Hiked up to a ridge today and enjoyed fantastic views of two mountain ranges and a valley between! One of the in this pic is one that I rode to in a previous trip by horseback. So many great memories here!
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Doesn't look much like January sunset, Lindsley Brook, Wolcott, Connecticut. January 26, 2020, 4:53 PM.
September evening in the forest, Woodtick Trail, Wolcott, Connecticut. September 23, 2020, 5:34 PM
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40 years ago today: I really wanted to hike the thirteen tough miles over four major summits today and make it to the Post Office in Stratton before it closed this evening. I made a special effort to reach Maine 27 early, in case I needed to wait a long time for a ride.
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A splash of gold at the end of a gray day, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. April 13, 2021, 7:20 PM.
Stop and smell the mountain laurel, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. June 1, 2023, 5:23 PM.
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40 years ago today: The flat ground around the ponds was nevertheless evil walking: a mess of tangled tree roots and piles of jagged boulders thrusting up through the soggy, dark earth at all angles. Everything was slick and damp and treacherous I never could break into an actual stride.
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40 years ago today: The grades moderated along the crest, and most of the final mile to the summit was a series of gradually-ascending terraces. Dark, soggy tundra was interspersed with ledges of naked rock dabbed with lichen. Masses of ground-hugging plants spread out like thick shag carpets while scrub spruce shivered in the gale above them.
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Golden sunset at Hidden Lake, Fall Mountain, Plymouth, Connecticut. November 7, 2020, 4:19 PM.
The Trail of Governors in Pierre, South Dakota
A series of life-sized statues of each governor of the state of South Dakota.
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40 years ago today: The Appalachian Trail continued northeastward, crossing a bunch of small knobs along a low ridge and skirting a few sphagnum bogs resembling lonely moors.
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40 years ago today: The thirteen miles of Appalachian Trail between Routes 17 and 4 wound through a landscape of bogs, lakes and low ridges. It was the easiest terrain the trail had traversed since Vermont, despite a few short climbs as steep and treacherous as any of the longer climbs in Maine.
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Another day, another hike here in the ! Went up to 10,700 elevation today, but still a very modest distance/elevation-gain while acclimating to the altitude. Really enjoying the great views!
Boreas Pass Loop, Breckenridge.
Pine tree and shooting star winter sunset, Mattatuck State Forest, Terryville, Plymouth, Connecticut. February 27, 2018, 5:39 PM. Yes, I know it's really just an extremely short contrail, but it still looks cool.
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40 years ago today: I crossed Bemis Stream on the floor of its narrow valley on a wooden footbridge (an unusually effete touch for Maine) and commenced the final mile of ascent to Maine Highway 17. I came out of the woods and onto the road at 11:30.
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40 years ago today: The trail over the long series of knobs which constituted the Bemis Range was slippery and hazardous from the rain, though not as bad as most of the trail I have walked in Maine.
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Last night I beamed myself from the edge of Hurricane Lee in to the great state of ! First order of business today go in the ! Hiked along a up a ski trail to this reservoir at 10,000 elevation. Gorgeous view of one of the distant mountains!
Autumn palette, New Britain Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. September 24, 2019, 6:31 PM. A cluster of "early turners" bring a broad selection of mid-to-late-October color a month early.
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40 years ago today: The bottom half of the trail up Old Blue Mountain was an instant replay of the ascent of Moody, mirroring it even to the point where I again missed a turning of the path and followed a steep, shallow gully a couple hundred feet up the face of the cliffs.
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After riding some in Ft Worth yesterday, as well as plenty of streets, heading to Dallas this morning for a cool looking group ride I found.
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am Weingartsteig und in den Wldern dahinter am 15.08.23 - Film von Thomas Schmidtkonz
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Color above and below, Mattatuck Trail, Plymouth, Connecticut. October 8, 2019, 6:33 PM.
Fantastic review of one of my most anticipated upcoming games. I've had the Limited Edition pre-ordered for months now, not long to wait
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Forest path, Mattatuck State Forest, Plymouth, Connecticut. June 17, 2021, 6:14 PM.
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40 years ago today: When I finally attained that summit, I checked my watch and discovered that it was almost 9:00. I had consumed two hours in hiking two-and-a-half miles. At the rate I had been covering ground the past couple of days, Katahdin was beginning to once more achieve the status of fairy tale.
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I need some trail ideas in MD, WV, and VA for this weekend. Any suggestions
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Lily pads and water grasses sunset, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. July 15, 2021, 8:08 PM.
Hanging on, for now. Pre-launch American burnweed seeds near Woodtick Trail, Wolcott, Connecticut. September 3, 2019, 6:10 PM.
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40 years ago today: A note at Speck Pond Shelter informed me that Frye Notch Shelter, which I had been hoping to reach tonight, was still under construction and presently lacked a roof. I was not going to make it there, anyway.
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40 years ago today: Last night was wintry, topping even Monday night for cold. Today was a perfect backpacking day: about fifty degrees and sunny, with another invigorating breeze. The hike began with a steep but short climb up out of the col to the south peak of Fulling Mill Mountain.
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Golden hour July sunshine on wildflowers, New Britain Reservoir, Southington, Connecticut. July 5, 2018, 7:32 PM.