush forest. The trees are mostly dusky green conifers, with a scattering of hardwoods turning gold with autumn. The very distant far shore is also wooded, with small mountains rising in the background.

Defiance!

1 week ago

One of my favorite things about Munich is all the cool artwork and walkways
#munich #art #trails

Long and wide cement tunnel. At the end we see blue-green light, and to the left is a series of artists paintings

George Steffanos

1 week ago

Point of land, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. September 21, 2021, 10:28 AM. A summery day on the cusp of autumn.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #summer #September #forest #naturephotography #autumn #trails #lake #summertime

Standing on a point of land a few feet above the spot where a large lake splits into 2 smaller coves. A thicket of small green shrubs grows along the edge, as do the trunks of several pine and hemlock trees. Their fallen needles soften the partially exposed roots and rocks of the ground we stand on. A dense forest surrounds the lake. Banks of clouds cover most of the far horizon. The rest of the sky is a deep blue, mirrored on the lake below.

George Steffanos

1 week ago

Colorful decay 6, Mattatuck Trail, Fall Mountain, Plymouth, Connecticut. July 24, 2020, 6:36 PM.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #summer #July #forest #forestfloor #mushroom #naturephotography #trails #fungi #mushrooms

Against a forest floor covered with ground-hugging green ferns, brown fallen leaves, moss and twigs, three mushrooms grow. Their stems are pale yellow. The bottoms of their caps are an even more pale shade of yellow with deep striations. The tops of their caps are bright yellow.

Daryl White

1 week ago

Something I would never have done in the Houston area:

I've marked some #trails I want to get out and try to #hike. I even got some of the Xero Shoes Scrambler Mids on the way to facilitate it. (https://xeroshoes.com/shop/boots/scrambler-mid-men/)

It's been decades since I did any #hiking, but I'd love to get into it here.

The Coding Beard

3 weeks ago

A beautiful weekend #camping with @Sarah - #good #food, new #friends, #trails, #outdoors living the #dream. Life is short so #camp 😃

#camping #ontario #algonquin #rv #rvlife

George Steffanos

4 weeks ago

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40 years ago Sunday: The AT joined the Lost Pond Trail for the first mile today, following the course of the Ellis River through Pinkham Notch and brushing the shore of a pretty lake.

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Beneath a hazy whitewashed sky, we are standing atop some rocky cliffs hundreds of feet above a deep notch looking across that notch at a lofty mountain range towering thousands of feet above us. Two massive ridges slanting down towards us from that range frame our view on the left and right. The ridge to our left bears the white scars of an auto road and several trails. Its crest is rocky. The righthand ridge is more wooded. The two ridges embrace a massive inverted U-shaped valley running down the mountainside from a steep headwall where it meets the ridge crest. The valley is also densely wooded.

George Steffanos

4 weeks ago

Early spring sunset at Lost Ponds, Mattatuck State Forest, Plymouth, Connecticut. April 20, 2021, 7:27 PM.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #spring #April #forest #sunset #sunsets #sunsetphotography #trails #lake #springtime

The shore of a small pond surrounded by a forest of leafless trees. The sky is filled with low, dark clouds, with a small gap along the far horizon allowing the bright orange sunset colors to shine through. This is mirrored on the gleaming, rippled waters of the pond. The only other splash of color in the scene is a small shrub right foreground with several bright red buds beginning to sprout.

George Steffanos

4 weeks ago

Autumn forest sunset, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. October 23, 2019, 5:33 PM. Sometimes the sunset itself does not need to provide the color.

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The sun is setting beneath a pale blue gray sky, shining across a small cove on a large lake and through the forests on both far and near shores. The sunset is framed on the top and right by a tree trunk and branch that together form a long graceful arc across the top half of the picture. Other trunks and branches frame the left and bottom, we are standing in a thicket of shrubs and trees along our shore. The thicket is providing a dazzling display of reds, oranges and golds, backlit by the sun.

George Steffanos

1 month ago

Summery September evening stillness, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. September 18, 2021, 7:10 PM.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #summer #September #forest #sunset #sunsets #sunsetphotography #trails #lake #summertime

Standing beside a lake, looking out over some green leafy shrubs. A soft breeze is rippling the waters, as are the wakes of three swimming ducks. The forested far shore is mostly silhouetted in the dim evening light. Beneath a pale gray sky, long hazy wraiths of cloud are tinted soft pink tones by the setting sun, mirrored on the lake below.

Lucy Wallace

1 month ago

I'm running again after a long layoff and some injury prone years, so being super careful this time with building mileage slowly and only running on trails (no tarmac). It seems to be working because today was my longest run yet. Nothing special "just" 10km, but it means a lot. The best bit is that I got paid while I was doing it as was checking DofE groups out on the trail. 😄

#Running
#Trails

A selfie, of me. Pink t shirt, grey cargo vest, green cap. Behind me is the rugged coastline of the North of Arran.

Kat

1 month ago

Thinking of past summer days in Maryland #forest #creeks #summer #trails #hikes #photography

A creek winding through green summer trees on both side of the bank. Large moss covered boulder on the left. Maryland, US

BarbChamberlain 🚶🏻‍♀️🚴🏻‍♀️

1 month ago

I'm going to mark my calendar for next year's Sea to Sound as soon as they tell us the dates! Day Three was beautiful and I want to do this again. What a feeling of freedom to ride for 70 miles the past 3 days, almost every last foot of it on a separated trail.
http://bikestylespokane.com/2023/08/27/wheeling-sea-to-sound-day-three/

#SeaToSound2023 #SeaToSound #trails #RailTrails #accessibility #transportation #RoadSafety #BikeTooter #cycling #BikeEvents #WheelsMoveMe #wheelchair

ZenGuy

1 month ago

Depot Rail Trail
Spencer, Massachusetts
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#backpacking #camping #conservation #conservationphotogrphy #Forest #HikeAmerica #Hiking #Landscape #NANPA #nature #naturephotography #outdoors #outside #Trails #photography #sonyalpha #outside #outdoors

Kat

1 month ago

#silentsunday #trails #lakes

A sable and white papillon dog looking to the right. He is in front of a calm lake reflecting green summer trees.

BarbChamberlain 🚶🏻‍♀️🚴🏻‍♀️

1 month ago

Day Two of Sea to Sound: time in a power wheelchair, strawberry ice cream, and some hills. http://bikestylespokane.com/2023/08/26/wheeling-sea-to-sound-day-two/
#SeaToSound #GetOutside #WheelsMoveMe #BikeEvents #BikeTooter #trails #RailTrails #BikeOlyPen #OlympicPeninsula #disability #accessibility #cycling #wheelchair #SeaToSound2023

BarbChamberlain 🚶🏻‍♀️🚴🏻‍♀️

1 month ago

Sea to Sound Day Two is loading the shuttles in Sequim to head to our starting point in Port Angeles.

#SeaToSound #GetOutside #WheelsMoveMe #BikeEvents #BikeTooter #trails #RailTrails #BikeOlyPen #OlympicPeninsula #disability #accessibility #cycling #wheelchair

Photo of a white shuttle with wheelchair ramp extended and a small folding bike parked next to the ramp. On the windows, the words Sea to Sound 2023, Ian's Rde 2023, #GetOutside, and a picture of Ian on his wheelchair wearing his traditional checkered Vans on his feet with his distinctive dreadlocks flying out behind.

BarbChamberlain 🚶🏻‍♀️🚴🏻‍♀️

1 month ago

Sea to Sound Day One is a wonderful memory. On to Day Two tomorrow! http://bikestylespokane.com/2023/08/25/wheeling-sea-to-sound-day-one/
#SeaToSound #GetOutside #WheelsMoveMe #BikeEvents #BikeTooter #trails #RailTrails #BikeOlyPen #OlympicPeninsula #disability #accessibility #cycling #wheelchair

George Steffanos

1 month ago

Dramatic clouds sunset, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. July 9, 2021, 8:18 PM.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #summer #July #forest #sunset #sunsets #sunsetphotography #trails #lake #summertime #clouds

We are walking down a dirt and gravel path, a large lake to our right, a forest to our left. Both grassy shoulders of the path slope downward several feet and are overgrown with tall weeds, leafy shrubs and occasional white wildflowers. A wooden bench to our left is almost engulfed. The far shore of the lake is wooded. Although the lake is only gently rippled by a soft breeze, dark and dramatic clouds are streaming past at low levels beneath a high hazy overcast. The rays of the setting sun are breaking through in a few spots, painting some of the clouds orange and gold.

BarbChamberlain 🚶🏻‍♀️🚴🏻‍♀️

1 month ago

Packing up for Port Angeles on the Olympic Peninsula to be ready to ride Sea to Sound the next 3 days on Olympic Discovery . IRL ride is full but you can still participate virtually and support Ian Mackay's work for a more accessible outdoors for all. https://www.iansride.com/sea-to-sound
Saturday I'll be in a power wheelchair for 5 miles at Ian's invitation to experience the ride from a new perspective.
#MoveEquity #BikeTooter #WheelsMoveMe #cycling #wheelchair #BikeLove #BikeOlyPen #ODT #trails #IansRide

T. J. Bombadil

1 month ago

I spend a lot of time #running #trails at night. It's fascinating to me what different #wildlife we encounter and when. There's a late-spring skunk season, mid-summer toad season, and then last night apparently marks the start of nighthawk season. Nearly stood on one of these guys last night. They look *exactly* like rocks until they flutter up when you're a meter away and scare the crap out of you.
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/common-nighthawk

George Steffanos

1 month ago

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40 years ago today: The highlight of my day occurred when I brilliantly attempted to cross a bog bridge at full speed in the rain. Bog bridges are wooden walkways built across muddy areas to prevent heavy hiker traffic from tearing up fragile wetlands. This one was constructed of split tree trunks with the flat side up.

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#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Massachusetts #nature #forests #mountains #AppalachianTrail #adventure #trails #hikingtrails

It is raining. We are crossing a swampy area with water grasses, moss and shrubs growing from ground covered with several inches of standing water on low wooden bog bridges. The swamp is surrounded by the tree trunks of a dry land forest.

George Steffanos

2 months ago

Crooked tree, marsh, forest and beaver pond at golden hour, Marino Pond, Plymouth, Connecticut. September 9, 2019, 6:04 PM.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #summer #September #forest #outdoors #pond #naturephotography #trails #goldenhour #summertime

A large cluster of clouds is drifting across a soft blue evening sky. Left foreground: a crooked narrow tree trunk covered with patches of light green fungus. We are standing beside this tree at the edge of a marshy area covered with tall golden brown water grasses along the shore of a pond. A similar marsh abuts the far shore. A shady forest begins where that marsh ends. The pond itself is covered with hundreds of lily pads. The late day sun is casting a soft golden light on much of the scene. The crooked tree and near shore are in shade.

George Steffanos

2 months ago

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40 years ago today: The southern portion of the Taconic Mountain Range is basically two parallel chains separated by a high central valley. The Appalachian Trail follows the eastern fork. In Connecticut, this consists of a high, wooded plateau called Mount Riga, with the rocky crag of Lions Head rising from its southernmost tip.

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#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Connecticut #nature #forests #mountains #AppalachianTrail #adventure #trails

We are standing atop cliffs of reddish gray rock looking down into a sun-drenched valley hundreds of feet below. The valley floor is relatively flat, although wooded hills bisect it to our right and others rise in the distance along the entire horizon. Most of the valley floor is wooded, too, but there are several green fields, some houses and a small pond visible. The sky is bright and clear, but rather whitewashed along the horizon, which is the only portion of the sky visible in the photo.

George Steffanos

2 months ago

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40 years ago today: The open, grassy crest of Cobble Mountain looked just as lovely today as the image which had lingered in my memory. Encircling the summit was a sprawling, rocky meadow with extensive views to the north and west. The mountain overlooked a lush, green valley filled with forests and pastures in the foothills of eastern New York State.

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#backpacking #hiking #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #mountains #forest #AppalachianTrail #trails

On a rainy, overcast day with low clouds and wisps of valley fog we are standing atop a mountain looking down across wooded foothills to an agricultural valley with large green fields and pastures, swathes of forest and small clusters of buildings. A long, flattish mountain chain rises from the far side of the valley and other mountains dissolve into the mists beyond it.

Kat

2 months ago

My little dude Myles used to be the best hiking buddy. He’s 14 years old now and because we now live in a desert state, there’s no more hiking for him. But I love to look at old photos of our hikes and I miss those trails. #hiking #dogsofmastodon #trails #photography

A sable and white papillon climbing up a steep trail covered in autumn leaves. A rock face is to the left.

BarbChamberlain 🚶🏻‍♀️🚴🏻‍♀️

2 months ago

I put up a quick blog post about my plans to wheel Sea to Sound Aug. 25-27. Pic of me with Ian Mackay on the post is from 2018 multi-day bike tour we did from Seattle through NW corner of Washington into BC and back. Ian saw on Twitter that I was riding through and rolled out to surprise me. http://bikestylespokane.com/2023/08/06/wheeling-sea-to-sound/ #SeaToSound #BikeOlyPen #WheelsMoveMe #GetOutside #BikeTooter #accessibility #IansRide #IanMackay #trails

George Steffanos

2 months ago

Bridge over autumn waters, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. October 19, 2019, 8:50 AM.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #autumn #October #forest #foliage #autumnvibes #naturephotography #trails #trees

A beautiful morning with a deep blue October sky mirrored on the waters below. We are following a dirt and gravel footpath to a wooden footbridge across the mouth of a small cove on a large lake. A cluster of aquatic plants along both sides of the bridge have turned bright oranges and golds, as have most of the trees surrounding the lake. A grove of stately pines just across the bridge add deep green tones.

George Steffanos

2 months ago

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40 years ago today: There were some great viewpoints along the trail, but at the cost of some memorably nasty rocks. The descent from Bake Oven Knob into the adjacent gap, where Bake Oven Knob Shelter was located, crossed an old slide covered with loose stones whose sliding days were obviously not yet over.

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#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Pennsylvania #nature #forests #mountain #AppalachianTrail #adventure #trails

We are standing at an outlook along the long flat crest of a mountain looking towards a similar wooded mountain a few miles away. The wooded slopes of our mountain run down towards a valley between the two mountains. The flattish valley floor is mostly green and golden brown farm fields, with a few narrow strips of forest as wind breaks and a handful of visible farm buildings. Through a gap in the other mountain on the left of our picture, we can just make out a similar farming valley in the hazy distance with another line of mountains beyond. The sky is bright and sunny, but very hazy and whitewashed.

George Steffanos

2 months ago

Oranges and blues of October, New Britain Reservoir, Southington, Connecticut. October 12, 2019, 4:47 PM. Throw in some bright greens as well.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #autumn #October #forest #foliage #autumnvibes #naturephotography #trails #trees